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How do I restore the PDF menu bar (File-Edit-View)? [2020]

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November 12, 2020
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How do I restore the PDF menu bar (File-Edit-View)?

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Correct answer Meenakshi Negi

sure @Bernhard22329323q07i , it is called REVO uninstaller

Hi Bernhard22329323q07i and SB Uses AAReader,

Sorry about the delay in response.

Please try removing the application from the machine and run the cleaner tool (https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Labs/cleaner.html) to ensure. Reboot the device after that.

Install the latest version of Acrobat Reader from the following help page: https://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/.

If the issue still occurs, share the process logs with us. You may collect the process logs using the steps suggested on the help page: https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Labs/acromonitor.html.

Let us know if the issue is resolved.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

jane-e

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By @Tech-nol wrote in 2020

This thead was started in 2020 and things have changed. The New Experience was introduced in March 2023 for some users. Newer posts in this thread are questioning earlier replies that were correct when they were posted. This thread is now locked. Please find a current thread or start a new thread for your issue so we can better assist. Thank you!

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/whats-new/2023-march.html

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Amy34853518pr2a

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F8 and F9 don't work on the "new Acrobat" in 2023. You need to select the Menu hamburger menu in the top left, then choose "Disable New Acrobat". Yay, the menu comes back.

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Kerri-Ann2565034395l1

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PDF menu bar is gone: I am having the same problem as discussed here. f9 doesn't work and fn/f9 doesn't work. I can click on Menu at the top left, but then I am searching and going through way too many steps to find whatever I am looking for. I'd like the menu bar back, but nothing mentioned here is working.

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Rick288800980k94

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Click the menu bar in the upper left corner, then select Disable New Acrobat Reader. Then you can press F9 to toggle the menu bar on or off as needed.

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Kerri-Ann2565034395l1

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Thank you!! That worked!

Warm regards,
Kerri-Ann Prince

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ChrisLeicester

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F9 does absolutely nothing. I had to reinstall Acrobat (I'm using Creative Cloud), and their "new" version has removed the ability to navigate, view pages and so on. There's no file menu, no view menu - just "Edit", "Convert" and "Sign". I'm paying for Creative Cloud, but each new update of every product seems to remove more and more functionality. I've had to resort to GIMP instead of Photoshop, and now I can't easily use Acrobat either. Why is Adobe doing this??

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Bernhard22329323q07i

Participating Frequently

Interesting. it almost seems like you describe the new mantra: Less is more.
I moved to using Foxit PDF Reader as standard tool for PDF, because Acrobat irritated me too much. So sorry to say, for Acrobat Reader used to be perfect for reading. Now it's annoying.

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Neels1

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Click on the Menu Options hamburger at the top left of the screen when in Acrobat Reader, or open it by typing Alt+F. Click on Disable new Acrobat Reader. Click on Restart Acrobat Reader. It will open and typing F9 will show or hide the Menu Bar.

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Hari28823375y7ex

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Right-clicking on the bar where the icons (print, -, +, trash, etc...) are gives you a bunch of options, there you will see 'Meun bar'.

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Bernhard22329323q07i

Participating Frequently

Sorry, that's totally useless to know in this case.
It's not the menubar that disappears, it is the top bar, which has the filename
and the minus + square + X.

And it always disappears when I move the mouse toward it.

Like an annoying bug!!!
F9 takes away the menubar, F9 again then brings it back - including the topbar. But then the topbar disappears again.
No one can tell me WHY it happens, and how to stop it from happening.

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SB Uses AAReader

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experiencing the same issue here, got annoyed using the f9 button to trigger the file, edit, view, .. bar.

only thing is that the installed version of AAReader is current (new pc).
someone suggested I install the older DC version, but cannot find the installation unless spending half a day tracking it down.

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abstract_Explorer0D44

New Participant

I'm having a major issue my menubar and top bar keep dissapearing all the time!!!!!!

I hit F9 or CtrlM or right click on items and go show/hide menubar and sometimes that works but a lot of the time it looks like the the program duplicates on top of its self the F9 is really annoying and need this fixed ASAP.

If anyone has any suggestions that could help I would appreciate it.

Thanks

Amal.

Community Manager

Hi Jesse

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the delay in response.

Would you mind sharing the version of the Acrobat Reader DC you are using? To check the version go to Help > About Acrobat and make sure you have the recent version 22.1.20117 (Win), 20112 (Mac) Installed. Go to Help > Check for updates and reboot the computer once.

Also, try to repair the installation from the help menu (Win Only) and reboot the computer once, and check .

You may also try to reset the Acrobat preferences as described here https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-reset-acrobat-preference-settings-to-default/td-p/4792082 and see if that works for you.

Regards

Amal

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Bernhard22329323q07i

Participating Frequently

Got the same annoying problem, the top bar - with the document title and 'min - max - x' tools disappears all the time.

A repair dod not work

A complete new install did not work.

F9 brings it back for a moment, but then it's gone again.

Ctrl M seems to have done the trick today. Hopefully it stays this way.

jane-e

Community Expert

@Bernhard22329323q07i wrote:

the document title and 'min - max - x' tools disappears all the time.

Is this in all PDFs or just some?

I'm asking because the creator can set the Initial View to hide the toolbar when the document is opened. F9 will bring it back while the file is open, but not when it's re-opened This can't be changed in the free Reader.

Jane

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Bernhard22329323q07i

Participating Frequently

Now that is interesting. Yesterday all seemed fixed after Ctrl M, Yet today the top bar hides again and again. And Ctrl M does not do anything, so that must have been a coincidence.
You mention the creator can set the initial view. That appears not the case with me. To verify I just took an old PDF, one I made myself a long time ago, and the toolbar hides now. But for me the 'hiding' issue is new, since a few weeks or so. And the toolbar goes on and off. Totally annoying. Never seen before.
I open lots of PDF's and move them around and resize them to fit the purpose of the moment, but now that's 'not fun'. Even while dragging the window across screens the bar hides.
If it's a new feature, give the designer a long break!

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irlengr

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Why is this issue the most annoying, the most frustrating, the most frequent issue I have, and is this the hardest thing for which to find a fix?(for me anyway) if I went through as many steps hiding the tools bars as I do retsoring them, it would never happen.

But, now I know...F9 to the rescue.

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Sierra Vista5EF9

New Participant

Thank you because I was lost as to how to make the menu bar reappear.

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