Add option to use file name instead of TITLE in the Adobe Acrobat Reader
It is difficult to figure out which file is which when viewing multiple files with the same TITLE. The person using the reader is powerless to change the title.
PLEASE provide a global preference / setting in the Reader,preferences to have the Reader use the file name all the time.
Hi,
We are delighted to share with you that Acrobat and Reader Desktop release for DC Continuous (20.012.20041) is Live now and this takes care of this Feature Request.
For more Info refer here : https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/whats-new.html
A new document preference is added to let you use the filename as the document title. By default, the preference is disabled. To enable the preference, go to Acrobat preferences, and click Documents in the left pane. Under Open Settings, select Always Use Filename As Document Title.
Please update your Acrobat/Reader (It should Auto update or you should do Help → Check for updates) and let us know your Feedback.
Thanks
Ayush Jain
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Bengt Hallstedt commented
It seems that the standard option when exporting Word and PowerPoint documents is to show the "Title" of the document in Acrobat Reader. Since essentially no-one using Word and PowerPoint seems to know about this, and also don't know what the Title of the document contains, the Title is often useless. Two examples of Titles from today; "PowerPoint-Präsentation" and "Titel der Präsentation mit optionaler zweiter Zeile". Obviously not very useful. Therefore, it would really be useful to be able to override the document setting, preferably permanently, in Adobe Reader. Thanks for listening.
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Cynthia commented
8 comments in one month with this request has to mean it is an essential change, please prioritize this feature ASAP Adobe!
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Anonymous commented
This make it very confusing when viewing multiple documents to determine which file in the Windows File Explorer I am viewing. Considering not using Adobe DC any more.
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Anonymous commented
+100000
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Mitch commented
The ability to show the Filename vs Title is a much-needed option. Especially as more and more people go paperless and download their statements, which, many times, use the same title. Please incorporate this feature soon. Thank you.
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Anonymous commented
+1
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Bart commented
+1
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Nate commented
Please add this feature. It's so frustrating when looking at several documents that all have the same title. Most of what I view are power point exports and they all have the title of "Powerpoint Document." There's not even an easy way to hover over the title and see the document name. This needs to be fixed.
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P commented
This only occurs with some pdf's where instead of the file name in the tab, the words "Your Document" is shown. This only started to happen as of January 1'st 2019. This does not happen with all files but only with Statement files from TD Waterhouse. Stop fixing what isn't broken.
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Cynthia commented
This should have been a built in feature. Please provide this feature ASAP.
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Anonymous commented
This should have been a built in feature.
Kindly please stop going with the Microsoft mentality of "simplifying" products (hiding or removing useful features) for a "better user experience".Thank you
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LEO commented
Does not make sense! So no feature for free AA DC readers? But available in Pro... Time to use other PDF readers( many web browsers etc.)
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Kris commented
My tabs used to show the file name but not anymore. What happened? The tab should display the file name by default.
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Jacob commented
Any progress on this? I still don't have an option to display the file name in the window.
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Anonymous commented
From a standpoint of usability, Acrobat viewer is getting worse
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Anonymous commented
Yes. Please add this. this should not be something that you ask for. if you open a file of name X, then it is a file with name X. and, not something else.
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Anonymous commented
Aaargh! Please fix this feature -- I can't keep track of which file is which.
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Torey commented
I would like to ask for this too! It is impossible to keep track of things. We receive federal filings and I need to be able to give a document a file name AND TITLE that fits our filing system.
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George Hooper commented
I have the same problem, and have seen it on other forums by others. When viewing a series of documents you don't create which happens very often in the work environment, or even at home when viewing a number of bank statements, for example, the document titles are often the same. The tabs are useless to identify the contents, so you end up clicking back and forth between tabs trying to remember which is which. Computers should do the work for us...
I did see a solution (below) for Adobe X Pro, could this not be applied to Acrobat?Create an Acrobat X Action (Acrobat X Pro required).
Use "Set Open Options" from "Document Processing".
For Display Document Title select "No".
The result will be the PDF file name being displayed. -
Jon Atkins commented
Another request to PLEASE provide a global preference / setting in the Reader,preferences to have the Reader use the file name all the time.
When opening PDF's created by users OTHER than myself, many times they have not set a meaningful title for the initial Word or other document. However, 99.9999% of all users will set a unique filename. Unique filenames are how users have tracked files since the dawn of the PC age.....I'm curious as to why Adobe thought it would be a better idea to use meta data that may not be correct. And further why there isn't a setting to use the tried and true filename method.
Help us please!!!!!