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1. User interface is the worst ever. Bring back the old interface

   My idea is to bring back the old function interface.

   The new user interface is the most inconvenient, inexplicable, poorly organized user interface I have experienced with any Adobe product.

   In the future, interfaces should be tested with real live users and not code writers.

   I wish there were a way to use a "legacy" interface.

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2. The facility to edit adobe acrobat in salesforce

   Currently to amend an agreement in Salesforce we have to amend the Word document manually and re-upload the document into Salesforce.

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3. MUST NEEDED TWEAKS TO SAVE TIME

   Too much time is wasted by doing the simple little things and I want to address the little things that make PDF editing a big time consumer.

   1) When copy and pasting anything from images, Text and especially New Text Fields they should paste right on top of their duplicate by default location.

   A) It's easier to locate them
   B) Way too time consuming moving it back to the default location so then you can continue on and just keyboard arrow key them over and into place where you want
   It wastes so much time especially when you have to do multiple

   2) After Copy & Pasting and it's now on top of of the duplicate from 1.
   if you wanted to click and drag it into place of where you want it so it's in line with the original a soft mouse lock should happen so you can just drag it up or down left or right or within 5 pixels it snaps back on the line with the closest edge your dragging.

   A) It's very time consuming spending way too long to get things in line by dragging since keyboard arrow keys come close or too far over if you wanted it to look neater
   right now you have to zoom right in and drag it pixel perfect, I hate it.
   B) Get things in line much faster and complete PDFs faster & neater
   C) More functionality
   D) Saves time with Text Fields to get moved pixel perfect straight onto an underlines

   3) When selecting a Text Field or multiple Text Fields then Copy and Pasting so now there is a #0 on the end then
   clicking off the selection will make them stay in their spot in the Field order.

   3.1) When selecting a Text Field or multiple Text Fields then Copy and Pasting so now there is a #0 on the end then...
   using a keyboard arrow key arrow or clicking and dragging them into place
   will make them appear at the bottom of the page in the field order.

   3.2) When selecting a Text Field or multiple Text Fields then Copy and Pasting so now there is a #0 on the end...
   then adding a non duplicate Text Field to the selection then using a keyboard arrow key arrow or clicking and dragging them into place
   will only make the Copy and Pasted appear at the bottom of the page in the field order.

   In the above 3 scenarios could they please all stay where they are in the Field Order?
   A) Since I am using Manual order, nothing should move in the order automatically
   B) Time consuming moving them back into place after
   C) Keeps things together and organised

   4) Instead of just clicking and dragging to make a selection then holding CTRL to unselect or individually select by holding CTRL then select one by one

   Please add the ability to hold SHIFT then drag any Text, Text Field Field or Image to make a selection. Holding SHIFT then clicking shouldn't deselect your selection, letting go of SHIFT then clicking should.
   Anything that touches the selection while using SHIFT should just get added to the selection

   A) So much more helpful and easier making selections because you can control what you want selected better
   B) Right now it's very time consuming and double handling by trying to select right around specifics then having to deselect what you don't want one by one instead of just be able to select what you want
   B) More functionality for the basic task of making selections

   5) We have Edit PDF which can edit Images and Text Boxes
   We have Prepare Which can edit Text Fields but images should have its own tool with separate features like:
   a quick black and white filter, Eye dropper to select a colour, Paint bucket to fill in large areas quickly, changing the size (Wish it didn't lose quality)

   A) No longer accidently click then unintentionally and sometimes unknowingly move an image to later discover that it doesn't look right to waste time trying to fix that was fine to begin with
   B) keeping the different type of edit separate
   C) Can add more tweaks if its in it's own section

   6) Ability to drag an image into Acrobat on a specific PDF and it will load there instead of a new PDF

   A) It's just a faster method of getting an image if you can already see it onto the PDF instead of attaching an image then finding the location and selecting it
   If you wanted it on another PDF Create new PDF then drag it in on a new one.

   7) Better way of handling large gaps between words in a Text Box usually happens on the last sentence to make them fit so its not seriously time consuming every time just to get it to look right.

   A) I end up giving up with how messy the spaces look just to save time fiddling around to make it perfect which is very annoying.

