Every time I open a PDF file, the bookmarks panel is automatically displayed, and I have to take the extra step of closing it, because I do not use bookmarks. I see that there is an option to change how a particular PDF file opens, but most of the PDFs I work with are not saved, so I want to change the settings for Adobe so that it does NOT open every PDF with the bookmarks panel displayed. Please help!
Thank you, but that's not the solution I'm looking for. As I stated in my question, the problem is that most of the files I work with are not saved. For example, I usually get the file in an email, open it, read it, then close it, and never look at it again. So, most if not all of the PDF files I work with are never saved, and it doesn't do me any good to change that setting for each individual file. It just wouldn't make any sense. I'm guessing that this must be a default setting that Adobe has built into the program without thinking to give users the option to change it.
As try67 explained, this is a setting that comes with the PDF file, so it's not a default setting in Acrobat, it's something that the document author selected when they created the PDF file. Usually, a document that has bookmarks opens the bookmarks panel - otherwise many users would probably not be able to detect that there are bookmarks in the document. There is nothing you can do in Acrobat to override this document setting. A custom Acrobat plug-in would probably be able to override such document settings.
Finally, I find the answer I have been looking for. I use Acrobat Pro DC and have been looking everywhere to try and find a default setting for this. I will look for a plug-in next. It is so annoying to have to close this pane for every file that I open. You would think there would be a preference setting for this.
If you go to your preferences under 'Page Display' you can set your default zoom and page layout, however it only works on new docs and docs that have not had custom settings enabled. I hope this helps.
I did find those settings but I didn't know it only applied to new docs and those that have not had custom settings enabled. I will give it a go and see how it performs. Thanks again for all your help!
I too suffer from this annoying 'default'. While I appreciate that author trying to notify me (and Adobe allowing me to be notified) it is a waste of time for 99% of my docs. Thank you for asking this question and at least giving me some insight.
Adobe should code in an option for the bookmarks pane problem whereby when you open a pdf file there would be a button you could click to open the bookmark pane. Not just automatically open it and take up the screen space all the time.
Maybe make it with a color preference by default or by the creator's choosing. It could be a flashing button, whatever.
Here is another problem I have now that I am thinking of all of this. Whenever I open a pdf file I always have to click up at the top and enable the smooth scroll feature, instead of each page jumping to the next as I scroll down. This too is annoying as heck. Why not a button for that that is on the menu bar too? Maybe I ask for too much. 😉
I am not sure if "single key accelerators" need to be on for this to work... but hitting "F4" opens and closes the left pane which contains the bookmarks. It would be a single key to hit every time you opened a doc that had the bookmarks pane open on start.
We need a setting in Acrobat that enables each new PDF to open without the bookmarks pane. It is annoying and I do not know anyone who wishes to use the bookmarks. If a user wants to use the bookmarks, Acrobat should make that an easy setting to "turn on." Can someone let me know if the plug-in has been found and works? Thank you.
I can respect that there may be reasons for many, even most, other users to appreciate the Bookmarks functionality, and not want to miss created Bookmarks within the document when they open someone else's PDF, for example. So fine, leave it on by default per "factory" settings. I get that.
But for those many of us that NEVER use it, create an option to set the default to "OFF" (for all new PDFs we open). Closing the bookmarks tab every time I open a PDF to review it for a few seconds before reviewing another one has annoyed me so much to this point that I just want to remove it from my installation entirely. Alas, I am no programmer.
The problem is that programmers know the "how", but have no idea about the "what". As a result - they use very sofisticated (in some cases) code to create idiotic applications with idiotic features. I am an engineer - and we frequently had to create our own applications because there was no way of convincing the dumbass programmers to do what was needed and no mor. They love including "features" which no one uses and which are annoying as hell.
OH. MY. GOD! IT WORKED! You are my hero!!!! I'm running Abrobat Pro version 2023.001.20177 on a mac (ios Ventura 13.3.1 (a). No idea if that matters but worked and this is honestly the highlight of my week so far lol.
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