I want Acrobat to ONLY show the document when it opens

[Homer Xoobla]

I use Acrobat reader strictly as that: a reader. No editing or any fancy stuff.

So I find it annoying that each time i open it I have to get rid of unwanted stuff on-screen. I'm not even sure what the corrrect terms are for these things, but it's the panels on the sides with all kinds of gadgets and stuff in them, including the toolbar that appears on the right side even after closing that panel.

I want to get rid of this stuff. Permanently. (At least on program start.) All I want to see is my document (well, the menu bar and the toolstrip at the top are OK). It's the stuff to the sides of the document panel that I don't want.

If I ever need any of these things (which would be rarely) I know how to find them in the user interface.

I've looked all through the Preferences items and haven't found anything that addresses this.

Is there an option that I missed there?

If not, would it be possible to add this capability to a future release?

Everyone nowadays seems to just want more, more, more from their software.

I want less.

Thanks.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Go to Menu - Preferences - Documents and tick the box next to "Remember last state of the All Tools pane when opening documents". Then close (or minimize) all the panes, and restart the application.

[Homer Xoobla]

Thank you! I owe you one. Just what I wanted.

[james_9272]

That does't work for me. That option diesn't exist... 

I want to permanently close Tools panes in Acrobat Pro on PC. I want to do this.... But it doesn't work. https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/disable-right-hand-pane-in-acrobat-reader.html

[dhaag23]

Yeah, it seems the feature has been removed for me as well. Are there any registry hacks to get this working again?

Dirk

[JR Boulay]

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