Sometimes a teacher just wants to know that a page was looked at; other times it is important to know it was read throughout. Either option can be marked as mark as complete – when it is completely read with every page opened or whether it is marked complete when just invoked.  You, the author, teacher or trainer,  get to choose which option you prefer. Either may be reported as complete.

Allow the PDF files to be modified for tracking: In order to gather reports on viewing of PDF content in the Adobe Connect Content Library, be sure to allow the PDF files to be modified for tracking.  PDF files that are imported into the Adobe Connect Content library that are modified for tracking will remain marked as reporting in progress until the learner has viewed all of the pages in the PDF. That is the built-in functionality of PDF tracking. If you want a PDF file to be marked as complete immediately upon launch without this built-in PDF tracking functionality, you may simply password protect the PDF from being modified, but if you do this, be sure to leave the PDF without a password to either open or view or even print the file, otherwise the learner may be prompted. This will set the PDF file as not modified for purposes of Adobe Connect tracking and it will then be marked as completed immediately upon launch.

For more details on various browser interactions with PDF in Adobe Connect and the role of Acrobat reader, see the following tech-note on the Adobe Connect Support Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/connectsupport/reporting-a-pdf-as-read-in-the-adobe-connect/