Set title of PDF output as displayed on the titlebar/tab in Acrobat/Reader?

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August 12, 2025
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In MadCap Flare, there is a specific field for setting what appears in the title bar and document tab in the PDF reader, so you can use either the filename, or a custom name.

(It is setting this field from the output preset):

This in turn is then using the title metadata instead of the filename in the titlebar/tab.

RoboHelp allows setting the metadata, but I can't find any option to set the output to use the metadata instead of the filename as the document title.

Anyone have any wisdom?

Thanks!

Correct answer Jeff_Coatsworth

Don't think RH does the same - you'd probably need to edit the PDF in Acrobat to set that Title metadata element to be used.

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

@ajf86 Did you figure this out? Maybe you'd like to get this feature on the RH team's radar by logging an enhancement request? Use the Tracker (https://tracker.adobe.com/) and post it back here so that others can vote on your request.

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ajf86Author

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It does seem as you suggested that the only way to do this is to manually edit the PDF. I have indeed added a tracker request: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/RH-12967