Newest Version Of Adobe Acrobat Pro
Jamie Swearengin
what on earth is going on with this new update of Adobe Acrobat Pro that normally it's supposed to be more user friendly - news flash, it's not - and appart from this, there is this new awful feature that blocks the app whenever I try to handle documents, the app blocks, I can't close, I can't do anything, it just freezes. The only thing that gets me out of there is task manager, and then starting over again.
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. With the new interface, we aim to:
It was a trauma experience. everything is changed. NO more user friendly but thank god you have provided the previous verison otehrwise I will thinking what could be the substitute ...and then I will thning to use pirated old versions. Please please never force us to use your such new acrobat. it is just a horror
I agree and the rest of my office also agrees that the new Adobe rollout is a disaster!! I wonder if the people that create this stuff actually work in Adobe? For those of us that use Adobe a lot, your new update is awful and not at all user friendly and more clicks to get anything done. You also took out the "save as local" for those of us that use icloud based management systems, we must have the "save as local". The majority of us like having the tools show up on the right. Please do not make this a final update that everyone will have to use. My office will be using another program if this happens.
Yes - a change to another program is imminent. It is unbeleivably frustrating to have such an incredible disruption for the worst. Disruption is usally for the better right? Wondering what program will disrupt the defunct Adobe into a usable program. I have used Adobe programs since the late 80's, yep i was an early adaptor, and have been loyal since--that has now changed, almost irreversibly.
It is beyond frustrating to do YOUR WORK as well. You update smth, fine, I am not an IT person, I want to click a button and that update to occur, I do not have time to check if my previous Adobe was 1234350i064680 and is Adobe 34utoy35w6 I couldn;t care less, I pay a subscription that now is making me lose time ergo money because as we speak for more than an hour I am trying to update a pdf with Adobe Acrobat reader pro, which again, it was taking me less than 3mins and now I constantly need to have this annoying useless pop up saying that Adobe is encountering trouble shooting issues or w/e and it;s closing my work, and need to start again... come on
Just for quick workaround, in case you are stuck on onboarding again, we have implemeted Escape onboarding functionality which you can get away by pressing 'Esc' key. Additionally you can quit the app and relaunch acrobat.
To add to the conversation, I am using Windows 10 and Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. I could not find the version for a VERY long time, because in the middle of the workday, Acrobat suddenly changed appearance, removed all my toolbars and preferences, and I could not even find the Help > About Acrobat menu to find the version. I finally did, and it's ... well, impossible to copy/paste, memorize, or even keep open while I'm typing. I'll put a screenshot. Hopefully it will persist.
The new display is flipped right to left (tools on left, pages on right), offers ONLY vertical toolbars as far as I can tell, and has removed ALL of my carefully prepared settings. I now would have had to completely relearn the software before I can complete a project...that's due in an hour. NOT GOOD. There was no warning, I did not initiate an update, reboot or turn off my computer. This is a BIG change. I am very, very grateful for the "disable new Acrobat" button, and I hope that I can keep it forever. I have to assume that it will eventually not be available, but I will use it as long as I can. In the meantime, all of my toolbars have been deleted and I still have to completely remake my interface. That is an expensive loss of professional time. Boo.
I was in the middle of presenting a tgree dau training session and this pulled the rug out from under me. No warning, no advanced training. Just in the middle of the day it changed to this mess while necand my students tried to figure out how to move forward. It was very inconciderate of adobe.
Just do the world a favor and trash the revision we never asked for! Why did you move the bookmarks to the right? It's difficult to find and use any tools. Did you send s communication out to all users that pay your heafty annual subscription on how to relearn your nw software ? Please send it to me!
