Mac, How To Make Adobe Acrobat Pro My Default For Opening Pdf Files

 

A new year has brought new changes to how Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s settings and preferences work, which means relearning how to tweak things to get the UI setup you prefer. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post shows a reader how to get rid of that pesky sidebar.

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.

The Question

How to Make Adobe Acrobat Reader the Default PDF Viewer on PC or Mac In this Article: Using the File Explorer (Windows) Using the Default App Settings (Windows) Using macOS Community Q&A This wikiHow teaches you how to set Adobe Acrobat Reader as your default PDF app in Windows and macOS.

SuperUser reader MonkeyZeus wants to know how to stop Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s sidebar from opening by default:

In Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, does anyone know how to prevent the sidebar from opening by default? It is not so bad when a PDF is in portrait mode, but it takes up too much visual real-estate when opening a PDF in landscape mode.

How do you stop Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s sidebar from opening by default?

The Answer

SuperUser contributor Run5k has the answer for us:

Newer versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (currently at 15.023.20056) have changed both the wording and the function within Preferences. Instead of deselecting the option to open the Tools Pane by default, the application will now remember whether it was previously shown or hidden.

Before you make changes via Preferences, open Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, go to the Menu Bar, and navigate to View -> Show/Hide -> Tools Pane to hide it accordingly.

Once that is done, return to the Menu Bar and navigate to Edit -> Preferences. In the subsequent open window, highlight Documents in the upper-left corner and tick the box to Remember current state of Tools Pane, then click the OK Button.

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Make Adobe Acrobat My Default Pdf Application

Microsoft Edge is the default PDF owner on Windows 10

See below to learn how to change the default PDF owner.

Solution: Set Acrobat or Reader as the default PDF owner

Set Adobe Acrobat X Pro As Default

Watch a short video tutorial below on how to set Acrobat Reader as the default PDF owner on Windows. Alternatively, you can follow the steps listed below to do the same.

Make Adobe Acrobat My Default Pdf Reader

Make

  1. Right-click the thumbnail of a PDF file, and then click Properties.

  2. In the file's Properties dialog box, click Change.

    Note:

    If your computer settings are managed by a system administrator, you may not see the Change button. Sign in using an administrator account or contact your administrator to get the button enabled.

  3. Choose Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat, and then click OK.

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