Single Page/Spreads

Hi all,
I've designed a publication in InDesign and exported it into Acrobat. My client wants to be able to view the document with the first two pages viewed singly (a cover and then a title page) and the rest of the document viewed in spreads- but he wants it all to be printed in single-page. Can this be done?
Thanks!

Hi Rogowskik,
Acrobat provides initial view customization which applies to all the pages when the pdf is opened. So, there is no such option available in Acrobat.
Regards,
Rahul

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