   8) Ability to merge and unmerge text boxes manually without the text moving

   A) Saves time if you want multiple text boxes to contain the same format or edit by selecting all in the one text box
   B) Saves time if you want to move them all at once

   9) For Radio Buttons please add an option for the whole inside circle to be filled in instead of a dot

   A) Personal preference as it saves time moving the inside dot bigger to cover the area inside then copy and paste it to tweak further for different sizes

   10) Hitting CTRL + F brings up Find if you search a word "The" you can find the next word "the" if you are in the edit PDF tool it should automatically go in the text box if applicable
   you could just hit DELETE on the keyboard and it will remove it or you could start typing and it will make changes instantly. Also it should be highlighted whilst editing until you click next or get out of find

   A) Saves time clicking then dragging on text that's already selected
   B) Speeds up editing

   11) Ability to extract fonts from a PDF instead of going to another program or finding the font then to download and install just to do this makes me question why?

   12) "Access all tools on the left-hand panel"
   Please move them back to the original spot on the right like how it was.

   Just seeing this makes me not want to update.

   13) Why does this site not recognise new points if they have a period at the end? had to end with a ")" for the numbers to change otherwise they were all 1.

   Thanks for checking this out, please help speed up these little time consuming tasks.

   Too much time is wasted by doing the simple little things and I want to address the little things that make PDF editing a big time consumer.

   1) When copy and pasting anything from images, Text and especially New Text Fields they should paste right on top of their duplicate by default location.

   A) It's easier to locate them
   B) Way too time consuming moving it back to the default location so then you can continue on and just keyboard arrow key them over and into place where you want
   It wastes so much time especially when you have to… more

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4. New UI is unintuitive and difficult to use

   1. It is extremely hard to find things. Just as an example, I struggled with as simple a task as printing. It is not at all obvious to find the print button. No other application I use makes this as difficult as your new UI.
   2. This may either be another example of point 1, or the function is missing. Where is the button to display info about the application? The "About Acrobat" button? I can't find it.
   3. The application wastes massive amounts of my screen space. Stick to the purpose of the application and just display the document. I don't need file management, that's already provided by the OS, and in a much better way.

   Acrobat used to be a slick program, and I enjoyed using it to view documents. Now it is a bloated nightmare, and I dread having to use it.

   1. It is extremely hard to find things. Just as an example, I struggled with as simple a task as printing. It is not at all obvious to find the print button. No other application I use makes this as difficult as your new UI.
   2. This may either be another example of point 1, or the function is missing. Where is the button to display info about the application? The "About Acrobat" button? I can't find it.
   3. The application wastes massive amounts of my screen space. Stick to the purpose of the application and just display the document. I don't need… more
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5. Installing Acrobat Pro plus Acrobat Reader is a necessity

   PDF forms developpers needs to test their forms (created with Acrobat Pro) with Acrobat Reader, so we need to have Acrobat Pro AND Acrobat Reader on the same computer.

   Preventing us from doing so is a nonsense that forces us to use competing software (Foxit or PDF Studio).

   See these topics:
   https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-install-acrobat-reader-with-acrobat-pro/td-p/12742576

   https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-can-i-install-acrobat-pro-and-reader-on-same-device/td-p/12747538

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6. New Acrobat Interface is awful

   PLEASE....please.....don't ever disable or fail to support the "Disable New Acrobat" in View. The new interface is awful and there is no real support for it. Took me a half-hour to figure out "find and replace" and still didn't get it to work well. Stamps are in a bad place.

   All ok as long as this isn't forced on us until a LARGE volume of help and online answers to questions builds up...like in 2026.

   Carl Hartmann, Attorney
   carl@carlhartmann.com

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7. View ranges and range names to support linking using hyperlink sub addresses

   You are referred to the American Society for Indexing Digital Publications Special Interest Group – Embedded Indexing Resources.
   Embedded Indexing Resources – Digital Publications Indexing (digital-publications-indexing.org)
   See the Hyperlinks Report under Compatibility observations.
   The request is for ranges and range names to be accessible from Acrobat readers enabling users to create hyperlinks to named ranges.

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8. The new design of Acrobat is horrible. I am glad there is disable button.

   The new design of Acrobat is horrible. Every important button is lost. I am glad there is a way to disable it.

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9. What the devil did you do to Acrobat?! You've butchered the standard menu and replaced it with some childish set of random buttons instead.

