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panes and toolbars everywhere because that's what we're here for...
It would be super awesome if every time I open a pdf I did not have to close useless annoying panes that shrink the document I'm trying to look at and useless toolbars that cover up parts of the document I'm trying to look at.
What ******** moron decided it would be cool to automatically cover up parts of and shrink the document I'm trying to look at?
Fire that moron. Do not automatically shrink or cover up parts of documents! Do not make people hunt through settings simply in an attempt to see the entire page of a document they are trying to look at! What the F%#@ is wrong with you?
"Oh, people wanna read a document. Let's put a big-*** pane on one side and a stupid toolbar over there. That will super help them read the document every time!"
It's like making reading glasses with half of the lenses covered up. ********.
It would be super awesome if every time I open a pdf I did not have to close useless annoying panes that shrink the document I'm trying to look at and useless toolbars that cover up parts of the document I'm trying to look at.
What ******** moron decided it would be cool to automatically cover up parts of and shrink the document I'm trying to look at?
Fire that moron. Do not automatically shrink or cover up parts of documents! Do not make people hunt through settings simply in an attempt to see the entire page of a document…
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Move the right side panel buttons up.
Move the right side panel buttons up. When I have the page lowered beneath my toolboar, I can't access the zoom or page buttons.
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Multiple issues when editing and handling PDF files after latest update.
After the latest update, several problems occur when working in Adobe Acrobat Reader:
It is not possible to select text by clicking and dragging the cursor.
It is not possible to paste copied text into the document.
It is not possible to resize text boxes/fields.
Instead, the text wraps to a new line instead of allowing the text box to be expanded.
It is not possible to drag a tab out of the window to open it in a new window, which prevents working with multiple PDF files side by side.These issues significantly impact usability and make normal PDF editing and multitasking difficult.
After the latest update, several problems occur when working in Adobe Acrobat Reader:
It is not possible to select text by clicking and dragging the cursor.
It is not possible to paste copied text into the document.
It is not possible to resize text boxes/fields.
Instead, the text wraps to a new line instead of allowing the text box to be expanded.
It is not possible to drag a tab out of the window to open it in a new window, which prevents working with multiple PDF files side by side.These issues significantly impact usability and make normal PDF…
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Acrobat 'Share' window is blank
The Acrobat 'Share' window is blank - it's showing only grey. I've checked for updates and have tried restarting the program but this hasn't worked.
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Save comments without "posting" them
Please configure DC so that comments are automatically saved the moment they are created! Why do I have to "post" it to my offline PDF file that no one else has access to? I had to write the same comment three times, which was very frustrating. I'm using the latest version of Acrobat on a Windows 11 computer.
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Allow users to replace or hide the Windows login name shown in Acrobat Preflight reports.
Adobe Acrobat Preflight reports automatically include the Windows login name from Preferences > Identity. This field cannot be edited, replaced with a professional identity, or omitted from the report.
A Windows login name is not an appropriate external report identity. These reports are often shared with printers, clients, vendors, and other outside parties. Including the login name can unnecessarily disclose a valid system account name, an employee’s personal information, or an organization’s internal account-naming convention. It may also appear within local file paths elsewhere in the report.
Please add a separate identity setting for Preflight reports that allows users or administrators to:
- Enter a professional identity, such as “Angela Smith, Prepress Department”
- Use a company or department name
- Omit identifying information entirely
The report identity should be separate from the Windows login name and the Adobe account profile. Acrobat already allows users to specify an author identity for comments, so similar control should be available for externally shared Preflight reports.
This would preserve useful report attribution without unnecessarily exposing internal system information.
Adobe Acrobat Preflight reports automatically include the Windows login name from Preferences > Identity. This field cannot be edited, replaced with a professional identity, or omitted from the report.
A Windows login name is not an appropriate external report identity. These reports are often shared with printers, clients, vendors, and other outside parties. Including the login name can unnecessarily disclose a valid system account name, an employee’s personal information, or an organization’s internal account-naming convention. It may also appear within local file paths elsewhere in the report.
