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Common Adobe Acrobat DC Preference Changes

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Automatically open Navigation Pane when opening new document
How to change Highlighter Color
How to automatically open documents in new tabs on separate windows


Automatically open Navigation Pane when opening new document

alt- Navigation panel - Step 1
Expand the left navigation pane.
  1. Open any PDF document and expand the left navigation pane.

2. Click on the navigation Pane button that you would like to automatically open on start-up.

Navigation panel - Step 3
Pin Navigation button

3. Right click the left column on the navigation pane, and click Pin [navigation button name]


How to change Highlighter Color

Highlighter - Step 11. Highlight the desired text and right click on it. Click on Properties.

Highlighter - Step 22. In the Highlight properties box, change the highlighter to the desired color. To make that color the default, check the box Make properties default, towards the bottom of the page. Click Ok.


How to automatically open documents in new tabs on separate windows

  1. Multiple tabs in Adobe
    Automatically open documents in new tabs on separate windows

    Navigate to Edit | Preferences | General. Uncheck the option Open documents as new tabs in same window (requires restart) . Restart adobe reader in order to see changes take effect.


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