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Pinkie43
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April 23, 2013
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Changing the default "Save" location in Acrobat X Pro

  • April 23, 2013
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How do I change the default location for saving files in Acrobat X Pro? If I accidentally hit "Save" instead of "Save As", I cannot find the file by searching in Windows Explorer. It will show up in the recently opened file list but once I save other files and it drops off the list I can never find it again. I have Windows 7. Even when I write down the path, it doesn't work. It seems to save in some temporary internet folder, which is stupid.

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Correct answer stefanwe

yes it is possible!

Go to Printers in Control panel

right click on "Adobe PDF " printer and go to "Printing preferences"

go to option of "Adobe PDF Output folder " select any folder you want

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twnpeak711
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August 9, 2018

Is there ANY way to "Save As" "Last Location"?

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 9, 2018

    No.

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    stefanweCorrect answer
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    November 17, 2017

    yes it is possible!

    Go to Printers in Control panel

    right click on "Adobe PDF " printer and go to "Printing preferences"

    go to option of "Adobe PDF Output folder " select any folder you want

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      claudioo17622065
      Participant
      May 7, 2018

      You Sir, is a genious... I've looked for this all over the system and it was there, right below my nose. Much appreciated!

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      Boston_Lady
      Participant
      September 27, 2013

      I agree with Bill@VT that putting a shortcut in your "My Documents" folder is a huge time saver.

      Another workaround is to print to PDF rather than saving the file.  Acrobat X Pro WILL remember the location of the last document that you printed to PDF, so this is great if you have tons of them to save to one location.  Downside is that, just like printing a hard copy, your only get the printed image, but no bookmarks, etc. so if you have to preserve those, go with the Shortcut option.

      try67
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      try67Community Expert
      Community Expert
      April 26, 2013

      Unfortunately, it's not possible to change this setting. But you can see where a file is saved by going to File - Properties - Description.

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      Pinkie43Author
      Participant
      April 26, 2013

      Thank you! I suspected as much but good to know for sure so I can stop trying to figure it out. One of the quirks of Adobe, I guess.

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      Bill12
      Inspiring
      May 1, 2014

      To Bill@VT:  BRILLIANT!  Thank you. 

      And equally inane is that it can't be changed.  What do these programmers do other than actually use the program?


      The history of using My Documents as the default goes back to MS and the whole creation of the file structure they used by default. I am not sure if WORD has changed, but it used to be the same way (I can't about WORD since I use a different word processor). That does not help, but gives you some idea of how it got started.

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