{"id":4801,"date":"2008-03-19T19:58:41","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T18:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/the-great-software-easter-egg-hunt-day-7-acrobat\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:33:08","slug":"the-great-software-easter-egg-hunt-day-7-acrobat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-great-software-easter-egg-hunt-day-7-acrobat\/","title":{"rendered":"The great software Easter egg hunt – Day 7: Acrobat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GetWe all use it on a regular basis, but how many of us know about the hidden Easter eggs in Adobe Acrobat Reader<\/a>? Well, I do. That’s because it’s the software that I’m unravelling today as part of my Easter quest to find hidden features in the world’s most popular programs.<\/p>\n

For instance, did you know that Adobe’s PDF reading app can make animal noises? No? Well, it can. Start the program and go to ‘Help’, ‘About plug-ins’, ‘Acrobat Forms’. Now hold Ctrl+Shift+Alt and click on the ‘Credits’ button. Acrobat Reader will now bark like a dog! Fancy something more tranquil? Access whale noises by choosing ‘Help’, ‘About plug-ins’, ‘Acrobat Annotaions’. Hold down the Ctrl key and click ‘Credits’. The button even changes to a harpoon for you to spear the whale that appears on the plug-in logo.<\/p>\n

Did you also know that there’s a speech engine lurking inside Acrobat Reader? Well, there is. Hit Ctrl+Shift+b and the entire document you’re viewing will be spoken to you. Ctrl+Shift+v will read a single page, Crl+Shift+e stops the speech, and Ctrl+Shift+c resumes. Perfect if you want a bedtime eBook story read to you!<\/p>\n

Continue with the Easter egg hunt here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all use it on a regular basis, but how many of us know about the hidden Easter eggs in Adobe Acrobat Reader? Well, I do. That’s because it’s the software that I’m unravelling today as part of my Easter quest to find hidden features in the world’s most popular programs. For instance, did you … Continue reading “The great software Easter egg hunt – Day 7: Acrobat”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-4801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t