How do I open pdf's in separate windows in Adobe Acrobat Standard 23.001 version?

[Chet5E15]

The option is not there in Preferences -> General. Please let me know, I dont like them opening in new tabs in the same window, I want them to open in different windows.

[John24395018o7vb]

Here is an idea:  Why don't they go back to whatever they did with Acrobat 9, TWENTY YEARS AGO, when you could open as many docs as you wanted in separate windows and swap pages back and forth all day long? Every new version makes the program clunkier and more expensive.

[Luis Miguel34786000vkwe]

Hellow, by sheer chance I stumbled upon a solution to separate pdf in different windows. I open them all as tabs and then I press Ctrl + Shift+ K, and, like magic, all pdfs appear as different windows, I hope this helps you all.

[John24395018o7vb]

This worked perfectly.  Thank you so much, you've saved me hours of struggling. I'd send you a bag of Raven's Brew Deadman Reach (organic, whole bean) if I had your address.

[Phindile31311595gfds]

How to open Adobe 

[Lee330450998j1n]

ADOBE--You need to fix this.  If I wanted to see all my documents in the same Window, I would run MS-DOS, not MS-Windows.  It's not 1994 anymore.

[Rupert33127898e608]

Agreed - this is really annoying. Adobe please fix this ASAP.

[L23370334ofdk]

IMO, DOS was actually better than the mess that Win 11 + Adobe have created.  

[jroswell]

If you have Office 365/One Drive, you can right click the 2nd file and choose view online.  I just did this and have the 2 documents side by side (on a 27" screen).

[Buckley25381968lzef]

This worked.

[d3s1gnjet]

@Buckley25381968lzef- it works, but it reverts your entire Acrobat application to a previous version, removing the benefits of other innovations available in the new version.

[d3s1gnjet]

Adobe Acrobat 2023 ("New Acrobat") needs the option to open each document in a new window.

This should be possible without disabling New Acrobat.

[Frances34160150jlty]

100% agree.  I am glad that disabling the new adobe acrobat is an option! 

[keithedmiston]

As mentioned in a previous post (which has now become buried), you can "tear" it to a new window.  I have the latest version of Acrobat Pro and just tried it and it works.  Open your second (or subsequent) document in the current window.  Click and hold the tab for that document and drag it outside of the current window.  You have to drag it rather slowly - you can lose where it is.  Can't do it if the original window you are using takes up your whole computer screen.  I promise this works.  You don't have to revert to the older UI.

[d3s1gnjet]

@keithedmistonWhat you say is correct. However, the action you describe requires additional steps for each document which can quickly become unwieldy when handling multiple-document workflows. Sometimes the user simply needs to be able to quickly open each document in a new window, which was previously accommodated by a simple application setting.

[keithedmiston]

That makes sense.  I didn't think about it in that context.  I guess the best method for a given person is directly related to their use, like once every now and then or daily.

[keithedmiston]

The ultimate question I have is why do we all (Acrobat users) have to even have this conversation?  If there was some trade-off to losing this functionality, at least it would make some degree of sense, even if I disagreed with the value of it.  I am even more frustrated with the fact that I can't have an "open" icon on the bar.  I don't want to hit "ctrl+o" and I don't want to go from the drop down menu.  It is seemingly insignificant, but it just irks me to no end.  I have no understanding of the software development industry (at all), but sometimes I wonder if the thought process is "oops, we haven't updated this thing in 14 months, somebody make it look prettier or at least different, and oh, we have to at least make a functionality change or two as well or it might not really be considered an update."  All that being said, not using Acrobat is like using a word processor other than Microsoft Word in a legal or business environment, at least to me it is.  Regardless of what they do to it, I'll end up using it anyway (absurd changes notwithstanding), because I really like the product (I've "tested" others), it inegrates with the most important things, and it feels like home to me.  By the way, if there is a way to get my beloved "open" button on the bar, please please somebody tell me.

[LouLiberty]

It is actually simple once you know how. I researched and nothing helped but finally stumbled upon the solution: when you have more than one documenbt open but all bunched in the same tab group merely go to "Window" in the menu at the top and scroll down to "New Window"  (on the mac its 8th from the top). When you hit this the document is moved from the group to its own window. Viola - but no thanks to Adobe.

[LouLiberty]

It is actually simple once you know how. I researched and nothing helped but finally stumbled upon the solution: when you have more than one documenbt open but all bunched in the same tab group merely go to "Window" in the menu at the top and scroll down to "New Window"  (on the mac its 8th from the top). When you hit this the document is moved from the group to its own window. Viola - but no thanks to Adobe.

[d3s1gnjet]

@LouLiberty  your description is correct, but it requires extra steps to open each document in its own window.

Previously, Acrobat allowed configuration such that any document would automatically open in a new window. This flexibility has been removed from the current version, which is why people are complaining.

[rkovacic]

I have this same issue with current Acrobat version 2023.008.xx, option not available:

Mac Pro desktop running Mac OS X Monterey, v 12.7.xx

[C.W.McCall]

Just "Disable New Acrobat" and your files will open separately.

[d3s1gnjet]

Thanks @C.W.McCall.  People are specifically looking for a way to do this without disabling New Acrobat and its new features and UI. The instruction you provided requires rolling back to a previous (non-new-Acrobat) version, which is not acceptable for the future.

[quentin1234]

If you have people looking at this matter, then PLEASE also have them look
at restoring multiple-page scrolling by dragging the original scroll tab on
the right of Adobe Acrobat PDF pages. Having lost this daily-used and
critical editorial/proofreading/correcting function means we cannot update
to the latest version. It is critical to be able to move from one place
early in, say, a 600-page PDF file to another well through it without
constantly scrolling page after page – when the exact page number is not
known. But critical for a multitude of other reasons as well.

Best wishes,
Quentin Wilson

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[Albany Engineering]

All I can say is IDIOTS!!  How can a major software company release an update with functionality taken away?  Obviously a programming shortcoming in the updated software.

[C.W.McCall]

Just "Disable New Acrobat" and your files will open separately.