Please add a separate identity setting for Preflight reports that allows users or…
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Overall Assessment of Acrobat Pro 2026
I posted a critique earlier of Acrobat’s new UI, particularly the clumsy way users have to move in and out of the AI Assistant and navigate between different workspaces. After spending more time with Acrobat 2026, however, I want to walk back some of those criticisms. I’m beginning to view this release a little differently.
Perhaps Adobe might have been better served by releasing Acrobat 2026 as a beta. I’m sure the development team is continuing to refine the program, and hopefully we’ll see improvements soon. That said, Acrobat 2026 includes some remarkable advances.
One improvement addresses something I’ve been asking Adobe to do for nearly two decades. The new Tools panel and floating Tools Toolbar may be among the most significant workspace improvements Adobe has made in years. Users can configure the floating toolbar with the tools they use most often while relying on the All Tools panel for everything else. Together, they provide a flexible and nearly complete workspace for virtually any task.
I would still like to see a few improvements:
Allow the floating Toolbar to expand into two vertical columns, with a preference setting for choosing a single- or dual-column display.
Allow the Toolbar to float over the All Tools panel on the left, freeing up a little more valuable workspace.
Add a menu command for saving custom Workspaces. Someone working extensively with forms needs a very different workspace from someone creating interactive PDFs, conducting document reviews, preparing files for commercial printing, or working with dissertations and reports. Let users configure Acrobat for a particular task, name that workspace, save it, and return to it whenever needed.
Another very nice addition to Acrobat 2026 is PDF Spaces. For anyone working on projects that require access to multiple files, this new feature can be a real blessing.
Acrobat AI Assistant is the beginning of something potentially wonderful, although it still needs improvement. I’ve run several experiments comparing JavaScript queries in Acrobat AI Assistant with the same queries in ChatGPT, and so far I’ve found ChatGPT considerably better at producing the code I need. With AI Assistant, I sometimes had to struggle through several attempts before arriving at workable JavaScript routines. The feature holds tremendous promise, but it still needs some refinement.
The most important improvement Adobe needs to make, in my opinion, is making it easier for users to move around the Acrobat workspace and transition between different tasks. For example, when working in PDF Spaces, getting back to a normal document-editing environment can sometimes be unnecessarily difficult.
The AI Assistant can also consume as much as 70 percent of the workspace. That may be fine when I’m actively using it, but when I’m working on a document, I want it out of the way. A simple Close button would solve much of the problem. Having a button available to open AI Assistant whenever it’s needed makes perfect sense—but let us completely dismiss it when we’re working on documents and don’t need AI assistance.
The Home screen could also use some simplification. Right now, it feels a little like a novice graphic designer trying to fit War and Peace onto a postage stamp. The Recent Files list is useful, but I’d trim down the rest of the Home screen and give everything a little more breathing room.
There also appear to be some bugs that need attention. After working on documents and then entering a PDF Space, for example, clicking the Home button sometimes does nothing.
In short, I believe one of the most important things Adobe can do to gain broader user acceptance of Acrobat 2026 is improve the way users move around the workspace. Navigation between documents, PDF Spaces, editing tools, and AI Assistant needs to be simple, intuitive, and painless.
We all know Adobe is heavily focused on AI features right now, and there’s nothing wrong with that. AI Assistant has enormous potential. But it shouldn’t overwhelm the Acrobat experience. Give us the Assistant when we need it—and let us completely dismiss it when we don’t.
I posted a critique earlier of Acrobat’s new UI, particularly the clumsy way users have to move in and out of the AI Assistant and navigate between different workspaces. After spending more time with Acrobat 2026, however, I want to walk back some of those criticisms. I’m beginning to view this release a little differently.
Perhaps Adobe might have been better served by releasing Acrobat 2026 as a beta. I’m sure the development team is continuing to refine the program, and hopefully we’ll see improvements soon. That said, Acrobat 2026 includes some remarkable advances.
One improvement addresses something I’ve been…
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Issue when typing in Japanese: Input box appears at the top left.
