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October 22, 2015
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Blank "Save As PDF" screen? Acrobat DC won't let me Save As.

  • October 22, 2015
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Hi,

Every time I try to "Save As" in Acrobat DC on my Mac, it just pulls up a blank screen - completely blank with no text or options whatsoever.  For example, if I create a PDF from multiple files, it will combine the files into a binder but won't allow me to save it from there.  If I then click to close the file, it will ask me if I want to save it.  When I click "yes" the blank screen will also pop up. 

I have tried the following:

- Uninstalling and reinstalling

- Restarting my computer

- Updating Acrobat DC through Creative Cloud

I am running OSX 10.9.4 on a 2.9ghz Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro w/ 8Gb ram and 80Gb of available space

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Correct answer Anubha Goel

Hi aarong8931815,

Please try unchecking 'Show online storage when saving files' option under "Edit > Preferences > General"

Click OK and then relaunch Acrobat.

Let me know how it goes.

Regards,

Anubha

12 replies

Participant
July 23, 2022

Thank you for posting this.

@AdobeAcrobatDC shouldn't this be fixed up now - 7 years later???

Participant
April 5, 2022

The fix is not working for my even though I unchecked those boxes. IMac with Acrobat DC I am subscribed to and logged into.  I cannot save as from the file, nor can I download onto my iMac.  I can, if I just open the Adobe application, download there from the recent files list.  But this is really cumbersome and not workable for us as we are using my adobe forms.

Any other suggestions, please?

billw51216922
Participant
October 20, 2021

Thanks,

 

That worked great for me. I'm running on a Windows 10 PC.

 

 

Participant
September 27, 2021

This is a known bug with version 21.007.20091 according to Adobe support.  The workaround isn't good for our business because we use cloud save locations.  Hoping they fix soon.

Participant
September 22, 2021

It worked! Thanks!  I moved and when setting up at new location, I could no longer save PDFs sent to me by RE Agent and attorney. 
👍

Participating Frequently
September 27, 2021

In the last two weeks we had the same issue over several PCs and we "solved" by unchecking the cloud resources option.

Unfortunately we have some customers that would need to access, during the "save as" operation, the recent folders list.

The "classic style" save as windows do not complies this feature...

Is Adobe planning a serious solution for this bug?

 

Thanks

Participant
May 21, 2020

Just had this problem and you fixed it.  Thank you!

Participant
March 9, 2020

For me it is not EDIT > PREFERENCES but ACROBAT PRO > PREFERENCES > GENERAL

This also was need for saving SCREEN CAPTURES.

I did not need to relaunch the program

Jennifer28994618jsx4
Participant
March 21, 2023

Thanks, acmebelkanica! That worked!

Participant
March 8, 2020

Tried this as well as all of the suggestions below to no avail. I am still getting the blank screen when I try to save a PDF. Please advise.

Participant
August 29, 2018

Very helpful,  Thanks!

Participant
June 17, 2018

Now working with this tips.

Thanks guys