I never mind a little updating, fixing bugs, or even a face lift now and then, but this latest update, which with my subscription is automatic and I have no say or right to opt out, is driving me crazy. I got used to the face lift, but where are the up and down arrows? How do I do a search in my document? I used to just do Alt + E+F and then I would get a box that allowed me to either search for a word or words or even search and replace a word or words. That no longer works for me, but I also can't find the new way or place to perform those functions. I hate that every time I come across a new problem that I have to Google to find out if anyone else has already figured it out. Is there any way to go back an update so that I can function and wait until this latest update, which was to fix bugs but has only bugged me, is fixed? I have a whole list of problems I'm facing, maybe I'll write a book about those. Tonight is a perfect example when I just wanted to pull my hair out, so please excuse my rant. *sigh*
Hi I tried to " disable new acrobat" and it really didn't go back to what I had wanted unforuantley. My question to you is on the " fill & sign" part whenever I used to upload a document and click the first document line it would automatically fill out the rest of the lines aka allow for people to fill and sign wherever a line is on the document . Now whenver you are making a document for people to sign and fill you have to go to each indivdual line and insert an individual box and you have to adjust it manually on each individual line you want and it gives you extreme difficulty while doing it. It is extremely tedious and I want to know how to go back to the automatic version where it does it to every line for you. My second question is how do you request to go to newest version. PLEASE PLEASE HELP my team is very very frustrated with the new update and this part for us not working.
You can still search for specific words in the new Acrobat using the familiar keyboard shortcut, Ctrl + F. This will open the Search Window, as shown in the screenshots below. You can also access the search function by clicking on the magnifying glass icon in the top right corner of the application.
new UI is not intuitive. some of us need several toos and need to know where to look everytime. if the tool dis apears or moves that is just not going to work. old you is similar in style with ACAD which is my prmary tool with Acrobat a close second. work flow matters.
In the latest version - v 2023.006.20320 - the 'disable new acrobat' option is not even there, so not sure disabling is the way we should all go with this...it is just prolonging when those of us will be affected for good with these new awful UI changes. I do not see that Adobe is really tryign to make the new UI look have the old features. Their responses o here are "we think once you use it awhile, you'll like it"
No, you are not alone. This is crude at best with the new interface and layout. I am very upset about this update, as it is now more inefficient in use. It is almost like they had no work to do at Adobe and had a make-work project to dismantle Adobe Pro, to make it more of a pain to use. I love starting over with software. Geesh....will have to follow some of the advice on the forum here. Good luck, all! I now see why I migrated from Adobe in my personal life for image editing and design layout.
I have been pulling out my hair. I've had shoulder surgery so it's not easy using my keyboard and mouse anyway. A small job that I use Adobe Pro for now takes me 10 times as long because I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING! I don't know what the new things are even called. AND they put the price up. I pay $29 AUD a month for one tidy little part of Adobe Pro. It is fraud!!
My Outlook was updated to the newest version a few days ago and I'm having issues with opening PDF attachments in my default PDF viewer. Before, you could click the attachment in the email and get a preview but if you were to fully open the attachment it would open in my default application.
6. Update PDF Viewer Software: Ensure that your default PDF viewer software is up to date. Visit the official website of the software (e.g., Adobe Acrobat, Foxit Reader) to download and install any available updates.
7. Check for Outlook Updates: Make sure that your Outlook application is fully up to date. Check for and install any available updates by going to "File" > "Office Account" > "Update Options" > "Update Now".
8. Temporarily Disable Antivirus/Firewall: Sometimes, antivirus or firewall software can interfere with file attachments. Temporarily disable any third-party antivirus or firewall software and check if the issue persists.
@DeeReinhardt I am having the same issue. Its a bad change to how outlook works. I will go back to the old Outlook. The way the new outlook handles attachments adds extra steps into a process that was working just fine before.
@Colette1122 Best i can think of in terms of keeping workflow as simple as is to go for print option, then from print preview you can actually save attachement in the old way. via Edge, with pdf opening after saving. Still adds couple more clicks to each pdf, but it's better than having to go in the folder.
@DeeReinhardt when noting this problem via Feedback to Microsoft (New Outlook/Help/Feedback), they acknowledged that it is a feature that PDFs do not open in third-party app. hope for a fix in a future version.
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