Why can't I send pdf as attachment to email in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from the program using Outlook?

[Guest]

The program will not allow me to send a pdf as an attachment to an email using Outlook 2011 for Mac unless I create the email in Outlook first and then find the file and attach.  It worked fine before with Adobe Acrobat Reader before the "DC".

[AadeshSingh]

Hi kathyw49436644,

Is there any error message while attaching the PDF in Outlook?

Open Acrobat Reader DC, navigate to Acrobat Reader DC Preferences -> Email Account & check if your Outlook email account is added there or not.

Regards,
Aadesh

[kgardner488]

I'm not sure what version you're looking at, Aadesh, but there is no "Preferences", though there is "Settings / Options", which doesn't offer anything re setting up email accounts. There is a "Share" link here, but it only offers sending via Mail and OneNote, but not Outlook, and offers no configurable options to add Outlook, from what I can see. A glaring omission, if you ask me!

[~graffiti]

It's Edit>Preferences>Email accounts - Add account. Look around, it should be there.

[kgardner488]

I was going to delete my message above because it's completely wrong, but I guess I can't do that now. In any case, here is a correction for other users: if you're new to Windows 10 and Office 365, "Reader" is not Adobe Reader, it's Microsoft's app! Duh! Sorry about that.

As with all of the freebie apps Microsoft now provides, it is a bare-bones program with very few features. It can interface with the also-free Mail app, but apparently not Outlook. The real Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, on the other hand, seems to be able to do everything (although some, sadly, with a fee attached).

[julians82013134]

Just do like me - stop using Adobe....  There are plenty other programmes/applications out there.