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C
chezzi
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August 31, 2020
Question

File properties once applied don’t show in document in Acrobat Pro DC

  • August 31, 2020
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The majority of my work is reports or brochures which I design in Indesign. When sending proofs to clients I send as PDF files. Once saved as PDF in Indesign I like to open that file into Acrobat and adjust the file viewing properties for how the intial view will look once the client opens the PDF up. In FILE > PROPERTIES I change “page layout” to “Two-Up (Cover page) and “magnification” to “fit page”. To date this has worked well but recently once I’ve saved the PDF after making these chnages and then reopen it to check, none of those chnages are visible. However if I open the same document in an older version of Acrobat the changes can be seen.

My questions are:

1. What’s going wrong in DC Pro that these changes aren’t seen?

2. Can I set this view choice as a default in DC Pro so that I don’t manually hace to change each file?

3. Is it possible to set view options in Indesign so that the PDF is saved in the way I’d like it to be viewed without having to go into Acrobat?

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2 replies

Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 31, 2020

1. Compare the preference settings with the old version of Acrobat

Document Geek
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Document GeekCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 31, 2020

1. Not sure why it'snot shaving your settings in Acrobat DC.

2. You can't set it as a defualt, as it is a document-specific setting. You can, however, create an action or custom command that sets those properties for you. 

 

3. Yes, you can set those view otions in InDesign when you export the PDF.

 

 

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