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keebusameows
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April 21, 2015
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Acrobat DC SO HORRIBLE it's making me want to cry.

  • April 21, 2015
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I can't find anywhere to file a complaint or submit feedback, so here it is.

Acrobat DC is horrible. I feel like it wasn't made for professionals at all and makes it much more difficult to navigate a simple document. My custom toolbar at the top? Gone. Replaced by ridiculous pre-school style buttons on the right. Want to re-organize page order? It opens up an entirely separate window for that, totally unnecessarily.

Thanks for giving me a day of trying to figure out how I can delete this worthless pile of kindergarten garbage and somehow get back to just Acrobat XI while still using my cloud sub.

    Correct answer gener7

    If you want to uninstall Acrobat DC and get back Acrobat XI, follow these instructions.

    Acrobat DC uninstalled Acrobat XI | How to get Acrobat XI back

    You can always reinstall DC later.

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    Bill12
    Inspiring
    June 18, 2015

    I will only address the pages issue. If you want to order the pages and not use the Pages tool, the open the LH Pane and select the pages display there (as in the past) and order the pages using that display the same was as in the past. Also not that in the Pages tool you complained about, there is a zoom button on the lower right to adjust the page sizes.

    You will likely find a lot of the other features are still there, but organized differently. It takes some time to adjust to DC and that might be you biggest issue. As will all changes there will be pros and cons. There are things in DC I do not like either, but I deal with it.

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      madprof_1138
      Participating Frequently
      June 18, 2015

      Couldn't agree more. This update was clearly not made with graphics professionals in mind. All important functions eg. for checking print files etc are hard to find and clunky to use at best. Also got horrible display issues with larger files.
      Going back to version XI now. Adobe, please don't start neglecting your professional customers to make your software "more accessible"!

        anotherdog
        anotherdog
        Participating Frequently
        April 22, 2015

        I too have just installed this nightmare. Adobe really messed up with this bloated pile of crap. This is the "My Little Pony" version. I can only rollback to a useable version and hope the team that put this together gets sent down to kindergarten. I wasted a whole day and lost all of my settings on this little adventure.
        What is with the light background?
        Why cant I open pdf file to the preset magnification, just full screen? Do my customers get this if they download the reader?
        Did I mention the horribly bright background?

        Yes the large bright buttons are great for three year olds', but I earn my living with this software. NO!
        Every time I look at a new feature I gasp. Well now I have stopped looking. I am rolling back to XI, and spending the time wasted by filling in this form.
        This is the first time I have bothered to complain about Adobe software in some 25 years of use.
        Okay, install complete, now I go back to work.
        How about your Acrobat team go back to work too?

          gener7
          Community Expert
          gener7Community ExpertCorrect answer
          Community Expert
          April 22, 2015

          If you want to uninstall Acrobat DC and get back Acrobat XI, follow these instructions.

          Acrobat DC uninstalled Acrobat XI | How to get Acrobat XI back

          You can always reinstall DC later.

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            keebusameowsAuthor
            Participant
            April 22, 2015

            Thank you!! This is very much appreciated!

              Anubha Goel
              Anubha Goel
              Participating Frequently
              April 22, 2015

              Hi keebusameows,

              Thank you for your feedback.

              We would pass this on to the development team so that necessary implementations could be made.

              regards,

              Anubha

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                FerrousJack
                Participant
                December 4, 2017

                Has the development team made any progress? This product is a lemon. The interface is nonsensical. As a professional Adobe user for more than 20 years, I am now seeking alternatives for basic digital document handling. The silence from Adobe on these issues is deafening. Your users are only angry because it is disruptive for them to find alternatives because Adobe products are integrated into their existing workflows. Basically, it's expensive to change, but I've spent the last 30 minutes wasting my time on forums and doing web searches trying to find the menu options I need. But the answers provided either 1) reference menus, options and buttons that aren't available to me, or 2) simply don't work! Why is this so difficult?!

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