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gusmuh
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October 21, 2024
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Turn off the bookmark tab permanently

  • October 21, 2024
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I would like to turn off the bookmark tab permanently that automatically opens for every pdf I open in Acrobat. It takes up a large chunk of my screen with every file I open, and I don't use the bookmarks. I want to do this for ALL pdfs I ever open. Not just for one file at a time.

 

As far as I can tell, this is something the developers will need to make possible. There's a discussion about it, but no request to make this change that I am aware of.
How can I turn off permanently the bookmarks panel... - Page 2 - Adobe Community - 12992518

 

Please upvote so we can get this change made!

    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    [Moderator moved from Using the Community forums to Adobe Acrobat]

     

    FREE Acrobat Reader -- view, comment & sign PDF.
    https://acrobat.adobe.com/acrobat/pdf-reader.html

    Paid Acrobat Pro -- the complete solution for creating and saving PDF.
    https://acrobat.adobe.com/acrobat/acrobat-pro.html

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    Bookmarks can be disabled in paid Adobe Acrobat Pro, but not in FREE Acrobat Reader.

     

    Change your "Initial View" so that the bookmarks pane is no longer shown by default. You do this by opening the document properties (Ctrl-D or Cmd-D), then go to the Initial View tab. You can now turn off bookmarks by changing the "Navigation Tab" setting.

     

    Hope that helps.

     

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    irgumus
    Participant
    December 24, 2024

    @gusmuh Were you able to find a solution to this bug? Seems they really do not care. 

      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 24, 2024

      @irgumus,

      It's not a bug. There is no global setting for this. It's a document setting.

      Feel free to submit a new feature request below.  If enough other users agree, Adobe may add it to a future release version.

      https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

       

      Happy holidays!

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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        baojing_c
        Participant
        December 17, 2024

        Agree, very disgusting setting, I believe they know that, but they don't wanna change

          Nancy OShea
          Community Expert
          Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
          Community Expert
          October 21, 2024

          [Moderator moved from Using the Community forums to Adobe Acrobat]

           

          FREE Acrobat Reader -- view, comment & sign PDF.
          https://acrobat.adobe.com/acrobat/pdf-reader.html

          Paid Acrobat Pro -- the complete solution for creating and saving PDF.
          https://acrobat.adobe.com/acrobat/acrobat-pro.html

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          Bookmarks can be disabled in paid Adobe Acrobat Pro, but not in FREE Acrobat Reader.

           

          Change your "Initial View" so that the bookmarks pane is no longer shown by default. You do this by opening the document properties (Ctrl-D or Cmd-D), then go to the Initial View tab. You can now turn off bookmarks by changing the "Navigation Tab" setting.

           

          Hope that helps.

           

          Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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            gusmuhAuthor
            Participant
            October 21, 2024

            @Nancy OShea thank you for your post. This is not what I am hoping to achieve. This only works for a single pdf document. I want this to be a global Acrobat Pro setting for all pdfs I open.

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