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March 31, 2020
Question

PDF file opens minimized and can’t maximize

  • March 31, 2020
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Starting today when I open a PDF file it opens minimized. When I click on icon on the bottom of the screen it will not maximize. I also tried to right click on the icon and select maximize but the file will not open. What is strange is that I can hold the mouse over the icon and I can see the file but it's very very small. 

How can I fix this problem. 

3 replies

New Participant
August 7, 2025

I "open" Adobe Acrobat, it shows up in my Taskbar as running (appears with dot under it) but the window is now completely "shrunken"
- instead of a window with a document visible, it appears as shrunken down only a toolbar, and the toolbar
- worse, that toolbar is now just a three dot menu

I can't tug on any boundaries to make it bigger (it seems really to be just a toobar for a hidden window, and toolbars, unlike windows, can't be resized)

 

if I try to select it using alt-tab all the other apps' windows are normal but this one is not (just the app icon and document name)

New Participant
April 16, 2022

Two years later I'm encountering the same issue this morning. Nothing I've tried seems to resolve the issue. I have resorted to using a browser to view my pdf files. I 'd greatly appreciate any help.

Luke Jennings3
Inspiring
April 16, 2022

There are at least 4 places where the pdf initial view setting can be applied, in the pdf, and in the Acrobat page display & accessibility preferences. Here is a link to more details:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/page-layout-properties-not-saving/m-p/12584577#M457355

 

New Participant
April 16, 2022

Thanks very much for responding. My problem is that I can't get to the application's menus as everything is minimized - selecting file > Properties is therefore not possible.

AkanchhaS8194121
Brainiac
March 31, 2020

Hey there,

 

I'm not exactly sure of your workflow, but I can surely relate it to Adobe Acrobat or Reader PDF viewer. Are you using any one of these app to open your PDF file?

 

May be your PDF isn't opening at its Actual Size. Rather than opening file, Open Acrobat Or Reader (whatever you have)>File>Open>select file and check.

 

What's the % you see in the menu bar? Set it to 100% and Actual Size. 

 

Once done, Navigate to Edit>Preferences>Document and Select "Restore last view setting..">OK>Reboot App.

 

 

Does it make any difference?

 

Thanks,

Akanchha