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marki60504207
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December 22, 2016
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Acrobat Properties bar

  • December 22, 2016
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I have seen lots of discussions regarding the Properties bar and the inability to dock it in Acrobat Pro.  I understand the bar changes size with different tools.  I have seen other programs that can handle this just fine but if you can't do that WHY can't you have an option under EDIT - PREFERENCES - COMMENTING that simply says OPEN PROPERTIES BAR ON STARTUP or something to that effect so those that ALWAYS want to properties bar open can open it automatically when opening Acrobat pro????? 

This can not be that hard and would be at least a compromise for those of us that use it every time we open Acrobat Pro.  I really think you folks could figure out how to dock the bar but at least offer an auto open setting... You may not think this is an issue but for those of us that open and use acrobat dozens of times a day it can be quite annoying.  Please consider this for future upgrades.  (ps... It would be nice if it at least opened also by default in your acrobat window area and not on another screen or different locations every time you use it..)

Thank You!!

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    Correct answer try67

    Acrobat feature requests forum: Acrobat Feature Requests

    Official feature requests form: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

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    Gilsworth
    Participating Frequently
    October 12, 2023

    I may be telling everyone something they already know, but until or unless Adobe adreesses this the easiest way to open it is to use the keyboard shortcut (in Windows) Ctrl + e

     

    I too would like it to be dockable or in the context menu. I have gone to the feature request form as suggested by TRY67 and voted for the idea.

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      Doug28562707nigu
      Participant
      February 23, 2023

      I saved my pdf as a reduced size pd, overwriting the one that gave me no highlighting color options.  Then I opened the reduced size pdg and the properties bar offered any color I might want. I'm on a Windows PC

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      Test Screen Name
      Legend
      July 28, 2018

      But this isn't the forum of product ideas. It's the forum for people seeking help and discussion of issues relating to Creating PDFs.

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        Kevin Coutts
        Participant
        July 18, 2018

        Adobe should add a "Highlight Color" tool, right beside the "Highlight" tool, in BOTH the "Quick Tools" tool bar AND the "Comment" tools tool bar.

        try67
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        try67Community Expert
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        July 18, 2018

        I actually developed a (paid-for) tool that allows you to add that to the toolbar of Acrobat (or even Reader). You can find it here:

        Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat/Reader -- Quickly Switch Between Highlighter Colors

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        Kevin Coutts
        Participant
        July 28, 2018

        Sorry, but $40 for your tool is way too costly for my simple needs. I'm happy with Adobe's Properties Bar except only that I would like it to always appear in the two places I suggested in my post, without my having, each time, to go through a few View options steps to get it to appear. Seems that this should be a very simple change for Adobe to make right in their own software under the current DC subscription cost...and until they do that I'll just go through the steps when I periodically need it.

        try67
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        try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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        December 22, 2016

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