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April 19, 2023
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To email a PDF as an an attachment and NOT a cloud link

  • April 19, 2023
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I came across this setting in case anyone has the same problem.

 

Problem:

Not sure how this setting even changed, but all of a sudden if I clicked the email icon in Acrobat, it opens my Outlook and just shows a cloud link with the following text

 

You can view "test template.pdf" at:

https://acrobat.adobe.com/...

________________

Sent with Adobe's cloud storage. Click on the link above to access the file online. No sign up or installation of Acrobat is required to access.

 

Solution

I was able to revert back to sending an attachment and NOT a link by going to 

Edit>Preferences>Reviewing and then UNCHECK "Share for review using Adobe's cloud storage"

 

    Correct answer TestriteVisual

    Thanks for the reply @Meenakshi Negi . I just realized that I actually had tried UNCHECKING "Send link in attach to email ", but it did not work at first. What you said DOES WORK, but I needed to actually QUIT acrobat first and then reopen it for the setting to take effect.

    8 replies

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    danielle31987073sew1
    Participant
    November 6, 2024

    Where do you find this? Theer is no "edit"

    Edit>Preferences>Reviewing and then UNCHECK "Share for review using Adobe's cloud storage"

    TestriteVisual
    TestriteVisualAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 6, 2024

    On Acrobat 2024.003 or similar you need to click on Menu to see the Preferences button shown in the screenshot. 

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    Dan385593432hdk
    Participant
    July 11, 2024

    None of these worked for me. On a Mac using default Mac mail client. Tried everything. Absolutely deplorable performance. 

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    DAE3090075952ci
    Participating Frequently
    July 1, 2024

    Changing settings in Acrobat Reader (2024 version) did not work for me.  I was able to change this behavior in Microsoft Outlook. 

    1. Click on the "Attach File via Link" button in the "Message" ribbon of a new email message.  (Other replies mentioned an option in the menu bar, to the right of "Help", but I do not have that menu item in Outlook.)
    2. Click Settings
    3. If you want to have a popup choice every time you attach a PDF file, select "Always prompt while attaching."  I did NOT want to ever attach as a link, so I chose "Never prompt while attaching."

     

    This worked for me.

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    Christolynn37701552zexh
    Participant
    May 29, 2024

    Hi Really dumb question where do I find my preernce in Adobe? I go into it and it just gives me the documents I have tried to attach to me emails?

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    YukonDavid123
    Participating Frequently
    December 15, 2023

    tried this and it did not work.

     

    J
    Joseph352158433m8d
    Participant
    February 2, 2024

    It did not work for me either. Ijust want to be able to forward an email wirh a pdf attachment  and let me just foeward an email without the natzi police turning it into a cloud storage thing that no one wants to deal with,

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    defaultp3enzsywynce
    Participant
    March 4, 2024

    I'm not sure if this is still an issue, but I found this on Microsoft's website:

     

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/i-keep-getting-messages-about-sending-pdf-files/9491cc08-456b-42ad-bf24-123f9e8c99cb

     

    Hopefully this resolves your issue.

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    Anonymous
    October 2, 2023

    NONE of these solutions work. I am running Acrobat Pro version 2023.006.20320 on MacOS Sonoma. I have unchecked the "Always send files as a link" option in Preferences (see attached screenshot), yet Acrobat insists on send the file as a link. This is so aggrivating!

     

    Suggestions?

     

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      Randy22869332bn62
      Participant
      November 14, 2023

      None of these worked for me.

      I had to uncheck the Adobe Cloud Add-in in Outlook for it to finally stop attaching as a link

      File/Options/Add-ins/Com Add-ins Go button and uncheck

        Abambo
        Community Expert
        AbamboCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 14, 2023

        Works for me, but I'm not using Microsoft Outlook.

        ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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        KCozza
        Participant
        September 29, 2023

        HELP.. Ive tried all steps below and nothing is shutting this feature off. It takes one extra step every time I send an email and I sent hundred of attachments a day. 

        Meenakshi Negi
        Community Manager
        Meenakshi NegiCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        April 19, 2023

        Hi TestriteVisual,

         

        Thank you for your patience so far.

         

        To send the PDF as an email attachment by default, disable the "Send link in attach to email (Sign-in required)" option in Acrobat Preferences.

        Go to Edit > Preferences >  Email accounts in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader on a Windows machine. For Mac, Application Preferences > Email accounts.

        Refer to the screenshot attached below:

         

         

        Thanks,

        Meenakshi

         

         

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        TestriteVisual
        TestriteVisualAuthorCorrect answer
        Inspiring
        April 19, 2023

        Thanks for the reply @Meenakshi Negi . I just realized that I actually had tried UNCHECKING "Send link in attach to email ", but it did not work at first. What you said DOES WORK, but I needed to actually QUIT acrobat first and then reopen it for the setting to take effect.

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