How do we stop Adobe Reader from asking "Do you want to save changes to '*.pdf' before closing? Yes, No, Cancel

[jtd57752056]

When we open PDFs with Adobe Reader and then close them a pop up appears asking if we want to save the changes even when no changes are made. Is there a setting somewhere that will stop this from occuring?

Thanks

[RahulTyagi_]

Hi JT,

That's a precautionary warning which appears only when you make some changes in the document and then try to close the document without saving it.

and No, there's no such option to turn it off.

Regards,
Rahul

[jtd57752056]

Thank you to both of you!

[RahulTyagi_]

You're welcome!

Regards,

Rahul

[An_tony]

I have a pdf file that's presenting in the same as above i.e. no user changes made but it prompts for save on exit, though only sometimes.  I can sometimes open and close with no prompt and other times I get the prompt.  Doesn't seem to be to do with how long it's open either. Sometimes it asks and I say no, other times it doesn't ask.

How do I diagnose what is happening?

[Test Screen Name]

Faulty PDF I expect. But if it's faulty and you save it this should never recur. If it recurs for a saved file its something else.

[An_tony]

Thanks.  Corrupt how?

How can this be diagnosed?

I get this problem with lots of PDFs and as you guessed, even after saving.

[sheillah5FEF]

How do i reset my Acrobat reader back to asking me if i want to close current document  all?now it just closes all documents 

[try67]

If you're not making any changes yourself to the file and it still happens then it might be because the files are corrupt and Reader fixes them when it opens them, so they could be displayed despite the corruption. Another option is that there's a script embedded in the file that is executed when the file is opened and makes changes to it (to a the value of a form field, for example), so the file is considered to be "changed" by the application.

[Test Screen Name]

So, if it's even after saving, and if you reopen the SAVED file (not the same file from a web site, not the same file in an email!) then it isn't a faulty PDF. Maybe it's an embedded JavaScript doing it.

[An_tony]

OK great thanks.

How do I get at the embedded js?

[Test Screen Name]

What version of Acrobat Pro do you have?

[An_tony]

XI

[Test Screen Name]

I think JavaScript is a section under Tools. There's an Edit All.

[An_tony]

OK thanks for your help.

[Early10]

Hi,

I work in Administration. I have to open and close hundreds of PDFs every day. There must be a way to turn of the 'do you want to save changes?' prompt? It would save me and millions like me so much time and effort.

Kind regards,

Ryan

[try67]

Did you read the discussion above? That message appears if you, or something else, changes the file. To prevent it from appearing you need to find out what's changing the file, and if possible, stop it from doing so. But it's not a setting that you can turn off, if that's what you mean.

[Early10]

Why isn't there a setting? Surely there should be? Even when you edit a file, you often don't want to save it.

[try67]

Do you know of a single application that has such an option?

[Test Screen Name]

Yes... So you go close and touch the N key. Such an option without prompting would be very risky and I would not want to see it. Too easy to lose hours of work.  I don't think touching N is so much of an imposition, especially if using the keyboard to close, which I assume you do as you're in a hurry.

[Early10]

You can alter excel to do it.

[try67]

Well, in theory it's possible to embed a script in a PDF file that will do it as well, but you can't do that using Reader. You would need Acrobat to do it.

[Early10]

Would you have to do that for every PDF or just one? I'm interested, I think I have acrobat in work.

[try67]

Every PDF that you want to behave in this way.

[scarletsupra]

Still no solution for this?   I open many PDF's everyday.  continually asking if we want to save in the Reader where we don't make changes is annoying.  Makes one want to use a different reader.