Acrobat Reader for Windows and Mac
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Acrobat Reader DC shows multiple tabs as windows on hover on taskbar
When multiple documents is opened in multiple tabs in Acrobat Reader, and when hover mouse over the Reader icon on the taskbar, it shows multiple windows in preview instead of one window. It would be a good thing to add that as a option so that behavior is similar as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox which shows one window and active tab instead of multiple windows in the taskbar. It is really struggle to deal with multiple documents and when you want to restore minimized Reader window to the last opened tab.
25 votes -
Reader DC embedded in IE (Win10) cannot launch print dialog. (2004 issue)
For all of the machines in my Win 10 2004 test group, the Reader plugin for IE (AcroPDF64.dll) has lost the ability to start the print dialog, either from the handy button in the border UI, the drop down menu, or Ctrl+P. In all cases nothing happens. There are a variety of versions on the affected machines but most of them are quite current (20.9.20063 and ...65). The problem is restricted to IE (11 I have no other versions to check) and the new windows 10 2004 feature build.
If you're interested in any other data I can provide on…12 votes -
Make hand tool the default when opening a document.
I want to make hand tool the default whenever I open a document.
2 votes -
Hide (not collapse) Right Tool Pane completely.
The collapsed Right Tool Pane violates usability principles. To quickly scroll a page, users can no longer just drag the mouse cursor all the way Right, to click on the Right scroll bar. This would probably take only 1 sec. With the annoying Right Tool Pane collapsed, nesting right beside the Right scroll bar, users must now carefully drag the mouse cursor, take aim so-as-to not click on the Right collapsed pane, then can he/ she click on the right scroll bar. This is really slow and inefficient.
21 votes -
Removing quick actions from the Explorer context menu
Please add to the app settings the option to add and remove quick actions from the context menu in File Explorer in Windows 10 for PDFs. Since doing it manually through the Registry Editor is very inconvenient.
0 votes -
Find option is getting cleared
Press Ctrl+F
Try to find any thing by typing in Find input box
then click/Select any letter in Find Input box and try to type
Previous data is getting cleared (very irritating as we have to type again whole thing)1 vote -
Drag and drop files
It's incredibly frustrating that a) the Adobe Document Cloud is so slow, and b) one cannot drag and drop files to folders. Organizing my PDFs has literally taken the whole day.
2 votes -
regarding meaning search
If we don't know meaning of the word while reading in a document then there must be search by web option along with the copy tab or you can simply add Dictionary into Adobe so that it will become more user friendly and more helpful to the person who is in need to search that meaning.
2 votes -
BUG-Adobe Reader DC
I created a form using Adobe Acrobat 9. I added a java script in the background to alert the user of any fields that were not filled out, including multiple signature lines. I tested the form frequently, using Acrobat 9, pro and reader DC, and it worked perfectly. Now I am getting reports from the users(using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC), that they are getting an error message stating that the signature lines need to be populated when the lines have the signatures inserted already.
All users using the latest version of Adobe Reader DC, this issue occurred after the latest…1 vote -
Option to save changes to all open documents instead of individual prompt for each
If I make changes to several open PDF documents, it would be better to have an option to Save All changes other than get a prompt for every PDF document.
1 vote -
Prompt Automatic updates
Hello there,
Can you add a prompt for updates?
"Adobe Acrobat requires an update that will require a restart before using the application. Update and restart or install later?"You see, when Acrobat updates automatically and I'm still running the app, I can still open things, but if Acrobat updates and I'm not currently running the app, then I can't open the app until I restart.
In terms of workflow this means that to access a PDF needed immediately for work I need to save and close everything, restart, then reopen everything. This took about 7 minutes without including reopening…1 vote -
Separate zoom in +, zoom out - and zoom percentage buttons in the toolbar by default
It is very inconvenient and time consuming to make multiple clicks in order to zoom in or out the document. In the older versions they were separate and easily accessible. Drop down menu style is really exhausting and time consuming for these kind of basic operations. Please separate the zoom buttons !
14 votes -
reduce size of toolbars buttons
For mouse based users. Remove the excess space, and reduce the size of toolbars and buttons, to maximise screen space available for the document.
1 vote -
Can't open more than 1 file at a time
Clients with Windows 10 1809 or more (or Win2019) trying to access a PDF via a DFS that is stored on a Windows server 2019 server are not able to open more than 1 pdf.
Can this please be fixed as Windows Sever 2019 is being used more widely.
8 votes -
manual duplex printing
Would be a magnificent addition if manual duplex printing could be selected for Adobe reader on Windows 10. Having read quite a few forums on the subject it would appear I'm not the only person who desires this.
1 vote -
Scrolling preferences window
Currently the preferences window is very hard to use and frankly, broken:
You can't scroll with a touchpad.
You can't scroll with a touchscreen.
You can't scroll with a mousewheel.
Scrolling over a combo box changes the setting >:(
Content doesn't scroll when you drag the scrollbar!
The preferences window cannot resize small enough for smaller screens.
Overall: infurating.
1 vote -
Acrobat Crashing When Opening An InDesign Exported Interactive PDF
I have no idea why interactive PDFs are no longer viewable with acrobat. Which is very annoying and stupid. Whenever I am trying to view an interactive element of the PDF, acrobat just tells me it is connecting and then suddenly closed the whole document (aka crashing). I don't understand why we are paying so much for adobe when they could not simply do their job. Very frustrating indeed. Worst user experience ever.
1 vote -
Include MDI
Please include multiple document interface...it will really help in finding the document when i'm using multiple software with AA. it will also save time.
1 vote -
Adobe Reader is not accessible for persons with visual disability
Menus are not readable with a voiceover application.
2 votes -
Change behavior of middle mouse wheel button
Currently, click-hold and dragging with the middle mouse button results (hand symbol with four arrows) in the document scrolling at a (rather extreme) rate of speed that is determined how far away your cursor is from where you first clicked the button. The document will scroll continuously until you either move your cursor back closer to its initial location, or release the mouse button.
I would much prefer the behavior to be like what you get when you hold space and then click and drag with the left mouse button. I.e., you "drag" the document around with the mouse, and…4 votes
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