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Azmir5C1B
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August 16, 2020
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Why does Acrobat Reader suck so hard and crash so often?

  • August 16, 2020
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Hello everyone,,

It's considered the premiere pdf software, but it has trouble just opening files, let alone more than one. Scrolling leads to system hangs. The program crashes periodically even when you're not really doing much that stresses it [Spam link removed by moderator.]

Is the issue a simple bit of code that IT pros are familiar with, or is it just buggy for no good reason???

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    Micah2752895996bc
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    December 11, 2022

    I think it's cause of the amount of money they spend on advertising. Almost every ad I get (besides political ads, I'm from Georgia) on YouTube is for Adobe Acrobat. First of all, I already have your product, Adobe, and secondly, I think it really sucks

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      Matthew23615131c1eq
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      November 22, 2022

      glad I'm not the only Windows/Mac user who abhores the functionality of Acrobat.

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        Mark24163627ge6h
        Participant
        April 23, 2022

        Posting here to vent my frustration.  I used to be able to use Adobe Acrobat Pro to actually get work done.  Now with Adobe Acrobat DC it crashes constantly, features are buggy & glitches out non-stop.  It's pretty much impossible to use anymore.  Way to go Adobe.  Recommend burning this development department to ground and start over with new team.  I don't know how they sleep at night charging good money for this rubbish.

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          jf58593022
          Participant
          August 29, 2022

          Agreed. It's impossible to get a good work flow going anymore all due to Acrobat. I'm consistently having to reboot due to hard crashes and it's making work so furstrating espeically when on deadline and attempting to best utilize my client's budget. I'm spending more time dealing with software issues and it's curting into my billable hours. ADOBE please get it together! Spend some time getting your core products in a useable and stable state!

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            BradMichaels
            Participant
            September 18, 2023

            PDF Xchanger will fix your problems...  I'm not a sales person... just somone who is infuriated by Adobe's lack of care for all of us who have supported them through the years !! 

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              No Longer RZambrana
              Participating Frequently
              March 24, 2022

              You are absolutely right. Acrobat is unstable, infuriating to use, and just gets worse with every release.

              I've been having to put PDFs into InDesign just to print them bc Acrobat is crash happy.

              The UI is also trash, trying to duplicate form fields requires that you zoom in over 200% just to be able to option/drag? None of this should be acceptable for a company as big as Adobe, but they don't seem to care. They just keep pushing Acrobat in the cloud instead of getting this pile of crap useable.

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                BOB5DB2
                Participant
                June 22, 2022

                Everyone on the discussion thread is correct,  Adobe Acrobat DC sucks.  The "DC" must stand for Disfunctional Components, because there is more wrong with that software than there is that's right.  I never thought I would like Microsoft Edge, but until Adobe gets its act together, that's my new default for opening pdfs.  I can't fathom how a company like adobe is hoping to stay in business producing crap like this.

                 

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                  Perry5C0A
                  Participant
                  December 5, 2021

                  Honestly, been realizing how BAD of an app acrobat is lately. I have installed it on 3 seperate systems (PC, laptop, VM all with different configs/specs) just to see if anything changes. Nope, slow/buggy on all accounts, even my workstation that has an abundance of resources.

                   

                  Ironically, this has finally given Microsoft Edge a purpose on my computer, opening .pdfs. 

                  I find it unfortunate that a software company like adobe would have a product with such negative feedback and not have any fixes. Searching back on the internet, it seems like people have been thinking this for over a decade now..

                   

                  Seems like not everyone has this issue though, and may be linked to the installer or some other esoteric processs

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                    Admirable_Haven5F8C
                    Participating Frequently
                    November 8, 2023

                    Same here. If I'm reading pdfs, printing anything, filling out a document, I just use edge. It's snappy, simple, and gets the job done. Unfortunately, it does not do everything. For optimizing pdfs, adding in signatures, reflowing pages, making any major edits in general, I still have to use Acrobat. 

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