How do I set customized changes in Custom Toolsets during deployed installation on Adobe Acrobat Pro XI?

[mskeltonatg]

I am trying to set settings in the Custom Toolsets, specifically Protection\Redaction Properties - Example:  Changing highlight color and enabling text overlay.  Is there a way to modify the settings for a deployment?  I am unable to find a way through the Customization wizard and am having trouble finding documentation on deploying customized settings to toolsets. 

Issue:

Customizing Toolsets as part of Adobe Acrobat Pro XI Deployment

Environment:

For deployment I am using the Adobe Customization Wizard and SCCM 2012 to distribute and install Adobe Acrobat Pro XI.

Environment has both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

Adobe Acrobat Pro XI

Thank you,

Mike

[Guest]

It's in the ETK:

3   Pre-Deployment Planning — Enterprise Administration Guide

3.7.4   Tool Sets

Acrobat 11.0 introduces a streamlined way to create and manage custom tool sets across the enterprise. A Customize button in the upper right-hand area of the toolbar allows users to create new tool sets, manage existing tool sets, and choose any existing tool set.

This feature helps organizations standardize task-specific tool views, reduce training costs, and improve employee efficiency by grouping related tools into a common view. This feature allows:

End users to easily create or import custom tool sets.

Easy switching between different tool sets.

IT to create, distribute, and otherwise manage tool sets across the enterprise.

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3.7.4.1   Tool set file locations

Tool set files reside in two locations:

A local user directory (full access): Files which are stored and imported by the current user are placed in the default current user’s directory. For example:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\11.0\UICustomization\<anyname>.aaui

A local, product directory (read only): Files in this directory are visible to any user on the machine. For example:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 11.0\Acrobat\UICustomization\<language>\<anyname>.aaui

3.7.4.2   UI overview

To work with tool sets:

Choose Customize > Manage Tool Sets.

Perform any needed action.

Note When creating a new Tool Set, you can choose any available tool in any desired order.

Managing tool sets

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[mskeltonatg]

This Tool Set importation will import a layout of tools in a specific order but I cannot find a way to actually edit preferences such as setting default settings within, specifically, Redaction Tool Properties located under Protection.

It seems like the properties of each item are shared among all Tool Sets.  I cannot seem to find a way to set a default for changing items like Redacted Area Fill Color, Outline Color or Overlay Text.  Exporting and importing .aaui tool sets does not save the data, only the layout of tools available.

Am I missing something or is this something that is no longer customizable?

Thanks,

Mike

[Guest · Accepted solution]

Those would be HKCU settings that you "should" be able to implement via the Adobe Customization Wizard XI's Registry panel feature.

Look here:

HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\Annots\cAnnots\cRedact\coutlineColor

There will be designations with the alpha prefix "d"  as in d1, d2, and d3 with numeric values assigned

and

HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\Annots\cAnnots\cRedact\cannotFillColor

There will be designations with the alpha prefix "d"  as in d1, d2, and d3 with numeric values assigned

[mskeltonatg]

This helps.  I was able to make the changes through the registry.  Within SCCM 2012 I ended up having to do an active deployment where it applies the registry settings at each users log-on once.  This allows each user to get the same preferences.  I wasn't able to do so with the Adobe Customization Wizard as it's a HKCU setting and needs to be ran for each other.  Unless there is a different way of doing this?  For now, this is a solution that will work for my environment.

Thanks Sabian for the quick responses and assistance!

[EnterpriseHelp]

Hi msk,

What does "ran for each other" mean? You can surely use the Wizard to customize the installer with any registry setting. However, it looks like you've solved your problem.

Ben

[mskeltonatg]

I meant that it needed to be ran for each user. 

[EnterpriseHelp]

A common use case is to configure one machine and then use the Wizard's registry feature to copy the registry from the source machine to the target machine. That way at install time all users get the same settings.

[mskeltonatg]

This is correct.  And I thought this is how it would work but my end result was that the registry changes did not apply.  I then wiped everything and started from scratch again, reapplied the settings I previously did with the registry settings for Current User and it is now working. Although SCCM corrected it with an active deployment, it wasn't a valid solution since Adobe already provided a means of making the change.

Thanks everyone for your assistance.  Making the registry changes for redaction settings at HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\Annots\cAnnots\ within the Adobe Acrobat Customization resolved my issue.  I am not sure why it didn't work the first time but it works now.

Thanks!

Mike