Not working if the PDF default page layout is "Two Page View"

[admiralnlson]

When the "Initial View > Page layout" defined inside the PDF itself is "Two-up" (i.e. two pages side-by-side" rather than "Single Page", four pages are displayed at once by the PDF viewer (due to the 8.5 width, 11 height ratio of the window), instead of just one page.

It appears that, once you've manually selected 'No spreads' in the ">>" menu of the PDF Viewer, it no longer tries to display the PDF with 2 pages side-by-side though. Even after closing and restarting FoundryVTT.

But maybe, to avoid the issue altogether, you are able to force the PDF Viewer to start in "No spreads" mode always?

[Djphoenix719]

Hi @admiralnlson - can you please upload an example of a PDF where this behavior occurs?

[admiralnlson]

Hi @Djphoenix719
The book which which I'm having this issue is copyrighted, so I can't possibly provide it to you.

And I don't own Acrobat (the one which allows to create PDFs) or InDesign, so I can't generate a dummy one either, sorry (also I couldn't find an example online).

But if you do own Acrobat or InDesign, I understand that, to generate a "Two Up" PDF, you would

• in Acrobat, go to File > Properties > Initial View
• in InDesign, go to File > Export > PDF (Print)

See https://community.adobe.com/legacyfs/online/1090442_InDesign%20CCss_007.png

[admiralnlson]

To circumvent the issue in PDFoundry, it is possible to click on this button (initially one of the other 2 'spread' options is selected):

Once you've selected 'no spread' (GM + each player all have to do it), it seems to 'remember' the setting somehow.