The Farino PDF window

This article shows you around the Farino PDF window, so you know where to find each command. It also explains how to change the interface language and theme.

Title bar

The purple bar at the top of the window contains:

• Quick access buttons on the left: Open, Save, Undo, Redo, Blank PDF, Print, and the previous and next page arrows.
• Document name in the middle, followed by "Farino PDF".
• Edition button with a key icon, for example FREE or BUSINESS. Click it to open the License Key dialog.
• Account button with a person icon. Click it to open Your account, where you sign in, open the customer portal or sign out.
• The Windows buttons to minimize, maximize and close the window.

Click the Farino PDF logo at the far left to open the window menu.

File menu

Click File at the left of the ribbon to open the File menu. It contains the commands you use for whole documents:

• Create PDF, Open, Open Recent, Save and Save As.
• Compress PDF, Batch Processing and To Other Formats.
• Print, PDF Portfolio and Email PDF.
• Close Document, Properties, Settings, License Key and Exit.

Keyboard shortcuts appear on the right of each command. Items with an arrow open a submenu.

Ribbon tabs

The ribbon groups commands into tabs: Home, Edit, Convert, Tools, Comment, Review, View, Form, Security, eSign, Accessibility, Automation and Help.

Inside each tab, related commands sit together in groups separated by thin vertical lines. Commands with a small arrow open a menu with more options. Commands that need an open document stay gray until you open a PDF.

To give the document more room, click the arrow at the far right of the tab row (Collapse ribbon).

The Review tab tools need the Business edition or higher. Other tabs contain a mix of Free and paid tools.

Find a tool

Use the search box at the top right when you do not know which tab holds a command.

1. Click Find a tool… or press Ctrl+K.
2. Type part of a name, for example "compress".
3. Press Enter to run the first result, or click the result you want.

Each result shows the tab where the command lives. You can also type Indonesian or common alternative words.

Start screen

The Start tab is always the first tab in the document bar. It contains:

• Open PDF, which opens a PDF in a new tab. You can also drag PDF files onto it.
• Popular tools, such as Organize Pages, Merge PDF and OCR PDF.
• Quick actions, such as New PDF, JPG to PDF and Add Watermark.
• Recent files and Recent actions.

Tools that need a higher edition show a label such as PRO, BUS or ENT.

Document tabs

Each open PDF gets its own tab next to Start. The active tab is highlighted.

• Click a tab to switch documents, or press Ctrl+PageUp and Ctrl+PageDown.
• Click × on a tab to close it.
• Click + to open or create another document in a new tab.
• Right-click a tab for more options, such as Close Others, Close All, Print Current Tab, Copy Path to Clipboard and Open Containing Folder.

The Apply button at the right end of the tab bar writes pending markings and text edits into the document.

Side panel

The panel on the left side of the document has two views:

• Page thumbnails show a small image of each page. Click a thumbnail to go to that page.
• Bookmarks show the document outline, if the PDF has one.

Click × at the top of the panel to close it. To show it again, use the panel button in the status bar.

Status bar

The bar at the bottom of the window controls navigation and display:

• Options opens workspace options, such as rulers, alignment guides, grid, units and OCR language.
• The page size of the current page, for example W: 595.3 H: 841.9 pt.
• Draft saved shows that a recovery draft of your open documents was saved. Clear the check box to turn recovery drafts off.
• Page navigation: first page, previous page, the page number box, next page and last page.
• Previous view and Next view arrows.
• View modes: single page, continuous scrolling, two pages and continuous facing pages.
• Fit buttons, the Zoom list, the zoom slider and Full screen.

Language and theme

You can switch the interface between English and Indonesian, and between a light and a dark theme.

1. Click Help › Settings, or press Ctrl+Shift+K.
2. Under Interface language, choose English or Bahasa Indonesia.
3. Under Theme, choose System, Dark or Light. System follows your Windows setting.
4. Click Save Preferences.

The Local privacy & recovery section of the same dialog controls recent file history and recovery drafts.

Keytips

You can run every ribbon command from the keyboard.

1. Press and release Alt. A letter appears under each tab, and F under File.
2. Press the letter of a tab, for example H for Home.
3. Numbers and letters now appear under the commands. Press one to run that command.

Press Esc to hide the keytips. For all shortcuts, see Keyboard shortcuts.