To use the Acrobat Reader to display the pdf file small.pdf on on your computer screen, do:
acroread small.pdf
On startup, the Acrobat Reader probably will display your slides in a small window for previewing.
To expand the slide to fill the entire screen, press Control-L.
To get out of the full-screen mode, press Control-L again.
Once in the full-screen mode, navigate among your slides using the following key bindings:
| Next slide | Right Arrow |
| Previous slide | Left Arrow |
| Last slide | Control-Shift-PageDown |
| First slide | Control-Shift-PageUp |
| Previous viewed slide | Control-Left Arrow |
| Quit | Control-Q |
The "Previous viewed slide" requires some explanation.
Suppose that you jump to the last slide by Control-Shift-PageDown. Then Control-Left Arrow will return you to the slide from which you jumped, because that is the "Previous viewed slide".
Additionally, in Navigating with hyperlinks we will see how to make out-of-sequence jumps from one slide to another, using hyperlinks. There, too, the Control-Left Arrow will be used to return to the "Previous viewed slide".
Remark: A very readable documentation of Acrobat Reader's features is available in its on-line help, accessible through the Help button on Acrobat Reader's menu bar.
Acrobat Reader's key bindings may vary, depending on the operating systems.
I have not much experience with anything other than Linux therefore I cannot provide useful advice for other systems. Nevertheless, I have been told that under Windows the key for "Previous viewed slide" is Alt-Left Arrow. You may want to make note of that.