Hand tool as default

[David237170731pgv]

I would like to have the hand tool as default when a document is open.

Currently the selection tool is that one as default.

[Harsh Vardhan Pareek]

Hi @David237170731pgv 

As per the description above, you want to make the "Hand Tool" as default, is that correct?

Please navigate to Acrobat's Preferences, Go to Edit>Preferences>Accessibility>Uncheck "Always display the keyboard selection cursor">Click OK.

Close Adobe Acrobat, re-open Adobe with a PDF document and you will find the "Hand Tool" as default.

Let us know how it goes and share your findings.

Regards,

Harsh

[Steven237739089urz]

That did not work for me.  I want every document to open with the Hand Tool as the default selection.

[try67]

Not possible, unfortunately.

[sherrym93981754 · Accepted solution]

This worked for me, so you might try it. I tried everything else that's been posted since about 2016 and nothing worked. 

1. Navigate to Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat DC / Adobe Acrobat Reader DC > Preferences (Mac OS).
2. Under Categories, select General.
3. Under Basic Tools (about 2/3 of the way down), select the desired default setting from the Touch Mode menu. Here I changed mine to NEVER because I don't want the hand tool, but can toggle between the hand and the selection tool on the toolbar. You might try changing yours to ALWAYS and see if that works. I have a touch screen monitor, so it was affecting my selection tool being my default.

Hope this helps!

Sherry

[Curt33162330q56t]

Changing Touch Mode from AUTO-DETECT to ALWAYS seems to have worked for me.  Now all files are opening with hand tool already selected.

[Steve34988012ykfv]

Where do I find that?

[Steve34988012ykfv]

I found it.  It didn't work for me.  I hate it when Adobe takes away obvious things.