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How do you ALWAYS SHOW the thumbnails pane by default in Acrobat DC?

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March 7, 2016
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I have looked through all the settings and searched here and on Google – maybe I missed it, but I don't see the option ANYWHERE.

Acrobat DC refuses to persist my decision to open the thumbnails pane after I have closed the program and opened another file.

This is HORRIBLY annoying because I have to delete pages from almost every document I open in Acrobat DC (nature of my job and use case), and since.... "upgrading....." *cough* .... from Acrobat XI, I now have to "unhide" the left sidebar (I didn't ever have to do this in Acrobat XI), AND THEN tell it to show the thumbnails. This is a HUGE waste of time working with multiple files that have to be edited thus.

I have the latest version: 2015.010.20056 on Windows 7.

Correct answer Ayush__Jain

Hi All,

Acrobat & Reader January updates for DC Continuous (Build # 2015.023.20053), DC Classic (Build # 2015.006.30279) and 11.0.19 are now live.

In this Update we support keeping any Navigation pane pinned, i.e. to open by default for all the documents in the LHP.

This is how you can try this out:

1) Launch any PDF and Expand the Panel that you want the acrobat to open by default for every document(For Ex. Page Thumbnails)

2) Right click on the LHP Navigation strip , Select the option from the context menu "Pin Page thumbnails" .

3) now try out by launching any other pdf -> You will observe that the Page thumbnails panel would appear expanded by default on launch(If document does not have any other document specific preference )

Refer here for more info on this What's new in Adobe Acrobat DC -> "Retain the last LHP state across Acrobat launches"

Let me know for any other Ask in this.

Thanks

Ayush Jain

Acrobat Team

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The new feature page says "Acrobat DC Continuous" but that's not what you have. You have "Classic".

MattHK @ AIM

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Please mark this now as ANSWERED as per ajain@adobe.com 's reply. (copy/pasted below)

1) Launch any PDF and Expand the Panel that you want the acrobat to open by default for every document(For Ex. Page Thumbnails)

2) Right click on the LHP Navigation strip , Select the option from the context menu "Pin Page thumbnails" .

3) now try out by launching any other pdf -> You will observe that the Page thumbnails panel would appear expanded by default on launch(If document does not have any other document specific preference ) Refer here for more info on this What's new in Adobe Acrobat DC -> "Retain the last LHP state across Acrobat launches"

barryl74677330

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"Pin" option not available, even though Adobe website says it should be there. Version 2015.006.30306

try67

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In the Classic track it will only be available starting with Acrobat 2017, I believe.

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dcdave87

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From the Adobe rep who posted below (I tried this and it works; like many of you, I was desperate for this feature as I always delete the first page of PDFs I download and re-paginate them, too).

1) Launch any PDF and Expand the Panel that you want the acrobat to open by default for every document(For Ex. Page Thumbnails)

2) Right click on the LHP Navigation strip , Select the option from the context menu "Pin Page thumbnails" .

3) now try out by launching any other pdf -> You will observe that the Page thumbnails panel would appear expanded by default on launch(If document does not have any other document specific preference )

NJCUSID

Participant

This worked! Thanks for the solution!

Ayush__JainCorrect answer

Adobe Employee

Hi All,

Acrobat & Reader January updates for DC Continuous (Build # 2015.023.20053), DC Classic (Build # 2015.006.30279) and 11.0.19 are now live.

In this Update we support keeping any Navigation pane pinned, i.e. to open by default for all the documents in the LHP.

This is how you can try this out:

1) Launch any PDF and Expand the Panel that you want the acrobat to open by default for every document(For Ex. Page Thumbnails)

2) Right click on the LHP Navigation strip , Select the option from the context menu "Pin Page thumbnails" .

3) now try out by launching any other pdf -> You will observe that the Page thumbnails panel would appear expanded by default on launch(If document does not have any other document specific preference )

Refer here for more info on this What's new in Adobe Acrobat DC -> "Retain the last LHP state across Acrobat launches"

Let me know for any other Ask in this.

Thanks

Ayush Jain

Acrobat Team

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SamCal

Participant

I was happy to see your post and eager to get this working. I have Acrobat Pro DC 2015 Release (Classic) Version 2015.006.30280; no updates are available. However, there is no "Pin" option with a right-click context menu. What am I missing??

Thanks,

/Cal/

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This was a new feature. The permanent license version doesn't get new features until a chargeable upgrade is made available. Classic = permanent, continuous = subscription. Subscription strongly recommended.

Feldspar___

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This one issue makes Preview.app (Mac) a better option for default viewing of pdfs.

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adombros@aip.org

Participant

Just adding my 2 cents in hopes that Adobe developers are listening...

In working with PDF files my primary use of Acrobat is to extract pages from gigantic PDFs, creating many smaller files. In order to do so quickly, I need to display the thumbnails pane. I WISH I didn't have to open the thumbnail pane EACH and EVERY time I open a new file. This (even with the F4 keyboard shortcut) is a PAIN, very annoying, and a real time waster. Adobe, please fix this!

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Phoebe_Sherron

Participant

F4 key will open the page thumbnails panel on the left. Don't know if it will stay as a default, tho.

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Angel8332

Participant

F4 doesn't keep the thumbnail page open by default. Currently the only option to keep the thumbnail page open by default is to go to Edit > Preferences > Documents and check the box labeled "Restore last view settings when reopening documents" (credit to vb64589654). However this ONLY works for PDF files that you've already opened before.

This is a fix that Adobe needs to deploy in a version update but given how long this extremely simple fix is it's pretty obvious that they just don't care. It makes no sense, if other Acrobat versions can do this so why can't DC...

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Angel8332

Participant

Is anyone from Adobe going to get off their ass and fix this?

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esaeo-nyc-pdx

Participating Frequently

Same here. There is no way to keep the thumbnail pane persistent. There is never a situation that I don't want this open. And unless literally every single client and person on the planet sets the view for their document that I then have to open, I will always have to click on the stupid show panel button then the pages button (or F4).

Adobe, why did you do something so blatantly inefficient? As a paying user I should be able to configure my WORKING environment so I can WORK like the professional you (Adobe) suggest you develop for.

I'm not happy with Acrobat Pro. It is much more cumbersome than it has ever been prior to v8.

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msweldon99

Participant

No kidding. Do people have to have frontal lobe damage before they redesign these apps? They just become less usable. It's inexplicable. Who doesn't need to see page thumbnails?!

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