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May 31, 2024
Question

Recombine tabs together into one window in Acrobat Pro

  • May 31, 2024
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I have an end user who is using Acrobat Pro and they have tabs when they open up multiple PDF files along the top of the application.


They have multiple screens so they will sometimes drag one tab over into a second screen to get two windows of Adobe running so they can look at both PDFs at the same time. Easy and simple so far.

 

The issue is that they cannot drag an open PDF in a Tab back into another instance of the application. They are expecting the behavior similar to something like Google Chrome where you can have multiple windows open and then drag tabs over to recombine your windows. Is there some setting somewhere that I am missing or some feature that I need to make sure is turned on?

 

They state that they have Adobe at home and they are getting the expected behavior, but on the work PC they are not.

 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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JR Boulay
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Community Expert
May 31, 2024

You must drag and drop the other document in the Tab bar when you see the blue line.

 

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
Participant
October 11, 2025

But this solution is OK if you have 3–5 windows open. But if you have 10 or 20 windows, this is terrible. And another question: Acrobat has the ability to separate all tabs from a window via the Tile menu, at least on macOS. Don’t we have any way to do the opposite operation?

JR Boulay
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 13, 2025

Don’t we have any way to do the opposite operation?

Unfortunately not, I've requested this feature several times, but it's been so long that I've given up hope.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe