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April 14, 2015
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How do I remove the right hand pane in Reader DC (LOCKED)

How do I remove the right hand pane (export pdf, create pdf, edit pdf, etc.) on Reader DC?  It takes up a quarter of my screen and I never use that stuff!

Thanks for your help!

    Allta Media
    Allta MediaCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    July 15, 2015

    The July 2015 Acrobat & Reader DC update introduced a UI change for the right-hand pane. Now when you launch Acrobat/Reader DC, it will retain the last state (collapsed or open) of the tools in the Right-Hand Pane. You can find more details on this page

    Acrobat Help | New features summary.

    Edit: Just to clarify in Reader DC, it's a Preference located under Edit > Preferences > Documents "Open Tool pane for each document".

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    hedera46
    Participating Frequently
    May 14, 2015

    First, thanks to all the geniuses who figured this out, it has also been driving me nuts.  On my Win7 Pro system, I created the Disabled folder in

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU

    and moved the Viewer.aapp file into it.  The side pane is GONE, yay.  A little testing says that you can't get that pane back, with this fix, if you should want to use it; clicking Tools on the menu brings up the full page.  It's possible that hhugo's fix of editing the XML file might possibly make this work, but at this point I think I'll live with what I have.

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      HHugo
      HHugo
      Participant
      May 14, 2015

      I edited the XML file "Adobe/Acrobat Reader DC/Reader/AcroApp/ENU/Viewer.aapp" to contain only this line:

      <Application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/acrobat/app/2014" title="Viewer" id="Viewer" majorVersion="1" requiresDoc="true" minorVersion="0"/>

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        HHugo
        HHugo
        Participant
        May 14, 2015

        What this does (for me):

        The right hand pane <RHP> is completely hidden (no unhide available) at Reader startup.

        To use a tool you have to switch to "Tools" and select a tool. If the tool places content in the <RHP> the pane is shown. In any case, if you switch back to the document, unhide is available again afterwards, although with no content, except from some tool you might have activated in the current session.


        This solution deletes the <Layouts> for the <RHP> resulting in the <RHP> being hidden (and empty by default).

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        jorger33854798
        Participant
        May 12, 2015

        I just moved Viewer.aapp file as this workaround and worked perfectly !!

        Thanks for the fix guys!, you're better and efficiently than Adobe

        Regards

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          Artist666
          Artist666
          Known Participant
          April 29, 2015

          thats it adobe, just deinstalled that crap DC and reinstalled Acrobat Pro XI (http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/APRO/11/osx10/AcrobatPro_11_Web_WWMUI.dmg)

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            murrays999
            murrays999
            Participant
            April 29, 2015

            Link to Pro XI doesn't work. Get "Access Denied."

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            Artist666
            Artist666
            Known Participant
            May 4, 2015

            Sorry, for me the link still works. Maybe you have to be logged in at Adobe Creative Cloud.

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            Artist666
            Artist666
            Known Participant
            April 27, 2015

            Anyone an idea how to permanently disable the toolbar on mac osx?

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            Artist666
            Artist666
            Known Participant
            April 27, 2015

            I am really annoyed by this "upgrade". Useless UX Junk, why the hell do i have to tell the reader everytime to close that toolbar?

            What are the designer and developers thinking at adobe???

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              Anonymous
              April 27, 2015

              Brilliant!  Thanks.

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                tmmcentyre
                Participant
                April 23, 2015

                Okay, seems I've stumbled upon an ugly workaround but it works for me. I'm using Windows 8.1. Go to the install directory, i.e." C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU". Create a new subfolder (I used "Disabled"). Move 3 files from the "ENU" folder into the new "Disabled" folder: AppCenter_R.aapp & Home.aapp & Viewer.aapp. Open a PDF and no more Tool Pane!  I originally moved just the "Viewer" file but if you clicked on "Home" or "Tools" on the toolbar you couldn't go back to the "Document." Moving all 3 files takes care of that issue. Like a lot of people I don't and won't ever use any of the tools. I just want a reader. Let me know if this works for you.

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                  Tuwayq
                  Tuwayq
                  Participant
                  April 24, 2015

                  Removing these three files (applets) in another folder worked for me without any hiccups. Thanks!

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                    Steve Cordero
                    Adobe Employee
                    April 14, 2015

                    You can either click the Right Hand Panel bar or you can use the keys Control+H to go into "Read Mode".  Note "Read Mode" just displays the document and no panels.  "Read Mode" does not stay between documents or sessions either.

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                      Anonymous
                      April 14, 2015

                      Is there a way to turn it off globally so I don't have to do that every time I open a document?

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                        Steve Cordero
                        Adobe Employee
                        April 14, 2015

                        Sorry,  I thought I had been clear, but apparently not.  My bad. The answer is "no", there is not a global way to turn it off for every document.

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