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Option to Hide Bookmarks Panel for all PDFs

Using: Acrobat Pro DC

Request: Ability to set a global setting that hides the bookmarks panel whenever a new PDF is opened, as opposed to having to navigate to the initial view settings for each file and then save it.

Reason: I open a lot of PDF files from emails, as I'm sure thousands of other people do, with no intention of saving it in that instance. Or files from the internet, again with no intention of saving it. This is to VIEW the file and find content relevant to the task in hand. Having the bookmarks panel occupy a third of the program window reduces the visibility and scale of the actual file.

This would seem to be basic user experience to me. Not everyone uses bookmarks either. It should be a preference setting available as standard - forcing the user to focus on a feature they don't even use and interrupting basic workflow is ridiculous design philosophy.

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  • Simon commented  ·   ·  Report

    Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2019.012.20035

    No crashes or anything. This is more a functionality issue - I've seen others making the same point elsewhere about the bookmarks panel. The only option available is to set the properties for the individual PDF file, so it remembers the 'state' (in Properties>Navigation Tab), and save the file. But the point is, maybe you don't want to save the file, you just want to open dozens of PDFs to see something but the bookmarks panel is jutting out and taking up 1/3rd of the available window space.

  • Ravi Gupta commented  ·   ·  Report

    Simon,

    Can you share the build number you are using?
    Do you observe crash every time you close the application?

  • Simon commented  ·   ·  Report

    Ravi,

    This only works for one instance when the file is open. If you close the file and reopen, or open another file, the panel reappears. That is why I made the request in the first place, because there is no setting to stop it from appearing by default every time you open a PDF

  • Ravi Gupta commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi Simon,

    Sorry to hear that you had trouble.
    You can always hide the bookmarks panel for all the PDFs, here are the steps to do so -
    1. Open a PDF
    2. When the bookmarks panel is opened right click on the leftmost column
    3. Select the option unpin bookmark
    4. Now the panel will be unpinned

    Let me know if you need any further info.

    Thanks,
    -Ravi Gupta

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