8 Replies Latest reply: Oct 31, 2014 1:49 AM by maneeshshanbhag

How do I turn turn off the right pane in Adobe Reader XI?

DonRandall May 26, 2013 9:06 AM

I have been using Adobe Reader since 2007, and recently I have been unable to turn off the right pane while reading. If anyone knows how I can deal with this problem, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks

Don Randall

1. Re: How do I turn turn off the right pane in Adobe Reader XI?

Shiyao Bao May 27, 2013 1:10 AM (in response to DonRandall)

Hi Don,

Your question is not about FormsCentral. I tried Reader XI on my win7 machine, and the right pane could be turned off by clicking the name. Please try it on your machine, and if it's not working for you, please post the discussion in Adobe Reader's forums:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_reader_forums

Kind regards,
Shiyao Bao
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2. Re: How do I turn turn off the right pane in Adobe Reader XI?

DonRandall May 27, 2013 2:22 AM (in response to Shiyao Bao)

Hi Shiyao,

Thanks for the information. I discovered that all I had to do is click on "Tools" to turn off the right pane. And I could also turn the right pane back on by clicking on Tools. So it's a toggle switch allowing users to convert a PDF to Word and vice versa. I must have switched this feature on, not realizing the Tools button is a toggle switch.

Thanks,
Don Randall
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3. Re: How do I turn turn off the right pane in Adobe Reader XI?

Scootn112 Dec 12, 2013 5:35 AM (in response to DonRandall)

Wow! So simple, but even a dummy like me could not figure it out. Now it seems so obvious. Thanks for posting. That has been thorn in my side for a while.
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4. Re: How do I turn turn off the right pane in Adobe Reader XI?

cfichter Jan 17, 2014 3:05 AM (in response to Scootn112)

Thank god for search engines -
This was not intuitive at all. Note to UI designers -

I hunted all over the 'View' menu thinking there was an option to remove that panel - why there? Um, that is where EVERY other product puts this option to show/hide tool pallets. I went through and enabled/disabled just about everything to try to get the items to disappear.

Are you aware designers that each of the 'tool' panel items has a unique option setting nested in the view options under 'tools' but when you enable/disable they still remain viewable in the right tool panel?

Completely unintuitive. This was a fail - thx for the time wasted. So glad I found this article.
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5. Re: How do I turn turn off the right pane in Adobe Reader XI?

bri81 May 30, 2014 4:41 AM (in response to cfichter)

I could not agree more! No one in my office could figure it out either... Poor design.
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6. Re: How do I turn turn off the right pane in Adobe Reader XI?

rene0316 Jun 24, 2014 11:10 AM (in response to DonRandall)

If you hit TOOLS it will disappear!
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7. Re: How do I turn turn off the right pane in Adobe Reader XI?

Naveed_Alien_1 Jul 1, 2014 2:47 PM (in response to DonRandall)

Click the Tools Button on the Tool Bar under the Menu Bar. (Above Right Panel)
(tools in View menu bar does not work.)

I overlooked the Tools Button because I gave up looking when I found the tools option under the View menu. Then it suddenly popped out at me. duhhh me it's right on top of the Right Panel. ha
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8. Re: How do I turn turn off the right pane in Adobe Reader XI?

maneeshshanbhag Oct 31, 2014 1:49 AM (in response to DonRandall)

In windows use F8 key to hide and show complete toolbar and right hand pane.
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