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Mac Preview always opens in single page or double page view when going to full-screen mode while I prefer continuous scroll. I know I could press CMD+1 every time but is there a way to set this scroll option by default on PDF file open?
Edit: I also tried the Preferences -> Opening for the first time, Show as: Continuous scroll. It still always opens files in single page view when going to full-screen mode. Is this some sort of bug?
Version: OS X 10.9.4 MacBook Air
Have you looked under Preview preferences? You can set Initial Document Scale to 100% or larger if you want. You might need to adjust the option below that, defining size equal to screen or print sizes.
If Preview.app can't do what you want, look into Skim.app
Skim has an option to open PDFs as Default, Maximized, or Fit. One of these ought to improve.
If you want all three points requested above and want them in Preview.app, I would do the following:
A preference for changing the default view mode was added in 10.8:
I don't know any way to change the default view mode in 10.7.
Best Answer
Preview Preferences → Opening for the first time: