Pasting a Directory Path into Acrobat XI Advanced Search Browse for Location

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September 29, 2018
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How does one paste a directory path into Advanced Search, All PDF Documents, Browse for Location in Acrobat XI? I often do searches in directory paths that are very long. I hate that I have to navigate and find the directory path each time instead of just being able to paste the directory path since I have my File Manager open. Acrobat XI seems to be the only modern application that doesn't allow one to paste a directory path into the Browse window.

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Correct answer try67

That's nice to hear, thanks!

And yes, that makes sense it doesn't accept it with the quotes. Good catch!

On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 at 23:01, PDFLearner2222 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

try67

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Works just fine for me... I select "Browse for location" and then paste the full path into the Folder field and press Enter and it uses that folder.

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Always good to hear from you try67 (you've given me great help for more than 8 years now).

I think I figured out the problem. When I copy the path from File Manager (by hitting Shift, Copy as Path), it includes quotes in the path. When I paste that, with the quote, Acrobat doesn't like it and changes it. If I remove the quotes, it works better, even if the path has spaces. So that's key, remember to remove the quotes after pasting the directory path into Acrobat.

try67

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That's nice to hear, thanks!

And yes, that makes sense it doesn't accept it with the quotes. Good catch!

On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 at 23:01, PDFLearner2222 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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