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tomasw96402913
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December 7, 2016
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How to open pdf's in separate windows? [2016] [Locked]

  • December 7, 2016
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Note from moderator: this post is from 2016 and things have changed. If you have a

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Two answers are marked Correct. One is how to disable the "New Experience" and the other is

from 2016 and tells you how to disable tabs and see the PDFs in separate windows.

Separate Windows are not available (yet) in the New Experience. The first step is to disable it.

 

 

When I open different pdf's I want them to open in separate windows.

It is possible to manually separate the different documents after opening them by dragging the tabs.

But it doesn't seem to be possible to set as default that the files open in separate windows.

 

How do I do that?

    Correct answer peters89803752

    On the newest version (May 2023), you have to first select "Disable New Acrobat" from the upper left hamburger menu first before the option to  "Open documents as new tabs in the same window" will appear. To make that option visible, you have to first "Disable New Acrobat"

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    defaulto330qz9htw3q
    New Participant
    December 1, 2022

    The option is no longer on the menu on the latest version that appears web-based. I hate this version!  Want to go back to previous version.

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      Мартин2861777268yg
      New Participant
      February 27, 2023

      Found it:

      Click the 3 horizontal lines button at top left

      -> Disable new Acrobat Reader

      -> Restart

      -> Edit>Preferences>General

      -> Uncheck the option "Open documents as new tabs in the same window (requires relaunch)"

      -> Restart

      -> Like this comment, enjoy

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        NISHAN29228078fwk4
        New Participant
        April 3, 2023

        Thanks for this, i hated new Adobe

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          Angela R25759537iwaj
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          August 22, 2022

          How can I do this on a Macbook Pro runninng IOS 12.3?  it's driving me crazy. thanks.

           

           

          alexag58792606
          alexag58792606
          New Participant
          October 12, 2018

          When I open PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Reader on Win 10 they all open in the same window but different tabs. OK you can split them using Cascade, but I want to open directly in separate windows, as it was for past versions.

          Thanks

          Bernd Alheit
          Bernd Alheit
          Community Expert
          October 12, 2018

          You can change this in the preferences of Acrobar Reader. Look at the category General.

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          Jody23905773ac45
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          April 5, 2022
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          curtise74378145
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          May 2, 2018

          thank you

            Dave__M
            Dave__M
            Community Expert
            December 7, 2016

            Go to preferences (Edit>Preferences - on Windows), or faster is control-K (cmd-K on Mac).  Select the General category on the left, and look for the setting labelled 'Open documents as new tabs in the same window', and UNCHECK this.  You will need to restart Acrobat for this to take effect.

            My best,

            Dave

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              prady1563
              New Participant
              March 20, 2018

              Hi Dave,

              I need help in this.I don't have Adobe acrobat in my system.Where do I go to edit-->preferences?

              Regards

              Pradeep

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