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Unable to find snapshot tool in Acrobat Reader 2023

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May 7, 2023
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Acrobat Reader 2023 changed menu layouts and snapshot tool cannot be found. Find tool in top right says "Find text or tools" but it cannot find snapshot tool. Any ideas how to take snapshot in Acrobat Reader 2023?

Correct answer Zendu

Snapshot has been moved to unified File menu -> Undo, Redo & More -> Take a snapshot.

Such a radical change in UI should have been accompanied by documentation update. But the documentation still refers to old ways.

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defaultbugo51xrlokg

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Thanks so much for that! But where is the support? You press Help, you get instructions for an old interface. This is basic stuff - we were getting it right in 90s when I used to write help! How can Adobe be so useless?

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Aung3037034161o0

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I am using the search tool to use snap. Very very inconvenient.

https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/47171260-take-a-snap

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Roger Brian32415551hwkx

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see above. It's under the main menu, top left, then see Undo, Redo and More. It is hidden in there

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Gustavo De la Espriella

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Why would they choose to hide one of its most widely used features in an Undo, Redo & More submenu?... This is crazy...

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DisgruntledNeedsSnapshot

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Main triple bar dropdown .... Disable New Adobe
Gets us back to the Toolbar (with the TAKE SNAPSHOT feature).
That's my workaround... for now.
Not sure how to revert to begin using the New version again, but not in a hurry.

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DisgruntledNeedsSnapshot

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From Adobe Acrobat Pro (64-bit) old version
To return to using the New version: View dropdown | Enable New Version
May be awhile until I do so. Just an FYI for others.

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Jody315424691ceq

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you sacks of crap at Adobe

You make it impossible and frig us around to try to get us to start free trials by hiding averything useful.....

Just wated time here when my non edit version could extract text and take a snapshot which is all i need...

a search within the pdf inside Adobe is USELESS doent even reckognize word snapshot

peice of poo...had to sign in even to comment

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Steven33340765kepj

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There's a new feature under Menu>View>Disable New Acrobat that I find particularly useful. Restart Acrobat then right click on your toolbar (Just to the left of the Page Up and Page Down arrows) and under Show Edit Tools check "Take a Snapshot". This will put it back where it belongs. I was going to show screenshots, but once New Acrobat is disabled, it seems the option to enable it is gone on mine. Perhaps this was due to the Acrobat team's insight that no one would ever want to go back to that crap....

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Thabsheer342825124gn5

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Actually you can enable it back from View -> Enable new Acrobat Reader. I am not sure why you want to use that crappy UI though.

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ZenduAuthorCorrect answer

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Snapshot has been moved to unified File menu -> Undo, Redo & More -> Take a snapshot.

Such a radical change in UI should have been accompanied by documentation update. But the documentation still refers to old ways.

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Sascha30939653jcvz

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What the %&%$ ... I was searching for that since march .... I even installed old version every time I need to use it ... That's every day ... I even registerd here to give you a thumbs up man ... I love you!!!

try67

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Alternatively, you can disable the new UI, via the same menu. Click on "Disable new Acrobat Reader".

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