# Navigate PDF documents

There are several ways to navigate within a PDF document. The left side of the window contains the navigation pane, which displays various tabs that provide different methods for navigating through the document. Bookmarks, if created by the document’s author, act like a table of contents, where each bookmark represents a chapter or section. The Pages tab contains thumbnail views of all the pages in the document. You can select a page thumbnail to quickly view the page in the document pane.

You can use the buttons on the Navigation toolbar (View > Toolbars > Navigation) or the status bar at the bottom of the document pane to page through a document. You can also use the vertical scroll bar to scroll through a document.

Some documents may contain links, which are similar to links on a web site. Depending on how the link was defined, it can take you to a specific location in the current document, to another PDF document, to a website, or perform an action.

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