Latest update of Adobe Acrobat Pro is an absolute disaster

I was not a big fan of the interface when I first saw it as an option a few months ago, but when using the classic interface I was experiencing terrible "screen flickering" when viewing documents in two page display (I verified this on multiple computers and reported it to support, a ticket is outstanding).  Out of sheer desperation I activated the new interface.

Yes as an attorney I am a heavy user of PDF documents.

Yes, I find the reversal of where the bookmarks and page thumbnails and the commands awkward (I guess the designers though the commands are more important than the bookmarks/thumbnails but I disagree).

But some of the comments simply reflect limited effort to familiarize.

For example, there is a popup interface that appears when you select a word or phrase with your mouse and that it allows you to quickly highlight or redact the word or phrase as well as a few other tools.  That's pretty cool.

The single hamburger menu is fine.  One drop down with embedded options versus five or so drop downs is not that big of a deal.

Control-O still opens a document.

The undo button is still there, it just appears once you have the option to undo something and not before.  

I was able to edit a paragraph to add some works without any crashing or difficulty.

You can add some commands to the floating toolbar on the left (and I wish you could remove some as I don't need to see "draw freehand" as an option), just like you could with the quickbar or whatever it was called on top.

And best of all, the screen flickering issue does not seem to be visible (at least so far) in this interface.  I'm not sure why.

I agree the new update is aweful it was fine the way it was.  The new update makes it really annoying to edit docs and I just want to throw my computer across the room. 

Yes. There is. Click the hamburger (drop-down) menu on the far top left corner. Near the bottom you will see something like "disable" the new version. I do not know how long it will work.

Obviously, Adobe hired people who either: 1. Do not understand how the product is used in business, 2. Hate Adobe and are trying to kill the brand, or 3. Both.

Dorothea L. Vidal


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I have never commented on something like this before. However, this update begs a reply. The update seems to have done away with every useful feature of Adobe AND hides all the tools. Simple tasks like highlighting text are now impossible.

Is there some way to rever to the previous interface?

Agree... absolute shite!

Constant page refeshing... I can't even see what has been updated other than moving the tool bars... so frustrating!
We pay a helll of a lot of muney to use these apps... rubbish!

Come on Adobe!!!!  Terrible, backward, disappointing, Acrobat update.     

I can't even figure out where to start to express my anger over this mess of an update. How can something like this even be allowed to be released? Who on earth came up with this interface? Is there no accountability over there anymore. Put down the tablet, get back to your desk in your office at an actual work station and fix this useless piece of junk. I have reverted backt to the old interface for now but our team is actively looking for a better product now.

Looks like you need to shake up the staff folks.

I agree it is terrible.   The new update is not at all friendly for people who use a keyboard.  To use it, you have to take your hands off the keyboard and use a mouse which I don't use at all.  I knew every keystroke before.  To close a document it was simply Alt+F+C.  For those familiar with the keystrkes we have that done before you could move your hands to a mouse.  Now, you cannot even close a document without taking your hands off the keyboard.  It is very very slow.  Very unhappy.

it is horrible.... slowing work productivity to a standstill... cannot erase anything  unusable even after fixes and re-install...AWFUL....FIX IT NOW

I cannot describe how awful this new version operates.  I have an incredibly expensive Lenovo that I got for work years ago because of its speed.  Nothing has ever caused my computer to move so slow.  As soon as I begin editing a pdf in adobe which use to be a breeze, my computer begins to basically over exert itself trying to deal with such a problem ridden program.  Please just give us back the old version before everyone just decides to use something else instead thanks.