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September 25, 2019
Question

Adobe Acrobat DC Checkered Screen

  • September 25, 2019
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Hi All,

 

We have a problem where-by, clicking on a PDF document in Adobe Acrobat DC, a checkered overlay (see attatched) will appear. We suspect the AMD driver (AMD Ryzen 2400G with intergrated Graphics) is conflicting with the program as when uninstalled, it works fine but we lose the second monitor so this isn't an option. We have also tried completely re-installing Acrobat, checking everything is upto date and so on. There is another PC in the office of exactly the same specification and has all the same driver versions isntalled but works fine.

 

Adobe Acrobat is a required prerequisite for a program they use called LEAP so again, using an alternative PDF viewer is not an option.

 

Symptoms:

1.) All PDF documents from all sources adopt a checkered overlay as soon as you click anywhere on the page.

2.) Once the checkered overlay appears, you can't get rid unless you re-open Acrobat.

3.) Once the chekered overlay appears, if you were to try and highlight a bit of text, the checkered screen would disappaer but only where you've highlighted and would immediately re-appear when you click off (almost as if the highlighing was reversed) - not sure if this makes sense but it's there for you to make of it what you will :).

 

What we've tried:

1.) Ensured all drivers/Windows updates etc. are up-to date and match that of the identical machine.

2.) A new Windows profile (same issue).

3.) Completely uninstalling and re-installing Adobe Acrobat along with the Graphics Driver.

 

Things to note:

1.) Machine is only 2 months old.

2.) Identical machine in the office of same spec (works fine).

3.) Acrobat is required and uninstalling GPU drivers removes the ability to have 2 screens.

4.) PC is in a remote office so re-installing Windows is a last resort.

 

Any help on this would be much appreciated, maybe there is something simple we're missing?

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    ls_rbls
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 31, 2020

    Hi,

     

    Just a quick folllow up and checking if you were able to correct this issue by applying the latest updates to Acrobat.

     

    Also, have you tried and run Acrobat in compatibility mode?

    ls_rbls
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 28, 2019

    Try uninstalling and reinstalling the graphics driver but only by downloading the latest drivers from the device manufacturer support website.

     

    Upon installing this driver follow the recommended steps by the vendor and do not let windows force any steps of the installation process automatically.

     

    Once installed reboot and try setting up your graphic card resolution and extending to a secondary monitor using the native app for that video card and not through the windows control panel options.

     

    Raise or lower resolution as needed for each monitor to see if the problem can be resolved by matching a specific screen resolution that will work well in both monitors.

     

    In your Adobe Acrobat Preferences, check in General, Basic Tools, Touch Mode, Scale for Screen Resolution (enavle or disable).

     

    See also Page Display what other options need to be enabled/disabled manually... such as use 2d graphic acceleration, Smooth text for monitor or LCD screens, use page cache, etc.

     

    Also check where it says Full Screen, also under Preferences, "Which monitor to use" and select one out of the 6 options and click ok to see if that do any difference.

     

    Laslty, ensure that in Documents, also under Preferences, Open Settings, "Restore last view settings when reopening documents" is unchecked.

     

    And dont forget to see if anything under Accessibility , "Document Color Options, Replace Document Colors