Windows 10: I have Adobe Acrobat reader, by my files with .PDF and .PPT were messed up by Notepad. How...

I accidentally saved a file as 'Notepad' and this caused my PDF and PPT files corrupted. How do I restore my files?

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Open PDF files in Adobe Acrobat Reader instead of browser

Hi, my name is Kelly, and I'm an independent consultant and I'm here to help.

To make sure that PDF files always open in Adobe Acrobat Reader instead of the browser, you can try the following steps:

Open Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Go to Edit > Preferences.

In the Categories section on the left, select "General".

Under "Basic Tools", click on "Select Default PDF Handler".

Select "Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" from the list and click "Apply".

If the above steps don't work, you can try the following:

Right-click on a PDF file in Windows Explorer.

Select "Open With" and then "Choose another app".

Select "Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" from the list and check the box that says "Always use this app to open .pdf files".

Click "OK".

If the issue persists, you may want to check your browser settings to make sure that it is not set to open PDF files in the browser by default. Here's how to do it for some common browsers:

Microsoft Edge:

Open Edge and click on the three dots in the upper right corner.

Select "Settings" and then "Cookies and site permissions".

Scroll down to "PDF documents" and toggle off the switch.

Google Chrome:

Open Chrome and type "chrome://settings/content/pdfDocuments" into the address bar.

Toggle off "Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Chrome".

Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox and type "aboutreferences" into the address bar.

Click on "Applications" in the left-hand menu.

Scroll down to "Portable Document Format (PDF)" and select "Use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (in Firefox)" from the dropdown.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.

 

NVIDIA GPUs Accelerate Adobe Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader 8

NVIDIA Corporation, today announced that the Adobe Acrobat 8 product family and Adobe Reader 8 now offer a new page display rendering mode, which uses the graphics processing unit (GPU) to accelerate the drawing and display of pages in PDF format. Building upon the recent performance improvements of Adobe Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader 8, Adobe has leveraged the power and programmability of the GPU to further turbocharge the display of 2D content in PDF documents.


"NVIDIA GeForce and NVIDIA Quadro GPUs let users do more with PDF files, and faster," said Pam Deziel, director, platform product marketing, Adobe Systems Incorporated. "Panning, scrolling, zooming…Virtually every major function in Adobe Reader 8 that takes advantage of the GPU will receive a tangible boost in performance. Things people may have avoided in the past, such as deeply detailed zoomable maps, are now easily displayed."

“Adobe Reader boasts a distribution of over 500 million copies worldwide and Adobe Acrobat is used by leading enterprises to drive key document processes based on PDF. NVIDIA is turbocharging the experience of those users upgrading to Reader 8.0," John Vifian, content evangelist at NVIDIA, “Using a powerful GeForce 6, 7, or 8 Series GPU makes skimming through digitized documentation no different – and, in many cases, easier – than holding the real-world equivalent right before your eyes. GPU acceleration in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat represents a significant step forward in an increasingly paperless world."

Enabled only on modern, powerful GPUs, the feature “2D GPU ACCELERATION" enhances the interactivity of page display and allows fluid zooming and panning of complex documents. This results in a performance boost, as well as sharper, crisper display of text and imagery while zooming through rich, large documents. The ability of the GPU to display PDF files in such an interactive manner enables truly fluid handling of electronic documents, whether they be subway maps, architectural blueprints, trail maps, or lengthy catalogs and e-books.

More information on Adobe Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader 8, including a list of supported GPUs, can be found at www.adobe.com. More information on NVIDIA GPUs and the graphics cards and motherboards that feature them can be found at www.nvidia.com.

Source: NVIDIA

 

Adobe Acrobat Reader (AAR) prevented as Default PDF file Opener

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Since when are you facing this issue?

I suggest you to set default applications by file type from Windows settings. Follow the steps mentioned below:-

1. Tap on Windows + I on the keyboard.

2. Click on Apps.

3. Select Default apps option.

4. Select Choose
default app by file type.

5. Next to .pdf choose a default application as
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

If the issue still persists try to Set Acrobat or Reader as the default PDF owner. Refer the following link steps to

set Acrobat or reader as the default PDF owner.

Hope it helps.

Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community – Moderator