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ScottPalmerchuck2
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March 31, 2020
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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. 

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kevin_6682
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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)

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    Joe24068179jddd
    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
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    Luke Jennings3Community Expert
    Community Expert
    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

     

    Luke Jennings3
    Community Expert
    Luke Jennings3Community Expert
    Community Expert
    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.


    I think I misunderstood your question. So Acrobat won't open for you? You can't go to File> Open?

    What OS are you using?

    AkanchhaS8194121
    AkanchhaS8194121
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    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 

     

     

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