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aarons48507964
New Participant
April 12, 2019
Question

How to Hide Tools Pane and Bookmarks by default for all docs

  • April 12, 2019
  • 2 replies
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How do you do this? It looks like a check box has been removed that used to do this. These panes on the left and the right just take up precious desktop space, and is a pane* to close everytime I open a document.

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    Jared351091050eal
    New Participant
    January 29, 2024

    I am having the same issue with the current version of Acrobat.  I was able to set the tools pane to automatically collapse on open.  But, that intrusive Bookmarks pane opens every time I open a document.  I don't show an ability to hide the Bookmarks pane by default after Google searching and combing through the settings in Preferences.  Surely there is a way to keep the pane from opening by default.

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      Deborah5FD0
      New Participant
      February 1, 2024

      I mostly open 1-3 page drawings and that Bookmarks pane is the worst! It takes up so much space. Abode - surely there is a way to prevent it from opening automatically?

        Amal.
        Community Manager
        Amal.Community Manager
        Community Manager
        July 31, 2019

        Hi Aarons,

        Apologies for the delay in response, I hope you would be able to fix it by now.

        If the problem still persists,

        To hide the bookmarks, you may refer to a similar discussion on the Adobe forums here - Default Hide Navigation Pane On Left Side Acrobat Reader DC

        To hide the tools pane, you may refer to the Adobe help article here - Permanently close the Tools pane in Acrobat Reader DC

        Let us know if you need more help.

        Regards,

        Amal

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          programaudio
          New Participant
          July 5, 2020

          My latest version os Acrobat Pro DC does not have the option to "Remeber the curret state of the tools pane".

          It is highly unproductive to have to close the bookmarks toolbar eveytime I open a document.

          If this is not fixable, I may have to stop using Acrobat Pro and move back to Foxit Pro.

          Please help.

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            programaudio
            New Participant
            July 6, 2020

            Issue seems to be resolved after restarting my computer.

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