Acrobat 9.0 preferences & toolbars

[lanctk]

Does anyone know why the settings in my preferences and toolbars don't hold. I have set up Acrobat 9.0 to open files in two up mode. Every time it opens in Single page continuous. It did that when the settings were Single pages as well.

Also the toolbar does not retain my settings. I open the Print production toolbar and place it in the main toolbar and lock the toolbar. When I close Acrobat and reopen, the print production toolbar is not there and the Toolbar is still locked.

Both of these things are frustrating because I have to open multiple PDFs and I have to reset these things on every file. Before version 9 this was all possible. Acrobat 9 is very frustrating.

Also is there a way for Acrobat to open all PDFs in one Program window instead of opening multiple copies of Acrobat?

 

[Joe]

Try repairing permissions for the preferences not being saved.

You can only have one instance of Acrobat running. It just opens up a new set of toolbars for every PDF opened much to my dismay. And there is nothing you can do about it.

 

[leonardr]

Does anyone know why the settings in my preferences and toolbars don't hold. I have set up Acrobat 9.0 to open files in two up mode. Every time it opens in Single page continuous. It did that when the settings were Single pages as well.

If the PDF has explicit commands in it to open in a particular way, that will override your preference.

Also the toolbar does not retain my settings. I open the Print production toolbar and place it in the main toolbar and lock the toolbar. When I close Acrobat and reopen, the print production toolbar is not there and the Toolbar is still locked.

In Acrobat 8 and later, toolbars are document-centric. meaning that you can have different arrangements of toolbars for different windows - which is a good thing when you are doing different kinds of work. Sort of a "poor man's workspaces". To set global/all document toolbars, you need to change them in an "empty" window.

 

[Al Ferrari]

Leonard,

I just tried your empty window suggestion in 8 professional, and there's no way. Under the File Menu there is an Open command, but no New command. Ah, now I see it: Create pdf from Blank Page. Better to have a New command with the subsidiary menu. Is this different in 9?

Al