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figureitoutaaa
figureitoutaaa
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February 19, 2026
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I can only see the toolbar. Nothing else unless I do ctrl + l.

  • February 19, 2026
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I hit something and now only the floating toolbar is there. I can’t see any of the documents when I open them.  

 

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      NMooreSCM
      Participant
      February 20, 2026

      The same thing happened to me. I think what is happening is that the main window is going into a super minimized state. If you look to the upper left of the toolbar, you will see an almost invisible tiny circle. (It might be in a different place for you.) That is what remains of the window. If you hover over the circle, you will see the curser change to arrows - then drag to resize the window to be a normal visible size. 

       

      NOTE: in the invisible (super minimized) state you can use Win + up arrow to maximize to a window. However, if you click back to minimize the window will disappear again.  

        jerry_3681
        jerry_3681
        Participant
        February 20, 2026

        Worked for me. Annoying the latest acrobat update comes this way.

        CathyH1020
        CathyH1020
        Participant
        February 20, 2026

        Worked for me! Thank you so much.

        creative explorer
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        creative explorerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 19, 2026

        ​@figureitoutaaa do you have two screens or more? Sometimes it can be on a different screen. 

        Can you at least see the menu bar at least? If you see Window - You can select the document.

        If not, just restart your computer. Hopefully, that restart will snap it back into play

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        figureitoutaaa
        figureitoutaaaAuthor
        Participant
        February 19, 2026

        Thank you for the thoughts. I only have one screen. I can’t see the menu bar. All I can see is the toolbar. I restarted. I uninstalled and reinstalled the program. I feel like it’s a “simple” setting but I cannot figure it out.

        creative explorer
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        creative explorerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 19, 2026

        ​@figureitoutaaa also, go into your Preferences, Control K, and set the Page Layout and Zoom to Automatic 

        Hit CTRL 0 or CTRL 1 to fit the document to your screen (keyboard shortcuts)

         

         

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