   Since the last update, I can't find the most useful tools because there's no longer a normal, standard "file, edit, ..." menu across the top... and I don't know if it's possible to get it back in a "Classic" form... if so, it shouldn't be hard to realize or see how to do it. You've made this an usable piece of ****. I'm spending more time looking for the tools I've used intuitively before, and getting my temper under control, than doing real work. GIVE ME BACK A STANDARD FORM MENU ON THE TOP, WITHOUT SEARCHING AND HUNTING FOR SUCH AN OPTION.
   I also don't need Acrobat deciding for me the size of the document or the workspace. That was something I could easily reset with the mouse by holding/ dragging the viewport edges, but now it snaps back to whatever it was. This happens even if I use dynamic zoom to increase size of document... now I can only see a tiny portion of the whole doc, instead of controlling the viewport myself. Whose presumptuous idea was THIS!!?

   Since the last update, I can't find the most useful tools because there's no longer a normal, standard "file, edit, ..." menu across the top... and I don't know if it's possible to get it back in a "Classic" form... if so, it shouldn't be hard to realize or see how to do it. You've made this an usable piece of ****. I'm spending more time looking for the tools I've used intuitively before, and getting my temper under control, than doing real work. GIVE ME BACK A STANDARD FORM MENU ON THE TOP, WITHOUT SEARCHING AND HUNTING FOR SUCH… more

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10. How to get a monthly invoice

    1. Sign in to https://account.adobe.com/plans.
    2. Click Manage plan or View plan.

    3. In Billing history, select either:

       • to view a PDF of your invoice
       • to send a copy to your email address.

    4. To print the invoice, do one of the following:

       • Select the PDF viewer’s Print icon.
       • Choose File > Print in your browser.
         

    For more information and clarity on the above steps please visit this help document: https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/print-creative-cloud-invoice.html

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11. Request: Ability to add drawings fields on web from documents.

    Request: Ability to add drawings fields using pen tool on web from documents.
    DocuSign have this ability:
    https://support.docusign.com/s/document-item?language=en_US&rsc_301=&bundleId=yca1573855023892&topicId=mvo1597869792951.html&_LANG=enus

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12. Effective way to convert MBOX to PST with attachments?

    If you are looking for the best way to convert the MBOX file with attachments including Email, contacts, calendars, tasks, notes, etc. Then you need to use a third-party tool like MBOX to PST converter tool. This tool helps to convert MBOX files into countless files like EML, MSG, and RTF. It amazingly works with Windows and Mac. Its interactive GUI helps its users to convert MBOX files easily. This amazing tool migrates the MBOX file into Office 365, Gmail, Thunderbird, Yahoo mail, Outlook, etc. Furthermore, this tool helps to convert single and multiple MBOX files easily.

    To know more: - https://www.datarecoveryfreeware.org/mbox-to-pst/

    If you are looking for the best way to convert the MBOX file with attachments including Email, contacts, calendars, tasks, notes, etc. Then you need to use a third-party tool like MBOX to PST converter tool. This tool helps to convert MBOX files into countless files like EML, MSG, and RTF. It amazingly works with Windows and Mac. Its interactive GUI helps its users to convert MBOX files easily. This amazing tool migrates the MBOX file into Office 365, Gmail, Thunderbird, Yahoo mail, Outlook, etc. Furthermore, this tool helps to convert single and multiple MBOX files easily.

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13. PDF Metadata rules too strict

    I am attempting to generate PDFs which are considered accessible using Python.

    I am checking their Accessibility in Acrobat and getting what I think spurious warnings with regards to the title tag.

    The XML packet before the acrobat "fix" looks like this:
    ```
    <?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
    <x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Adobe XMP Core 9.1-c001 79.2a0d8d9, 2023/03/14-11:19:46 ">
    <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
    <rdf:Description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xmp="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/" xmlns:xmpMM="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/" rdf:about="">
    <dc:format>application/pdf/dc:format
    <dc:title>
    <rdf:Alt>
    <rdf:li xml:lang="x-default">Vendor Report: VENDOR/rdf:li
    /rdf:Alt
    /dc:title
    <xmp:ModifyDate>2023-05-26T12:54:04-04:00/xmp:ModifyDate
    <xmp:CreateDate>2023-05-26T12:28:56-04:00/xmp:CreateDate
    <xmp:MetadataDate>2023-05-26T12:54:04-04:00/xmp:MetadataDate
    <xmpMM:DocumentID>uuid:befe056c-5bfe-4c4d-9d90-0d6b1d008200/xmpMM:DocumentID
    <xmpMM:InstanceID>uuid:328eb639-0111-ac4b-a9ba-a39da14175e0/xmpMM:InstanceID
    /rdf:Description
    /rdf:RDF
    /x:xmpmeta

