I agree! I HATE this new look. As long as Adobe keeps it this way, Acrobat is no longer a viable tool for handling PDFs. It doesn't make any sense AT ALL to hide tools that get used every day!!! A perfect complement to this would be a new laptop with the power button on the bottom!!! (angry emoji goes here).

Agreed with the followup. Thankfully they've allowed us to keep the old layout - for now. I only need to use literally two functions for my daily workflow - page arrange and recognize text. For such basic functions they've sure buried them. Really aggravating. :-(

Sanjeeb, as you can tell from the many, many complaints from users - the changes are NOT good and they are NOT helpful. They made features that professionals use multiple times a day more difficult to find, use or just plain made them disappear. This program is supposed to be for professional use, so it doesn't really need to cater to those who need simplified use. Professionals want to be able to access the functions they need in order to do their jobs - without having to look for them, turn them on with each new document, or perform workarounds to get the results they used to have before the update. I think Adobe really needs to figure out who their users are and quit interfering with our work flow!

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 can 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”.
b. Using the new search functionality present in top right corner, you can now search not only text in document but also search and access tools.
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 tried to ensure all tools & features that are currently supported, retain their familiar functionalities and workflows as they did in the previous version. We are committed to address any gaps or issues reported by users related to any break in current workflows in all our past & upcoming releases. In case any of your current workflows are not functioning as expected, do share it with us on this thread, and we will address them with the highest priority..

In case any of your critical workflows are impacted, and you have the option to switch back to the old UI from the “Menu” on the top left corner on windows, and View Menu on MacOS.

We will follow up on this response with a detailed blog post explaining the changes, a guide to help familiarise 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 !