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Be able to show Rulers & Guides by default

It would be useful in Preferences to turn on Show Rulers & Guides by Default. At present you have to go to "View / Show/hide / Rulers & Grids" for every new PDF that you open.

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Implemented  ·  amukherj responded  · 

Right status is Implemented. Resolved is used when we resolve an issue with help, educating the user, providing workaround etc. Actual work from our side in this case – hence Implemented.

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  • Gavin commented  ·   ·  Report

    I can confirm that this still does not work. If you open multiple documents at once (i.e. select several documents, and do ⌘O on Mac or Cont+O on Windows), the first document WILL have the ruler on, but all subsequent documents WILL NOT.

  • Laura commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have "Show rulers when opening documents" CHECKED and it NEVER EVER works. I've tried all kinds of fixes for this and it STILL doesn't work. I've deleted preference files and plist files and rebooted and it doesn't work.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    In Acrobat Pro DC (windows), Profile and Settings > Preferences > Units & Guides > Rulers > check "Show rulers when opening documents.

  • Ron G commented  ·   ·  Report

    I just found out that CTRL R turns the Rulers on and off, Quicker, but not the same as just being able to control your program preferences

  • Acrobat user commented  ·   ·  Report

    As expressed in comment above, it would be helpful in Preferences to turn on Show Rulers & Guides by default. Has this not been resolved since original comment in 2017?

  • Sue commented  ·   ·  Report

    why do you, the team, take away features that people need? i have to switch it on every time. and with most updates, i need to check my list of critical settings (print requirements--yes, we are dinosaurs here, in that we DO want to print on paper, with all the constraints it imposes--sigh.

    sorry for the rant, but please.

  • Caroline Baty-Barr - CDA commented  ·   ·  Report

    Has this been resolved? Can I change my preferences so that the ruler is always on for any PDF I open? And guides can be easily grabbed from ruler? Thank you.

  • AdminAyush Jain (Lead Software Engineer, Adobe) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi,

    Thanks for Using Adobe Acrobat DC and reporting your concerns to us.
    We have Reported the concern to our Engineering Team and We will try to get back with the solution in our Future updates.

    Thanks
    Ayush