    <?xpacket end="w"?>
    ```

    The XML packet after the acrobat "fix" looks like this:
    ```
    <?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
    <x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Adobe XMP Core 9.1-c001 79.2a0d8d9, 2023/03/14-11:19:46 ">
    <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
    <rdf:Description rdf:about=""
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:xmp="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/"
    xmlns:xmpMM="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/">
    <dc:format>application/pdf/dc:format
    <dc:title>
    <rdf:Alt>
    <rdf:li xml:lang="x-default">Vendor Report: VENDOR/rdf:li
    /rdf:Alt
    /dc:title
    <xmp:ModifyDate>2023-05-26T12:54:04-04:00/xmp:ModifyDate
    <xmp:CreateDate>2023-05-26T12:28:56-04:00/xmp:CreateDate
    <xmp:MetadataDate>2023-05-26T12:54:04-04:00/xmp:MetadataDate
    <xmpMM:DocumentID>uuid:befe056c-5bfe-4c4d-9d90-0d6b1d008200/xmpMM:DocumentID
    <xmpMM:InstanceID>uuid:328eb639-0111-ac4b-a9ba-a39da14175e0/xmpMM:InstanceID
    /rdf:Description
    /rdf:RDF
    /x:xmpmeta

    <?xpacket end="w"?>
    ```

    I believe the only differences in the two xmls is the spacing which in this case is just an artifact. It should not be the basis for declaring the first file not tagged properly.

    I am attempting to generate PDFs which are considered accessible using Python.

    I am checking their Accessibility in Acrobat and getting what I think spurious warnings with regards to the title tag.

    The XML packet before the acrobat "fix" looks like this:
    ```
    <?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
    <x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Adobe XMP Core 9.1-c001 79.2a0d8d9, 2023/03/14-11:19:46 ">
    <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
    <rdf:Description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xmp="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/" xmlns:xmpMM="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/" rdf:about="">
    <dc:format>application/pdf/dc:format
    <dc:title>
    <rdf:Alt>
    <rdf:li xml:lang="x-default">Vendor Report: VENDOR/rdf:li
    /rdf:Alt
    /dc:title
    <xmp:ModifyDate>2023-05-26T12:54:04-04:00/xmp:ModifyDate
    <xmp:CreateDate>2023-05-26T12:28:56-04:00/xmp:CreateDate
    <xmp:MetadataDate>2023-05-26T12:54:04-04:00/xmp:MetadataDate
    <xmpMM:DocumentID>uuid:befe056c-5bfe-4c4d-9d90-0d6b1d008200/xmpMM:DocumentID
    <xmpMM:InstanceID>uuid:328eb639-0111-ac4b-a9ba-a39da14175e0/xmpMM:InstanceID
    /rdf:Description
    /rdf:RDF
    /x:xmpmeta

    <?xpacket end="w"?>
    ```

    The XML packet after the acrobat "fix" looks like this:
    ```… more

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14. Ability to Batch Certify & Sign Multiple Documents at once

    My business requires signature of multiple documents in various places and I'm required to sign hundreds of these documents near deadlines that occur throughout the year. Having the ability to open multiple documents at once to then quickly click to certify AND sign ALL signature fields placed in ALL open documents with only a few clicks would eliminate a lot of time I currently spend having to click through each signature field of each document.

    While a batch signature functionality exists, the true efficiency of batch signing does not exist in the current Adobe functionality. Having to manually click through each signature field and the various steps associated to certify/sign for EACH field placed within the documents results in no time saved from doing each document individually. The number of clicks is the same. It would be nice to go through the signature prompts once and the batch signature functionality sign ALL open documents in all signature fields within those documents.

    An example of the desired functionality that truly captures 'batch signature' and creates meaningful efficiency in the signature process can be found at the below link.

    Example of Bluebeam functionality:

    https://support.bluebeam.com/online-help/revu20/Content/RevuHelp/Menus/Batch/Sign-Seal/Batch-Sign-and-Seal.htm

    My business requires signature of multiple documents in various places and I'm required to sign hundreds of these documents near deadlines that occur throughout the year. Having the ability to open multiple documents at once to then quickly click to certify AND sign ALL signature fields placed in ALL open documents with only a few clicks would eliminate a lot of time I currently spend having to click through each signature field of each document.

