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TEC1908
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February 25, 2019
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Dialog Box too big for my screen

  • February 25, 2019
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This question has been asked and answered before, but I'm still not able to see the bottom of some dialog boxes.  Below is a screen shot of my attempt to save a document as PDF/A.  I can't get to the "Continue" button.  If I drag the Preflight dialog box, I can see the Continue button, but it dips below the bottom of the screen whenever I let go of the dialog box.  I followed a prior thread's advice to click on that thread's link to "Resolution in dialog box is too large in Acrobat XI" steps.  It did not work.  I then tried the repair installation option then rebooted.  It still did not work.  Any other suggestions?  Thank you.

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Correct answer Test Screen Name

This is a resizable dialog. Shrink it from the top, then drag it upwards.

8 replies

Participant
August 30, 2022

Try double-clicking the top of the dialogue box, it should minimize it. If it's taking up almost the whole of the screen, it's on Maximize mode.

 

Alternatively, right-clicking on the part that says "open", should open a dialogue box that should let you minimize. 

 

Participant
January 5, 2022

Changed the "Scale for screen resoultion (restart required) to  "System" from "Auto-Detect" and restarted PDF viewer 

Participant
January 5, 2022

The attribute can be found under Edit > Preference > General of PDF viewer 

the0bone
Participant
May 14, 2020

This is a scaling by your Windows.

I have a XPS 2in1 with 1920 x 1200 and all Import, Export and Cam Raw Windows have been way to large.

Windows -> Display -> Scaling was at 150%!

I set it to 100% and all is working fine.

Legend
February 27, 2019

It certainly looks as if your screen is too small. What is your screen resolution and scaling?

Here are some ideas though

- What about moving the box up to the top of the window?

- And making the taskbar auto hide?

More advanced: use Tab, Tab, Tab, Enter. But you'll probably get stuck on the next screen.

TEC1908
TEC1908Author
Participant
February 28, 2019

Thank you.  I made the task bar auto hid.  That did the trick.

Legend
March 1, 2019

Oops, one of my "desperate last efforts" was wrong. Instead of Tab, Tab, Tab, Enter you would need to click on a radio button, then Tab, Tab, Tab, Spacebar.

Legend
February 26, 2019

Like any resizable window... Hover over the top edge of the window, above the title bar, until the up/down arrow appears, then click and drag to resize.

TEC1908
TEC1908Author
Participant
February 26, 2019

I got it.  Thank you!

TEC1908
TEC1908Author
Participant
February 26, 2019

Maybe I'm missing something.  How do I shrink the dialog box from the top?  Thank you.

AkanchhaS8194121
Legend
February 26, 2019

++to the correct answer given above.

Once resized and shrink, next time when you will open it dialog box would retain the previous size automatically.

-Akanchha

Test Screen NameCorrect answer
Legend
February 25, 2019

This is a resizable dialog. Shrink it from the top, then drag it upwards.