Rename an open PDF in Acrobat?

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July 23, 2018
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I often receive PDF files that I want to rename once I have looked at the content more closely.

How do I just rename an open file in Acrobat (rather than Save As, or closing the file and going into the OS file manager to do it?)

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Not only can you not rename files INSIDE Acrobat, you cannot rename a file at all, in Windows, while the file is open. Acrobat is a perfectly normal app in this regard.

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ls_rbls

Community Expert

Would it be possible to achieve this with the filename stamper action plugin?

https://acrobatusers.com/assets/uploads/actions/File_Name_Stamper.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiwraXS2PfmAhVOeKwKHalAAA8QFjAMegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw040vQmMABh082a0jWfBLAx

I mean, is the closest thing that you may achieve what you're inquiring from within the Acrobat application.

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Not only can you not rename files INSIDE Acrobat, you cannot rename a file at all, in Windows, while the file is open. Acrobat is a perfectly normal app in this regard.

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JAWAD.AHMED

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It is possible in other apps. I have been using another reader on another PC and been renaming files while open for years.

Just now i am stuck on a PC with Adobe, and unable to rename. So I think its not normal, some apps can do it.

I know your answer is 2 years old, i mean no offence but had to comment for others sake.

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Michael3077892594ri

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I use a Mac. With the exception of Adobe products, I can't think of any edit/creation programs I've used in this century that don't have a Rename or Move (they are equivalent) command under the File menu. Oddly, Lightroom lets me move images around but it doesn't let me rename them. It does, at least, let me open the file in finder (though I'm not sure whether renaming it then messes up the xmp files). Which programs do you use that don't let you rename files you're editing?