Needs to hide acrobat tools when viewing an interactive pdf

[Khalid Beyaie]

Recently I made an interactive food menu for a client, and it was all fine and it's interactive, however!

when it's being used the tools such as draw and other tools are visible, how can I use the pdf without showing anything but the pdf, i don't want the overlays or anything to show when using the pdf.

[Derek Cross]

How are you viewing the PDF – which PDF viewer?

[Khalid Beyaie]

Hi,

mom viewing it on acrobat mobile, on a large screen that runs an Android OS

[Khalid Beyaie]

I'm*

[Barb Binder]

Hi @Khalid Beyaie:

If you want to control the experience for all users*, you can enable Open in Full Screen View on export. 

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*EDIT: viewing your PDF with Acrobat or Reader on a computer

You can read more about it here: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/viewing-pdfs-viewing-preferences.html

~Barb

[Khalid Beyaie]

hello and thank you for the reply,

I did try to do that and it works fine on the Pc, but the pdf is meant for a large screen that runs an android OS, and it's intended for the costumers, and I used it and it doesn't work it still gives me the tools on the acrobat Android app.

[BobLevine]

And what if it's not opened in Acrobat?

[Barb Binder]

Focusing on the question as asked, first:

—https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobat/android/en/mv-viewpdf.html#:~:text=When%20you%20tap%20anyw....

But Bob's point is that we can't control what PDF viewers our readers use. The experience varies widely from reader to reader, as you are learning. 

~Barb

[Khalid Beyaie]

The pdf viewer still shows the tools, I just don't want the tools to show that's all, cuz it's meant for costumers and we don't want them to access any editing features.

[Derek Cross]

Have you tried using the Acrobat Reader (as opposed to the Acrobat app)?

[Khalid Beyaie]

Yes I did, that's what I'm corrntly using 

[Barb Binder]

Hi @Khalid Beyaie:

How about adding a Permissions Password to prevent editing (again, using an Adobe product as the viewer)?

~Barb

~Barb

[Khalid Beyaie]

Hello Barb,

actually the pdf is procreated already, but what i mean by editing is that on the mobile version of acrobat reader, there are the tool at the bottom that can be access for instance the drawing tool you can use that even if the pdf is protected, I only want to hide them so that the costumers can use the pdf without seeing the tools, just the pdf

[BobLevine · Accepted solution]

Beyond the desktop versions of Acrobat or Reader what you are trying to accomplish is going to be nearly impossible. Even the mobile versions of those applications are not the equivalent.  And most people do not use the mobile versions of those, opting for whatever came with the device.