[Windows / v26.1] Floating IME input box at top left when typing Japanese
Environment:
OS: Windows
App: Adobe Acrobat (Version 26.1)
Description:
When I am typing in Japanese using IME on Windows, a small input box pops up at the top left corner of the screen instead of displaying the text at the cursor position.This in-line IME display bug makes Japanese text editing very difficult. Please fix this issue.
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Acrobat Pro 2026 does not display third-party installed fonts in Edit PDF font list
Installed fonts should appear in the Acrobat font list and be available for use when adding text.
Microsoft fonts such as Arial, Calibri, and Times New Roman appear, but installed third-party fonts such as Star Strella and Dancing Script do not appear anywhere in the font list.
Troubleshooting performed:
Repaired Acrobat installation.
Restarted Windows.
Reinstalled fonts.
Installed fonts for all users.
Verified fonts are present in Windows Fonts and available in Microsoft Word.
Tested multiple third-party fonts.
Tested in a newly created blank PDF.This appears to be an Acrobat font detection/enumeration issue because the fonts are properly installed and accessible to other applications but are not recognized by Acrobat.
Installed fonts should appear in the Acrobat font list and be available for use when adding text.
Microsoft fonts such as Arial, Calibri, and Times New Roman appear, but installed third-party fonts such as Star Strella and Dancing Script do not appear anywhere in the font list.
Troubleshooting performed:
Repaired Acrobat installation.
Restarted Windows.
Reinstalled fonts.
Installed fonts for all users.
Verified fonts are present in Windows Fonts and available in Microsoft Word.
Tested multiple third-party fonts.
Tested in a newly created blank PDF.This appears to be an Acrobat font detection/enumeration issue because the fonts are properly installed and…
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Home Screen Disaster in New Acrobat
Once again, the total morons on the Acrobat Development Team decided to again make our lives difficult. What idiot created that awful Home Screen when the user launches the new Acrobat? And the stupid moron didn't even provide a preference setting to permit the end user to choose whether we want to see it or not. When is Adobe going to start listening to users? Can you really afford these *****-ups as web apps are increasing and rivaling many of your software applications? Remember Quark? Are you going to continue down a path and follow that company to extinction because they didn't listen to their customers?
Once again, the total morons on the Acrobat Development Team decided to again make our lives difficult. What idiot created that awful Home Screen when the user launches the new Acrobat? And the stupid moron didn't even provide a preference setting to permit the end user to choose whether we want to see it or not. When is Adobe going to start listening to users? Can you really afford these *****-ups as web apps are increasing and rivaling many of your software applications? Remember Quark? Are you going to continue down a path and follow that company to extinction because…
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Incorrect gap between facing pages with "Two-Up (Cover Page)" and "Default" magnification in right-to-left documents
Environment
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Continuous Release
Version: 2026.001.21789
64-bitSteps to reproduce
Open a PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Set the document to right-to-left (right-bound) page direction.
Open File > Properties > Initial View.
Set Page Layout to Two-Up (Cover Page).
Set Magnification to Default.
Save the PDF.
Close and reopen the PDF.Expected result
For a right-to-left (right-bound) document, facing pages should be displayed next to each other normally in Two-Up (Cover Page) view, with the normal gutter between the left and right pages.
Actual result
When the document is right-to-left (right-bound), the left and right pages are displayed with an abnormally large gap between them.
This problem occurs specifically when Page Layout is set to "Two-Up (Cover Page)", Magnification is set to "Default", and the document uses right-to-left (right-bound) page direction.
If the magnification is changed from Default to another magnification setting, the facing pages are displayed correctly and the abnormal gap disappears.
The issue does not occur with left-to-right (left-bound) documents.
This issue is still reproducible in Adobe Acrobat Pro 2026.001.21789 (64-bit).
Environment
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Continuous Release
Version: 2026.001.21789
64-bitSteps to reproduce
Open a PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Set the document to right-to-left (right-bound) page direction.
Open File > Properties > Initial View.
