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Acrobat for Windows and Mac: User Interface

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Menu Bar back on top

I hate the features bar on the right side. It is not natural to go to the bottom of a window to change the zoom or use tools that should be on the top ribbon. Please allow users to choose where they would like these tools. This is a horrible user experience and should definitely something people should be allowed to choose. This is going to cause so much more work for me when I need to comment a bunch on a document because I will have to click on a menu to get a comment box. I sometimes have up to 45 comments on a document that I have to work on weekly and you have just added an additional 45 clicks to my workload. I need the comment button to be on the top as well as the zoom options. I also would like my UI window to be clean. I don’t like floating menus and I need to be able to remove it please like we use to be able to do.
I mean really if it isn’t broken don’t mess with it. You had a great UI and now you have turned into garbage.

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  • Reinhard commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hello Bruce, Many thanks for this tip

  • AdminAshish Rawat (Adobe) (Admin, Adobe) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi, We appreciate the time and effort you took to leave us a remark since we're constantly searching for ways to make Acrobat better.

    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.

    We allow lot of customization in the app. For example - you can drag drop the tools in All tools left pane to reorder your tools. Similarly, the top left toolbar (Quick tools) can also be customized using Customization window that comes on clicking ... button at the bottom of the toolbar. We are in the process of adding more customizations in the app.

    With the new release, the floating Quick tools bar on the left is now draggable. So, now you can bring it closer to your work space.

    The navigation tools for PDFs have all been gathered and placed to the right. These tools were arranged specifically for each platform, whether desktop, mobile, tablet, or mobile, making sure that the tool layout remained intuitive, optimized, and purposeful regardless of where the user was on Acrobat. And like in old interface you can also use same keyboard shortcuts to zoom and navigate - https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/keyboard-shortcuts.html

    Regarding the use of Commenting tools - we have made many improvements to reduce number of clicks. Like - we have now made the comment tools sticky by default. So, once selected you can use them repetitively without selecting the tool each time.

    We have also added a floating contextual tool bar that comes when you select the text.

    Please stay tuned for more of our upcoming releases as we are constantly working on improving the new experience.

  • Bruce commented  ·   ·  Report

    I finally figured out how to disable to new acrobat go to Menu and select "Disable New Acrobat" and this option will take you back to the more user friendly UI.