File location for converting PDFs

Hello, it's Jan 2024 and my version of Acrobat Pro (2023.008.20470) continues to have this annoying feature.  And btw, getting the version information is also a pain- I can't copy/paste from the About window, instead I have to squint and manually type the number in (really????? come on!)

Anyway, my workflow- a list of Word files. I right-click each file to do a convert to PDF.  It always prompts me to save it to some other folder that I might have saved to weeks ago.  It seems to remember the last path when you saved to PDF from within an open Word file.  Whether I save to PDF from an open Word file, or from right-clicking on the name of a .docx file, it should ALWAYS default to the current folder.  If you want to give the users some flexibility, then add a checkbox to say "Remember last save path" or something like that.  If it's not checked, then the default is the current folder.  How many decades have to go by before this is fixed???  And no, I'm not sending any logs/schmogs/dillydogs or anything else except my adivce to please fix this in 2024!!!!  THANK YOU.  

I am having the same problem. The PDF is saving to the folder where I previously saved a Word file as a PDF instead of where the Word file is located. For all the years I have used Word and Acrobat Pro/DC, the Save as PDF defaulted to the folder where the Word document was located. I've lost so much time trying to find files that I KNOW I saved as a PDF only to find them in a different folder. I had wondered if saving files to a SharePoint site could be the reason. I don't have that much hair to pull out, so any help would be appreciated.

Hi Mike,

Hope you are doing well.

 

If I right click on a Word document and select Convert to PDF (using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC), it always pulls up some different file location?

Looking at the description given above, it seems that your "Save to PDF" command saves the PDF file in your PDF saved location rather than in the same folder as the file (Word, Excel, etc...)

Ideally, if you are using Word's Save As dialog box, the PDF would default to the same folder as the original *.docx file.

Please confirm the following details:

1- Have you installed any recent MS Office updates or upgraded Windows?

2- Your current version of Adobe Acrobat DC.

3- Are you using MS Office's Save as PDF or the Save as Adobe PDF option? 

Thanks,

Akanchha