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david k
Inspiring
May 18, 2024
Question

How do I get back the +/- zoom buttons on top menu bar

  • May 18, 2024
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For some reason these went missing. I want them back! 

 

Under View  > show/hide  > toolbar times > show select and zoom tools ... I see different zoom options, marquee, dynamic, etc. but I don't see the plus/minus zoom +/- button option? 

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    D29811680u0p9
    Participating Frequently
    August 4, 2025

    I also despise having my most-used tools moved from the top all the way to the bottom right... that's a lot of extraneous movement when the rest of the stuff I do on the screen is around the center or top left.

    I see no reason for the change. It's a downgrade as far as I can tell.

    It's a shame also because the rest of the improvements are decent. I don't know why they'd move the most-used tools out of the way.

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    jay_3405
    New Participant
    April 5, 2025

    The solution worked for me:

    1) I opened a blank page in the "New Acrobat"

    2) I clicked on View > Disable new Acrobat

    3) A message pops up that says,  "Restart Acrobat. To disable the new Acrobat experience, restart the app."

    4) I clicked Restart and the blank page came up looking just like I expected!

    Look at that beautiful Zoom % window all top dead center like a BAUS!

    Woohoo! Thanks for the help, everybody!

    (screenshots below)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    NOTE: After switching back and forth between New Acrobat and the old UI, the Zoom Level option disappeared from View > Show/Hide > Toolbar Items > Show Select & Zoom Tools.

    If that happens to you, do the following:
    Edit>Preferences>General>select 'Open documents as new tabs in the same Window'>Click OK

     

    This requires restarting Acrobat, or possibly rebooting the mac or doing a full shutdown and power up. I've experienced all three.

    Would be nice if Adobe put that Zoom Level feature with New Acrobat enabled.

     

     

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      David Ngo 1234
      New Participant
      February 16, 2025

       

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        Saleen292485436ptl
        New Participant
        October 11, 2024

        i used to be able to have the Zoom Percentage box in my ribbon and in the new Adobe its not there.  Nor am I able to add this feature to my ribbon as before.  Is there an option for this I am missing?  We used to be able to put whatever into our ribbon.  

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        vicki 990
        New Participant
        December 11, 2024

        This worked for me - go almost to the bottom of a page and hover. The zoom tool bar will pop up. Click the far right icon (little square with an up arrow) and the toolbar will move up to the main toolbar.

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          Kathleen251607059zaj
          New Participant
          October 2, 2024

          Your answer is not what we are looking for. We want the + / - back. I personally want the ability to change the size myselft. Change from 100 %  to 600% if I want. You removed that as well. Try using your product before you deem something uneccessary. 

           

            superdave458
            superdave458
            New Participant
            October 16, 2024

            jared_4731's response resolved this for me. I now have the +/- buttons and the percentage selection option as well.

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            jared_4731
            New Participant
            September 5, 2024

            Hi David, I was going through this myself!  Just went through a computer upgrade and could see on my old computer having the +/- zoom level at the top in the toolbar, but couldn't get it to come back for the life of me, even in the old version of Adobe set.  Then I noticed that the tool bar with the +/- zoom appeared at the bottom of the PDF when I first opened a doc and hovered the mouse towards the bottom.  I then noticed an icon on that toolbar to the far right that had an icon of a toolbar with an up arrow over it and when I clicked, it went back to the top toolbar!!  Hope this helps you get it back.  Good luck!

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              5643
              New Participant
              September 12, 2024

              Directly after the zoom feature left the top ribbon, it did appear, for quite some time (months?), on the bottom if you hovered. Now, alas, at least in both the version I use at work, (w/ whatever bells and whistles would come with a professional version), as well as my free home version, it's along the right side, without hovering, and without this feature you kindly shared a screen shot of. These "minor" irritations add up to Full On Frustration.

              try67
              try67
              Community Expert
              May 18, 2024

              Right-click the toolbar and select "Show Select & Zoom Tools" and you'll find both buttons there.

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                david kAuthor
                Inspiring
                May 19, 2024

                I tried what you suggested, but the plus (+) and minus (-) tools are not in the list: 

                 

                 

                I did add the Pan and Zoom button; when you click on it, brings up this menu box, below, but that's an extra step and it's not really the same as having the plus/minus buttons in the menu bar. 

                As far as I can tell Adobe folks are screwing with us again - they want to change stuff just for the sake of change (or in order to justify their jobs) and they either muck things up or change things that we don't want changed. 

                 

                  try67
                  try67
                  Community Expert
                  May 19, 2024

                  If you have the new Acrobat UI, disable it, via the Menu button at the top-left corner.

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