    While a batch signature functionality exists, the true efficiency of batch signing does not exist in the current Adobe functionality. Having to manually click through… more

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15. Accessibility Errors with PDF Maker Update Sept 2021

    Several major bugs have been documented by users in the Adobe Community Forums since Acrobat and PDF Maker were updated on September 14, 2021.

    They are:

    1: Alt-Text from MS Word is not converting into the PDF. Instead, it is dropped and gibberish code is inserted. See https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/alt-text-converting-wrong-from-word-to-pdf/m-p/12393017 This violates the PDF/UA-1 standard which requires that every graphic have alt-text that verbally describes the graphic.

    THIS IS A HUGE BUG. You essentially have made Acrobat unusable for those who are required by their country's laws to make fully accessible PDFs.

    2: Every cell border on every table cell is being tagged as:
    <P>PathPathPathPath. This violates PDF/UA-1 because unnecessary visual formatting is not being tagged at Artifacts.
    See https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/alt-text-converting-wrong-from-word-to-pdf/m-p/12393017

    3: The underline on Hyperlinks should be tagged as artifacts. Right not, it appears as one or more "PathPathPath" which is announced by different assistive technologies. See https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/alt-text-converting-wrong-from-word-to-pdf/m-p/12393017

    4: Borders and background shadings on Text Boxes are being tagged as a combination of <Figure>s and PathPathPath. This too is a violation of PDF/UA-1. https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/alt-text-converting-wrong-from-word-to-pdf/m-p/12393017

    5: Paragraph borders and shadings: same deal as #4 above.Per the PDF/UA-1 standard, they are visually decorative and should be artifacted. See https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/alt-text-converting-wrong-from-word-to-pdf/m-p/12393017

    NOTE: To be correctly tagged per PDF/UA-1, the borders/shading content should:
    — Not appear anywhere in the Tag tree, either as <Figure> or as "Path" in a yellow content container box.
    — Not appear in the Order panel.
    — Should appear as Artifact in the Content panel.

    6: Dragging and dropping elements in both the Tag and Order panels is now broken.

    The text cursor doesn't show anymore, and the little black line doesn't show anymore and instead appears several inches away from where it really is. See https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/alt-text-converting-wrong-from-word-to-pdf/m-p/12393017 and also https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/acrobat-pro-reading-order-box-and-tag-dragging-no-longer-visible/m-p/12395226#M329877

    And finally...
    7: Once this update is installed, users can't revert back to a previous version of PDF Maker because Adobe doesn't allow that in Acrobat like it does with other Creative Suite applications.

    So once the update is completed, it makes PDF Maker completely unusable for tagged accessible PDFs.

    This affects millions of your government customers world wide, as well as millions of government contractors and millions of academic customers...all of whom are required by their country's laws to make accessible PDFs.

    2 sets of sample Word and Matching PDF files are submitted as demonstrations of the problems in the exported PDFs via PDF Maker.

    Several major bugs have been documented by users in the Adobe Community Forums since Acrobat and PDF Maker were updated on September 14, 2021.

    They are:

    1: Alt-Text from MS Word is not converting into the PDF. Instead, it is dropped and gibberish code is inserted. See https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/alt-text-converting-wrong-from-word-to-pdf/m-p/12393017 This violates the PDF/UA-1 standard which requires that every graphic have alt-text that verbally describes the graphic.

    THIS IS A HUGE BUG. You essentially have made Acrobat unusable for those who are required by their country's laws to make fully accessible PDFs.

    2: Every cell border on every table cell is being… more

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    Started  ·  AdminTanvi Rastogi (Lead Software Engineer, Adobe) responded

    Hi,

    Thank you for raising these accessibility issues. The post mentions about the following six bugs being introduced with the update that went live on September 14, 2021

    1: Alt-Text from MS Word is not converting into the PDF. Instead, it is dropped and gibberish code is inserted
    2: Every cell border on every table cell is being tagged as <P>PathPathPathPath
    3: The underline on Hyperlinks should be tagged as artifacts
    4: Borders and background shadings on Text Boxes are being tagged as a combination of <Figure>s and PathPathPath
    5: Paragraph borders and shadings: same deal as #4 above.Per the PDF/UA-1 standard, they are visually decorative and should be artifacted
    6: Dragging and dropping elements in both the Tag and Order panels is now broken.

