Split screen and document tabs

View documents side by side, navigate pages independently, and keep multiple reference tabs in the second pane.

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Find the controls

Open in split view

Bottom viewer toolbar → beside Fit to view

Watch the walkthrough

Open split view

  1. Click Open in split view icon Open in split view in the bottom viewer toolbar, beside Fit to View.
  2. Choose Open this file in both panes, or choose another document.

Open files from your workspaces, connected Dropbox or Google Drive, or your device.

Bottom viewer toolbar with the Open in split view control.

Click a pane, then use its page picker or page arrows to change pages.

Page 3 in the left pane and page 4 in the right pane.

Use multiple tabs

  1. Click New split tab icon New split tab in the second pane to open another document.
  2. Repeat to add more documents, then click their tabs to switch between them.
  3. Use All split tabs to find an open tab when the bar is full.

Three document tabs and the All split tabs dropdown.

Close split view

Click Close split view icon Close split view in the bottom toolbar to return to one pane.