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Very confuse about the new acrobat

I almost got a heart attack. I was working on a pdf, then I opened a new document and the Acrobat interface was completely different.

I use Acrobat every day and the new interface is too different from the old one. Tools are difficult to find because they have been placed somewhere else.

I definitely don't have time to learn how to use a new software. I didn't not appreciate to be face to this suddent change without any warning.

It would be better to give user the option to customize the left and right pannels. If it's already possible, please make it easier to figure out.

I finally found how to reverse it, but i am very disapointed. Hope that I will be able to keep the old interface. Because if I have to learn how to use a new software, I'll go for a cheaper option.

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  • AdminBhawna Arora (Admin, Adobe) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi Marie,

    We appreciate your valuable feedback! We're always looking for ways to make Acrobat better, and we appreciate the time and effort you have taken to share your feedback with us.

    We acknowledge that the new Acrobat represents a notable change, however we hope that as you get familiar with the new interface, you are able to be more productive & get more out of Acrobat. With the new interface we aim to

    1. Provide a simplified viewing experience that helps reduce clutter & optimise it for most used PDF actions that are relevant while viewing a document.

    2. Easily allow users to discover PDF tools they need by ensuring tools are intuitively grouped and a click away,

    a. For example, all tools that allow content, page & file level edits can be found under one action based verb called “Edit”; tools that allow converting files to & from PDFs can be found under “Convert”; tools that allow filling & signing documents or requesting signatures from others under “Sign”.

    3. Most importantly, the new interface enables users to effortlessly move between different PDF tools to complete their document related tasks

    a. For example, someone viewing comments in a PDF should also be able to easily edit the text of it without interrupting their workflow

    b. A user can seamlessly perform page level edits such as reordering, inserting, extracting, rotating or deleting pages while editing content and/or commenting on the file

    We would also like to highlight that we have exhaustively tested these changes with users over the past 12 months, keenly monitoring user behaviour & addressing top user issues before gradually rolling out the new interface to the Acrobat user base.

    A point to note is that as we made these changes in the interface, we have ensured all tools & features that are currently supported, retain their familiar functionalities and workflows as they did in the previous version. We are proactively addressing any gaps or issues reported by users related to any break in current workflows.

    Regarding the customization of Left hand panel and Right hand panel, you can customize Right panel by right clicking on the Right strip. Also, you can customize Quick Toolbar(beside All Tools pane).

    We will follow up on this response with a detailed blog post explaining the changes, a guide to help familiarize you to the new interface, along with regular updates on upcoming changes.

    Thank you once again for your feedback, and do look forward to our upcoming releases !