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Apr 9, 2015 4:11 PM UTC
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How to make home screen goes away after closing PDF file in Acrobat DC?

I just updated Acrobat DC on a Mac. It works fine except the most annoying part is home screen is always there after you view and close any PDF documents. So every time you close a PDF file, you have to press command+w on keyboard twice to close the windows. Very unproductive and annoying. Anyone has any tip in getting rid of the home screen or home workspace? Thanks.

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      JR Boulay
      JR BoulayCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      Oct 16, 2015 9:06 AM UTC

      The same in English language.

      Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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      jasonericbrown
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      Sep 29, 2015 9:22 PM UTC

      Actually called Adobe Support and was told "there no way to turn off this feature". I was told that when closing ANY pdf file, the user MUST review the second window of recent files / home screen. Only after reviewing this "feature" can the user proceed. Effectively, the act of closing every file is now also a review of recent files / home screen. There is no plan to remove this "feature".

      BUYER BEWARE.

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      kh31255269
      Participant
      Sep 29, 2015 9:58 PM UTC

      Did you see that posted fix using a 3rd party plugin. I works great.

      On Tuesday, September 29, 2015, jasonericbrown <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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      jasonericbrown
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      Sep 29, 2015 10:00 PM UTC

      I don't use / trust random 3rd party apps (see current Xcode api hack), so no fix to remove this "feature" for most of us whom don't use / trust random 3rd party apps.

      BUYER BEWARE.

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        MathPoli
        MathPoli
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        Sep 29, 2015 7:29 AM UTC

        This "feature" is absolutely useless, highly annoying and slowing down our workflow. Adobe, you really need to fix this. Not asap, NOW!

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        JimmyHartington
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        Sep 23, 2015 11:08 AM UTC

        I find this very frustrating as well.

        But on OS X I have found a workaround until Adobe hopefully fixes this.

        It requires the app Keyboard Maestro (http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/).

        You can buy it through this link to recieve a discount: http://www.stairways.com/action/kmdiscount?REF3YMK

        And it requires you use cmd+W to close pdf-files.

        What it does is that everytime you close a window, it checks if the new windows is named "Acrobat Pro".

        If it is, the window is closed. If not, nothing else happens.

        And you can find the macro on Keyboard Maestros forum.

        https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/keyboard-maestro-close-acrobat-pro-window-when-last-document-is-closed-macro/2107

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          kh31255269
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          Sep 29, 2015 12:19 AM UTC

          Thank you so much JH... this fixed it.

          That extra screen was so annoying, why do I need a history of the files I just opened. In fact all the small "updates" Adobe makes to get people to think this is a real upgrade gets old like the intro screens and the different icons. I just need to work and work quick, I don't need all the "flash and gingerbread." I wish they had a "business" edition where there were more preference controls to speed things up.

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          Anonymous
          Aug 13, 2015 5:46 PM UTC

          Is there really still no solution to this? Man.... terrible. I am really surprised that they would consider this a good idea. It's become one of the most irritating aspects of my workflow.

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          acrobat overprint preview
          acrobat overprint preview
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          Aug 13, 2015 5:54 PM UTC

          If you haven't already done so, see the previous post by abefroman with a link to the Adobe bug report. The more people who report this, the more likely Adobe will realize their mistake and change it.

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          howlettfilm
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          Aug 31, 2015 2:06 PM UTC

          Done.  Not that I have any faith at all in Adobe's ability to repsond to customer demand...

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          abefroman2
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          Aug 13, 2015 4:49 PM UTC

          EVERYONE, PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR FRUSTRATION TO ADOBE HERE:

          Feature Request/Bug Report Form

          (Sorry to shout, but this needs to be seen)

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            Larry Auerbach
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            Oct 2, 2015 4:20 AM UTC

            I found this discussion tonight, and just sent in a Feature Request to Adobe. The lack of an option to disable this new "feature" is very annoying.

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            acrobat overprint preview
            acrobat overprint preview
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            Aug 13, 2015 2:53 PM UTC

            Yes, someone let Adobe know that this is a dumb and annoying feature that I curse every time I see it.

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            cheesiong
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            Aug 6, 2015 7:44 AM UTC

            This is really annoying & Slowing our workflow !

            please resolve this issue

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              meghanp447163
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              Aug 5, 2015 6:57 PM UTC

              Adobe, please resolve this issue. It is interrupting workflow and slowing down productivity. We need to be able to permanently hide the home screen.

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                Kris Hunt
                Kris Hunt
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                Jul 18, 2015 3:03 PM UTC

                Agreed — extremely annoying. I wonder if there is a single Acrobat user anywhere who appreciates this "feature". There is already a way to open recent files: File > Open Recent File.

                I also hate what they've done to the Save dialog box. I'm considering downgrading.

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                  wella15
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                  Jul 30, 2015 2:06 PM UTC

                  Yes, me too, just wanted to share the fact that i have to click twice and cant see whats behind, its not like i even need that window! Also, agree on the save box, please please add an over ride, so it can just be a simple save box. Adobe want to appeal to big businesses who are connecting all over the place, surely a "off" button isnt too hard to do?, but for my single user experience i want to REVERT......

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                    spaquet
                    spaquet
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                    Jul 15, 2015 1:00 PM UTC

                    This is really annoying. Because of this window I've reverted back to using the previous version of Acrobat. Please allow for users to permanently close this window.

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