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austinr84250201
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October 2, 2018
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Hiding the Tool Pane

  • October 2, 2018
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    Hiding the Tool Pane in the previous version was relatively easy.  Edit - Preferences - Remember current state of Tools Pane.  It does not work in the most recent update.  Not only does it not work, if I minimize the document and then pull it up again, the Tool Pane has shown back up.   I have to hit Ctrl H every time I pull up a PDF.  When will this be corrected?

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      Correct answer Ayush__Jain

      Hi austinr84250201 ,

      Thanks for Reaching out to us for your concerns.

      Please follow the Steps mentioned here and see if this works for you : Permanently close the Tools pane in Acrobat Reader DC

      We Tried this on the latest available Reader build and this seems to be working fine for us.

      Can you please check and update if this solves your concerns ?

      -Ayush Jain

      Acrobat Team

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      tigbond78
      Participant
      November 26, 2018

      Hello Ayush - thanks for your reply. I had the same problem and selected "Remember current state of Tools Pane" as you suggested. It works insomuch as now it's "hidden" every time I open a new doc, except that it's not really hidden at all. It's like a big colorful circus of icons that totally distracts my eye when I'm trying to read the document (it doesn't help that I have ADD, which causes me to get distracted easily). Can you guys please make it so:

      1) The Tools Pane can be completely hidden

      2) The colorful icons are reverted back to a standard gray

      Thank you!

      Ayush__Jain
      Adobe Employee
      Ayush__JainCorrect answer
      Adobe Employee
      October 3, 2018

      Hi austinr84250201 ,

      Thanks for Reaching out to us for your concerns.

      Please follow the Steps mentioned here and see if this works for you : Permanently close the Tools pane in Acrobat Reader DC

      We Tried this on the latest available Reader build and this seems to be working fine for us.

      Can you please check and update if this solves your concerns ?

      -Ayush Jain

      Acrobat Team

      AnandSri
      AnandSri
      Legend
      October 2, 2018

      Hello Austinr,

      We're sorry for the trouble you had with Adobe Reader. Please reset the Adobe Reader's Preferences once and reboot the machine, to reset the preferences, refer to the help article How to reset Acrobat Preference settings to default.

      Repair Adobe Reader once from help>repair installation and reboot the machine.

      If the issue persists, use Acrobat cleaner tool to remove Adobe Reader Download Adobe Reader and Acrobat Cleaner Tool - Adobe Labs

      Reboot the machine and install Adobe Reader from Adobe - Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Distribution

      You may also refer and try the suggestion from the following Adobe discussion How do I turn off the TOOLS PANE on the right side of the pdf document and keep it off?

      What is the current version of Adobe Reader installed? To identify, refer to Identify the product and its version for Acrobat and Reader DC

      What is the version of the operating system installed?

      Let us know how it goes and share your findings.

      Thanks,

      Anand Sri.

      sefira32
      sefira32
      Participant
      July 12, 2021

      This works for me.

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