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Toolbar Navigation for UPDF on Mac

Before using UPDF on Mac, you need to have an overview of its toolbar. We will introduce it in details here. You can download UPDF free trial via the below button and check them one by one.

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Home Page Toolbar

When you launch UPDF on Mac, you can find the home page like the below picture.

In the left side menu, you can find "Recent", "Starred", "UPDF Cloud", "PDF Tools", and "Batch PDFs".

In the middle top, there is a button to open the file.

In the middle, you can find all the recent files you opened before.

In the middle bottom, you can find how much cloud storage you have and how much you use.

At the right side bottom, you can find the "Search and Help" button.

UPDF on Mac home page

To help you understand these buttons, we will show them one by one in the following.

  • Recent: By default, you will stay in the Recent section when you run UPDF on Mac. Here, you can see all the recent PDF files you opened or edited. You can change its present order by last opened, file name, and file size, switch between list view and thumbnail view, clear list, delete files from recent list, click to open it, rename it, copy to UPDF Cloud, star the file, show in finder and more.
  • Starred: When you star one file from the "Recent" or "UPDF Cloud" list, it will appear in this list. Same in the Recent list, you can change the list order by last modified, file name, file size, switch between list view and thumbnail view, refresh the list, unstar the file, open, rename, copy to UPDF Cloud, and show in Finder.
Starred list in updf for mac
  • UPDF Cloud: UPDF Cloud allows you to manage your shared files and uploaded files in UPDF Cloud. You can upload files to UPDF Cloud here, create a folder to organize all the files in the cloud, and open, download, rename, delete, move, copy, and start the PDF files here. In the Share Folder, you can open, and unshare the shared PDF file, and copy the link of it. To learn more about UPDF Cloud, visit the UPDF Cloud page here.
  • PDF Tools: To help you find all the tools quickly, we list all the PDF tools that UPDF offers here.
PDF tools in UPDF for Mac
  • Batch PDFs: By clicking this button, you can get all the batch features like batch convert, batch combine, batch insert, batch encrypt, batch Bates numbering, and batch create.
Batch PDFs in UPDF Mac

Search and Help: With these two options, you can search the PDF file for quick access, and find the user guide, and tips, and submit feedback.

Search and help in updf mac

Top Menu Toolbars

When you open the PDF, you can find the top menu with "UPDF", "File", "Edit", "View", "Go", "Tab", "Window", and "Help". We will also show you what they have and when to use them.

Top menu in the UPDF for Mac
  • UPDF button: Here, you can get what version of your UPDF is, whether there is an update, settings, hide UPDF, quit UPDF, and more.
UPDF button in UPDF for Mac
  • File button: In the file button, you can create a PDF, create a new tab, create a new window, open a file, open a recent one, close a tab, close a window, save a file if you edit one PDF, save as other, export PDF to other formats, batch process PDF, protect PDF, show the file in Finder, check the file properties, and print PDF.
file button in UPDF for mac
  • Edit button: Use this button when you are in the "Edit PDF" mode and making some changes. Here, you can undo and redo changes. You can cut, copy, paste, delete, select all your content. You can also find the text in the PDF file.
Edit button in UPDF Mac
  • View button: In the View button, you can change the page display mode, zoom in/out, enter full screen, play PDF as a slideshow, and go to feature sections like UPDF AI, Bookmarks, attachments, reader, comment, edit, redact, and more.
View button in UPDF on Mac
  • Go button: Here, you can go to the pages you need.
  • Tab button: You can show the next tab, and previous tab, and move the tab to a new window.
  • Window button: In the Window button, you can minimize, zoom, tile window, and more.
  • Help button: You can search for a specific feature of UPDF to find it quickly, buy UPDF pro, check your account, view the product page, read the user guide, submit feedback, etc.
Help button in UPDF mac

Now, you can find the buttons and features quickly.

Document Page Toolbars and Panels

  • Left Main Menu: Once a document is open, you'll see a main toolbar at the left with the core features - Reader, Comment, Edit, Prepare Form, Redact, Organise Page, Crop Pages, and Page Tools.
  • Right Main Menu: At the right menu, it has some features of UPDF - Search, OCR, Export PDF, Save as PDF/A, Protect Using Password, Share this file with others, and Send file by email.
  • Thumbnail, Bookmark, and Attachment Panel: On the lower left side is the Thumbnail, Bookmarks, and attachment panel. You can click them to hide or show the panels.
  • Navigation Panel: At the bottom of the document, you can see a navigation panel with zoom controls.
  • UPDF AI and Comments: Click UPDF AI icon to open the panel to chat with PDF and ask AI anything. And when you click on the comments, you can find all the comment lists here.
UPDF Mac Toolbar

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