Set Page Layout to Two-Up (Cover Page).
Set Magnification to Default.
Save the PDF.
Close and reopen the PDF.Expected result
For a right-to-left (right-bound) document, facing pages should be displayed next to each other normally in Two-Up (Cover Page) view, with the normal gutter between the left and right pages.
Actual result
When the document is right-to-left (right-bound), the left and right pages are…
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"Always Show Document Page Size" preference does not display the page size
Environment
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Continuous Release
Version: 2026.001.21789
64-bit
Updated to the latest version on August 14, 2026Steps to reproduce
Open Preferences.
Select the Page Display category.
Enable "Always Show Document Page Size".
Click OK.
Open or view a PDF document.Expected result
The document page size should be displayed next to the horizontal scroll bar.
Actual result
The document page size is not displayed, even though "Always Show Document Page Size" is enabled in Preferences.
This issue is still reproducible after updating Acrobat to the latest version available on August 14, 2026.
The preference currently appears to have no effect.
Environment
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Continuous Release
Version: 2026.001.21789
64-bit
Updated to the latest version on August 14, 2026Steps to reproduce
Open Preferences.
Select the Page Display category.
Enable "Always Show Document Page Size".
Click OK.
Open or view a PDF document.Expected result
The document page size should be displayed next to the horizontal scroll bar.
Actual result
The document page size is not displayed, even though "Always Show Document Page Size" is enabled in Preferences.
This issue is still reproducible after updating Acrobat to the latest version available on August 14, 2026.
The preference currently appears to have…
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Acrobat freezes during Preflight when the PDF file path contains Japanese characters
Environment
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Continuous Release
Version: 2026.001.21789
64-bit
Updated to the latest version on August 14, 2026Steps to reproduce
Save a PDF file in a folder whose file path contains Japanese characters.
Example: C:\PDF\日本語フォルダー\sample.pdf
Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Open the Preflight tool.
Run Preflight on the PDF.Expected result
Preflight should run normally regardless of whether the file path contains Japanese or other non-ASCII characters.
Actual result
Acrobat freezes and becomes unresponsive when Preflight is run on a PDF whose file path contains Japanese characters.
This issue is still reproducible after updating Acrobat to the latest version available on August 14, 2026.
File paths containing Japanese characters are very common in Japanese Windows environments, so this issue seriously affects normal Preflight workflows.
Environment
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Continuous Release
Version: 2026.001.21789
64-bit
Updated to the latest version on August 14, 2026Steps to reproduce
Save a PDF file in a folder whose file path contains Japanese characters.
Example: C:\PDF\日本語フォルダー\sample.pdf
Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Open the Preflight tool.
Run Preflight on the PDF.Expected result
Preflight should run normally regardless of whether the file path contains Japanese or other non-ASCII characters.
Actual result
Acrobat freezes and becomes unresponsive when Preflight is run on a PDF whose file path contains Japanese characters.
This issue is still reproducible after updating Acrobat to the…
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no permite interactuar con la ia dice error apesar de que he pagado la suscripción ya 2 veces y la suscripción pagad es por todo el año , r
Solicito por favor la colaboración o devolución de la suscripción
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Redaction annotation contains malformed /OC entry
Acrobat produces /OC[0.858826 0.203918 0.145096] when a new redaction annotation is created. This appears to be an erroneous copy of the /C entry from the same annotation. Per Table 166 of the ISO standard, /OC is supposed to be a dictionary not an array. So it's not even well-formed, much less correct.
The /QuadPoints [] also looks dubious. It should be absent, not empty?
In terms of efficiency, a number of other entries are present which have no effect since other entries over-ride them. For example the /DA when /OverlayText is the empty string. And in fact the OverlayText itself. And so on.
To reproduce: add a redaction annotation in Adobe Acrobat and save without applying the redaction.
Acrobat produces /OC[0.858826 0.203918 0.145096] when a new redaction annotation is created. This appears to be an erroneous copy of the /C entry from the same annotation. Per Table 166 of the ISO standard, /OC is supposed to be a dictionary not an array. So it's not even well-formed, much less correct.