    Would like to mention that out of these, #1 and #6 were introduced with the Sep 14 update and remaining (#2, #3, #4 & #5) were present even in the Acrobat version prior to Sep 14 update. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by these issues.

    Issue #1 and #6 were the regressions introduced with Sept 14th update and hence were fixed on priority with Sept 29th Update (Release Notes for September 29, 2021). With the latest version (22.001.20085) of Acrobat Pro DC released on March 7th (Release Notes for March 07, 2022), issues #2 and #3 have also been fixed. Issues #4 and #5 have been partially fixed so that PathPathPath tags won’t be part of the tag tree anymore. The remaining issue for #4 and # 5 (Borders and background shadings on Text Boxes / paragraphs are being tagged as <Figure>s) have already been added to our product backlog and those will be prioritized to be fixed in coming releases.

    You can use the menu item Help → Check for Updates… to get the latest version of Acrobat Pro DC containing these fixes. Please try out the fixes and share the feedback as that will help us make our applications better from accessibility perspective.

    Thanks & Regards

    Tanvi Rastogi

    Hi,

    Thank you for raising these accessibility issues. The post mentions about the following six bugs being introduced with the update that went live on September 14, 2021

    1: Alt-Text from MS Word is not converting into the PDF. Instead, it is dropped and gibberish code is inserted
    2: Every cell border on every table cell is being tagged as <P>PathPathPathPath
    3: The underline on Hyperlinks should be tagged as artifacts
    4: Borders and background shadings on Text Boxes are being tagged as a combination of <Figure>s and PathPathPath
    5: Paragraph borders and shadings: same deal as #4 above.Per the PDF/UA-1 standard, they are visually decorative and should be artifacted
    6: Dragging and dropping elements in both the Tag and Order panels is now broken.

    Would like to mention that out of these, #1 and #6 were introduced with the Sep 14 update and remaining (#2, #3, #4 & #5)… more

16. FileDrop support for Drag&Drop

    Acrobat should support DataFormats.FileDrop into the pages list so that file managers other than Windows File Explorer could drop PDFs into it.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.dataformats.filedrop?view=netframework-4.8

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17. Critisicm on global development of Acrobat and Adobe

    I think it is a very bad thing if a software manufacturer implements major changes such as the totally new design of acrobat pro. I didn't get any notic. it was just there. the handling is ****. Sorry but it is. My quick tool bar was gone. The tools wer gone to the left side. in Short: Without notifying the customer, it is a no go!
    Not even the support knew about this instantly. They had to look it up?! And if you intent to forward critiscm, no one feels responsible. To what sort of company have you been developing. Next step will be to disable javascript, right, so that i cannot earn any money at all.

    I think it is a very bad thing if a software manufacturer implements major changes such as the totally new design of acrobat pro. I didn't get any notic. it was just there. the handling is ****. Sorry but it is. My quick tool bar was gone. The tools wer gone to the left side. in Short: Without notifying the customer, it is a no go!
    Not even the support knew about this instantly. They had to look it up?! And if you intent to forward critiscm, no one feels responsible. To what sort of company have you been developing.… more

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18. Disable Home Screen

    PLEASE include a way to permanently turn off the home screen. Adobe Acrobat 2002 on a mac. Very intrusive and interruptive of work flow.

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19. Connect reading order to heading tags

    The Reading Order tool ought to be able consult the Tags for how to prioritize content. It seems like a no-brainer that a tag identified as an H1 should be at the top of the page. But the Reading Order loves to put H1 content at the bottom of the page. These all have to be repositioned manually, page by page. Waste of time that seems like an easy software fix.

    I tried to attached one example page, but this page did not accept my file.

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20. "Remember State of Tools Pane" never works

    The "Remember Current State of Tools Pane" option under Preferences...Documents never actually remembers anything. I close the annoyingly huge tools pane every single time I open a PDF, and every single time it comes back again.
    You forced me to "upgrade" to this version of Acrobat Reader, and it drives me insane. There was a reason I installed the old reader with the simple interface that worked.
    win10 home 22H2, reader version 2023.001.20174, but I'm pretty sure this has been a problem for as many versions as I can remember.

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