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Participant
May 14, 2015
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How do I get the standard Windows Save As dialog box back in Acrobat DC?

  • May 14, 2015
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The new Save As is clunky and takes way to many steps to do a simple Save As. Is there any way to get rid of it and use the standard Windows one?

Correct answer AbhigyanModi

Edit->Preferences->General

Depending on what you want - turn off: Show online storage when opening files, Show online storage when saving files

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Participant
November 21, 2021

Now what can I do for the issue that when I uncheck the "show online strorage when saving files" is unchecked but when closing the preferences window and going back into preferenecs the"show online storage when saving files" is once again automatically checked again.  It does not hold the preference setting for this parameter.

Participant
November 21, 2021

This may seem dumb, but on the General section of Preferences there is a scroll bar on the right side that is narrow and not typical visually of windows, plus the preferences window just barely went off the bottom of the screen as it popped up so it was not known that there was an "Ok" button at the bottom to accept the changes.  DOH!   The bad thing is that some apps don't require you to click "OK" to accept changes and they simply save them upon the checking/unchecking of options and since the OK was not visible I "assumed" it was an automatic save, but that's what happens when you assume....  All's now good, working as desired and now were 1 less step to Saving As without having to say where twice...

 

 

Participant
February 4, 2022

This is not working for me.  This changed today - did I click something to make this happen?  When I unclick the 2 boxes you mentioned, I still receive the same result.  Then I need to locate the new folder.  I would like it to open in my Quick list...so I can file in my  most recent file folders.  I really don't know how this changed.  Help Please!

hjb21321802
Participant
November 4, 2020

Wow, thank you - I've just been putting up with that thing for ages. Finally annoyed one too many times and glad there's something that works! Don't know why that is the default.

Participating Frequently
July 7, 2020

God, I hate how Adobe always tries to force us into their way of using someone else' operating system. These things always fail, and over the years, Acrobat is so hard to keep up with. Every new version looks so different from the previous one, and  yet there aren't any real changes to the core functionality that 99.99% of people use. Then they throw roadblocks at us for trying to do something as simple as saving a document.

 

And while I'm at it, they need to fix integration with SharePoint. Opening a file, making a change, then hitting "Save" should just save right back from where I opened the file. It shouldn't go to my desktop because that breaks SharePoint functionality. It's the biggest problem I deal with every day. We'd use adobe stuff more, not less, if they'd just allow that simple thing.

AbhigyanModi
AbhigyanModiCorrect answer
Participating Frequently
May 22, 2015

Edit->Preferences->General

Depending on what you want - turn off: Show online storage when opening files, Show online storage when saving files

Inspiring
May 22, 2015

Wow, thanks. Maybe that setting could get a more descriptive label, such as "Use standard Save As dialogue" or something. Whether the dialogue shows online stuff or not is, to me, a totally different issue.

AbhigyanModi
Participating Frequently
May 22, 2015

Thanks for the feedback, I'll pass it on to the team.

Inspiring
May 22, 2015

+1 on this, but for Mac in may case. The new Save As dialogue is, as you say, "clunky and takes way too many steps to do a simple Save As".

I wish software developers could stick to standards and not try to invent new stuff just for the sake of it. My workflow is significantly slower with DC than with previous versions, and that's not because I'm not used to the new looks and features. Please, Adobe, bring back the standard dialogue, or provide a way for us users to select which one we want.