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How do I remove the right hand pane in Reader DC (LOCKED)

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April 14, 2015
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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!

Correct answer Allta Media

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

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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.

HHugo

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

HHugo

Participant

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

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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

Artist666

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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)

murrays999

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

Artist666

Known Participant

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

Artist666

Known Participant

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

Artist666

Known Participant

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

Brilliant! Thanks.

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tmmcentyre

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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.

Tuwayq

Participant

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

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Steve Cordero

Adobe Employee

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.