"Save As" recently clears file name out when using a decimal in the name

Hi Joanne285635391280,

Thank you for reaching out, and sorry for any trouble this has caused.

We attempted to replicate the issue on our end, and everything appears to be working fine. Could you please provide a short video demonstrating what happens when you try to save the PDF with a decimal in the filename? This will assist us in replicating the behavior and resolving the issue.

Additionally, please share the current versions of Adobe Acrobat and your operating system.

Let us know if you need any further help.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

It could be a bug. But I suspect strongly that it’s actually a useful feature. 

That “decimal” could well be interpreted as the divider between a filename and a suffix in the Windows world. As a consultant who works with clients using Windows and Mac systems — and more than a few of them that use both — errant characters that cause issues in Windows filenames are but one of many banes of my existence. 

If Acrobat keeps that from happening in the future, I would consider that a good thing. Even when working on my Mac like I’m doing while tapping out this response to you. Because errant characters I can enter in a Mac filename would cause unnecessary complications for any Windows user I’d work with.

Randy