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peterschneider
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March 28, 2017
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Adobe Acrobat Pro Dc opens multiple tabs and multiple windows

  • March 28, 2017
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Hello

I have the version 15.010.20056.36345 and chose "open documents as new tabs in the same window" so I can easily switch between multiple documents. But the problem is that it also opens multiple windows. When I go to "Taskbar Settings" and choose to never combine taskbar buttons the problem is almost solved. But when I put the mouse pointer on the single window it still shows me a preview of all available documents. Like this

but choosing "never combine taskbar buttons" is not a real solutions since it does't look good. I want to have all taskbar items combined.

So I only want that multiple tabs show in one window.

Hope you have a solution for this

thank you

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    Correct answer Test Screen Name

    Yes I have chosen this feature. I'm using Windows 10 Professional 64bit

    and this is the version I use


    I think your description may be causing confusion. It isn't actually opening multiple windows. If it was you could put the windows side by side on screen and see them all. Rather, you are seeing all the documents under the tabs when you hover in the task bar. Is that correct?

    This does not mean there are multiple windows. It's a decision made by the software designer, and overall I find more software does it the way Acrobat does it. To compare, on this system Google Chrome does not do this, but Internet Explorer does do it.

    So I should say it's working as designed. You could make a feature request to provide an option for it.

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    Nabeel237302432keu
    Participant
    March 24, 2022

    This is really annoying. I go to the Adobe icon to open the application but instead it starts showing me different documents currently opened. So I have to make another click (the annoying part) to actually open the document. Seems like Adobe has no solution for it. 

    What I do for this is use "Alt + Tab" option and go to adobe directly without going into taskbar.

    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
    Community Expert
    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 24, 2022

    I'm not sure I understand your problem. You go to the Adobe icon to open the application but see documents that are already open. That means the program is already open. 

     

    If you mean you simply want to open another PDF, you can:

    • Use the Open menu (Cntl-O) in Acrobat
    • Double-click the PDF in Windows Explorer*. 

    *This assumes Acrobat is your default program, if not you can right-click and use the Open Other option.

     

    Clicking on the taskbar icon will do one of three things:

    • open the program if it is not open,
    • show the currently open documents if more than one is open, or
    • switch to the program/document if only one document is open.

    This is a Windows thing, not Adobe.

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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    Nabeel237302432keu
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    March 31, 2022

    I was referrig to the "show the currently open documents if more than one is open" part. I didn't observe it in previous versions of adobe and Windows is pretty much the same (w.r.t. taskbar updates). I just want it to work like google chrome i.e. when you have multiple tabs opened in the chrome and then you go to (click) the chrome icon in the taskbar, it doesn't show you all the tabs currently opened in the chrome. It simply opens that window and then lets you decide which tab you wanna work with. I think what adobe is doing is that it creates separate windows for each tab (document) in the application. 

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      Yael5C4F
      Participant
      September 29, 2021

      I have the opposite issue. I would like my Adobe documents to open up in multiple windows. That is, I have multiple monitors and I would like to view my Adobe documents side by side. I looked up Preferences/General and could not see the option there.

        Bernd Alheit
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        Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 29, 2021

        What version of Adobe Acrobat does you use?

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        Test Screen Name
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        November 15, 2017

        You can now upgrade the classic version, for a fee, to ”Acrobat 2017” to get this.

        Adorobat
        Community Manager
        AdorobatCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        March 30, 2017

        Hi peterschneider,

        Could you please try restarting your computer and see if that resolves the issue?

        Also, check if there is an update available for Acrobat.

        Launch Acrobat>click Help>select Check for updates

        You may also download an update for Acrobat from the following link:

        Adobe - Acrobat : For Windows

        Let me know how it goes.

        Thank You,

        Shivam

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        peterschneiderAuthor
        Known Participant
        March 30, 2017

        Thank you for your answer

        but restarting didn't solve the problem. And I don't want to update because I'm afraid, that I will loose the "open documents in tabs" ability. A few days ago I read in some Forums, that this feature is not available in every version.

        Maybe you can suggest me a version that has this feature. So I can make the update.

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        peterschneiderAuthor
        Known Participant
        April 2, 2017

        I have updated to the last version and the problem is still there

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