The /QuadPoints [] also looks dubious. It should be absent, not empty?
In terms of efficiency, a number of other entries are present which have no effect since other entries over-ride them. For example the /DA when /OverlayText is the empty string. And in fact the OverlayText itself.…
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Thai UI localization and OCR support for Acrobat
Thai OCR has been requested by users for many years. I personally requested Thai OCR support as early as 2018, and another similar request was made in 2019. At the time, users were told that the request had been communicated to the relevant team.
Yet, nearly eight years later, Thai is still not officially supported for OCR in Acrobat. Thai is also still unavailable as a user interface language.
Thailand has a population of more than 70 million people, making Thai a major language with a substantial potential user base. Adobe already supports Thai text in PDF documents, so the continued lack of Thai UI and OCR support is difficult to understand from a user perspective.
Thai users should not have to rely on an English-only interface or be unable to perform OCR on Thai-language documents. Adobe Acrobat should support Thai as a complete language option, including both UI localization and OCR.
Thai OCR has been requested by users for many years. I personally requested Thai OCR support as early as 2018, and another similar request was made in 2019. At the time, users were told that the request had been communicated to the relevant team.
Yet, nearly eight years later, Thai is still not officially supported for OCR in Acrobat. Thai is also still unavailable as a user interface language.
Thailand has a population of more than 70 million people, making Thai a major language with a substantial potential user base. Adobe already supports Thai text in PDF documents, so the…
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Integrated flipbook Export Option
We need an INTEGRATED flipbook option when exporting to pdf from InDesign or simply creating a flipbook from a pdf. Organizations don't want to send users to other sites to get their branded publications. We want to own our flipbooks and have the ability to attach, upload, and post on our websites. Many plug-in versions change fonts or have banner ads unless you pay to subscribe. This should be a native feature with Adobe.
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The AI ads are obnoxious and making it harder to find what I need
The Create tab is busy and bloated and makes it hard to find the basic function my staff and I use that tab for. We just need to combine image files into pdfs. Also, making all the tool icons the exact same color has made it more difficult to quickly spot the ones we need for a given task, and bumping the All Tools tab to the right of where it once was feels like a trick to get us to click on that PDF Spaces thing instead. These UI changes are incredibly annoying.
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Better Customer Service
I just got off the phone with a customer service representative that was more than willing to cancel my services rather than give me a discount that I asked for since I've been getting billed annually back in 2018. It certainly does not pay to be a long time subscriber so I'll be using one of the many free services that are available online now. Update: After another call to customer support per their request I was given options for stated discounts available. Finding None. Upon telling the representative that there were no discounts she gave me a direct phone number to call and get said discounts. Guess what. She either gave me the wrong number intentionally or inadvertently.
I just got off the phone with a customer service representative that was more than willing to cancel my services rather than give me a discount that I asked for since I've been getting billed annually back in 2018. It certainly does not pay to be a long time subscriber so I'll be using one of the many free services that are available online now. Update: After another call to customer support per their request I was given options for stated discounts available. Finding None. Upon telling the representative that there were no discounts she gave me a direct phone…
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Better Customer Sevice
I just got off the phone with a customer service representative that was more than willing to cancel my services rather than give me a discount that I asked for since I've been getting billed annually back in 2018. It certainly does not pay to be a long time subscriber so I'll be using one of the many free services that are available online now. Update: After another call to customer support per their request I was given options for stated discounts available. Finding None. Upon telling the representative that there were no discounts she gave me a direct phone number to call and get said discounts. Guess what. She either gave me the wrong number intentionally or inadvertently.
I just got off the phone with a customer service representative that was more than willing to cancel my services rather than give me a discount that I asked for since I've been getting billed annually back in 2018. It certainly does not pay to be a long time subscriber so I'll be using one of the many free services that are available online now. Update: After another call to customer support per their request I was given options for stated discounts available. Finding None. Upon telling the representative that there were no discounts she gave me a direct phone…
1 vote
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