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borton1035
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December 18, 2010
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What Happened to "History" in File Open in Acrobat 10?

  • December 18, 2010
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Purchased Acrobat 10.  In Adobe 9, I ejoyed the "History" function in the File/Open area.  I would not recall the name of the file, but, e.g., knew I had opened it within the last 7 days, or last day, or last month.  So, allowing someone to see the "history" or the documents opened within  particular past history period was quite helpful.  Did not see it in Acrobat 10.  i am having a problem that had me at Tech Level 2 and they are now upgrading it to enior Technican.  But, I asked the gentleman to check to see "what happened" to "history".  When he called back as scheduled within one week (very pleasant to work with), he told me that Adobe had simply REMOVED the history capbility in the "open files" part of the program.  I assume what he told me is true.  But, if anyone knows to the contrary, I would appreciate the knowledge of how to find and use "history" in the manner described.  And, why in the world woould they remove such a helpful tool?

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    解決に役立った回答 Dave Merchant

    Usage data indicted that _very_ few people used the Organizer feature, and the amount of work required to ensure it functioned robustly in modern operating environments with distributed storage, SAAS, etc, was not considered practicable - even in Acrobat 9 it was easy to break. If you want more detail on the decisions behind version changes you'll have to ask the product team themselves.

    File>History was generated by the Organizer plugin, so this was removed as a consequence.

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    Anonymous
    June 24, 2011

    In an age where digital and online privacy is of paramount importance it seems total craziness that Adobe has decided to remove the ability to clear history.

    Every other organisation seems to be enabling users to control their information whereas Adobe seems to think that it knows best for all.

    We all have unique circumstances which require us to use products in different ways. Adobe has made a serious error in making history deletion so difficult.

    What about people viewing PDF files in areas controlled by oppressive regimes? What about someone opening their resume on a work computer? What about… all sorts of different scenarios!

    Adobe, bring this feature back.

    iBabs2
    iBabs2
    Inspiring
    November 29, 2011

    For so many of my own needs, and my clients needs, we loved the Organizer.

    It was truly a life saver for us.

    With so many PDF files constantly being printed and emailed and then printed again a day later etc, or a week later....this was truly one of the best features I thought Acrobat offered.

    I'm usually OK with these sorts of things happening in upgrades and can normally just go with it, but this was truly hurts.

    Bring it back!!! Please!!!

    MichaelKazlow
    MichaelKazlow
    Legend
    November 29, 2011

    If you have one of the Creative Suites, you might find that you can use Adobe Bridge to replicate some of the lost functionality.

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    Dave Merchant
    Legend
    December 19, 2010

    As we have confirmed several times on these forums, Organizer has been removed from Acrobat X. The File>History tree was maintained by the Organizer plugin, so this is also removed.

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    borton1035作成者
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    December 19, 2010

    Dave: thank you for your response. if I recall correctly, my original posting acknowledged the History function was absent as told to me by  Adobe tech support . my question , and one that did not get answered, is  "Why oh why did Adobe remove this History tool?"  I do not see a rationale in your answer as to why the 2 was removed .  it is difficult for me to persuade you/Adobe of the value of the tool  unless I know why it was thought to have so little value it was removed .  Admittedly, I do not know "enough" about "why" a company adds/changes/modifies/deletess things within  program.  If "enough" people call in and make a suggestion about something they would like to see, it makes sense to add it even though not 100% of the people ask for it or would use it.  So, what is the theory behind removing "History" or the "Organizer" plug-in?  If 20% of your customer base says they don't use it, that still leaves a lot of people who do or may use it.  Thank you for your anticipated attention to the question and reply.

    Chris

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    Dave Merchant解決！
    Legend
    December 20, 2010

    Usage data indicted that _very_ few people used the Organizer feature, and the amount of work required to ensure it functioned robustly in modern operating environments with distributed storage, SAAS, etc, was not considered practicable - even in Acrobat 9 it was easy to break. If you want more detail on the decisions behind version changes you'll have to ask the product team themselves.

    File>History was generated by the Organizer plugin, so this was removed as a consequence.

    MichaelKazlow
    MichaelKazlow
    Legend
    December 18, 2010

    I haven't received my Mac copy of Acrobat 10 yet, but you would be surprised about the number of people that complain about the recent files capability of programs. Some like them, some don't.

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