pdf acrobat and windows 10

[anonymous-user]

I've recently upgraded to Windows 10 with Office 2019 and am struggling to save pdfs in a form that can be reopened. The pdfs typically arrive as attachments with emails in Outlook where I'm able to open them and print them. But I don't seem able to save them in any format that I can later open again.

Suggestions? For instance, is it something to do with needing to get adobe of some kind, and can that be downloaded for free?

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 31st January 18:34

[pozi]

Download Adobe Acrobat Reader, it is free and lets you view/print PDF documents.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks for that.

This may seem a daft question but in all seriousness, download from where? I've had trouble finding a sensible place to start...

[Riley Blue]

https://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/

[anonymous-user]

After downloading and installing. It would be a good idea to make Adobe the default pdf programme

There are other guides but this ones quite good.
https://pattersonsupport.custhelp.com/app/answers/...

[anonymous-user]

Thanks guys, that's great advice and now working perfectly. Gotta love this PH forum!

Hopefully one day my input may be similarly helpful to others....

[Riley Blue]

[Corso Marche]

One other thing to be aware of is that if you are just viewing and printing then you can set Chrome or MS Edge as the default viewer. If either of them are open and it's a case of a quick view then they'll usually display it before Acrobat launches and loads the PDF.
Cases for and against, it can suit some folk.

[mmm-five]

Also be aware of the 'optional offer' that will download automatically with the PDF reader software (unless you untick the checkbox).

It's usually an anti-virus programme, but make sure you untick the checkbox on the download page so that you only get the PDF reader.

[snuffy]

This is way better than Acrobat:

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-reader/view-prin...

The biggest problem I found with Acrobat is that it was (it may be better now) terrible at handling big documents. I sometimes have to consult manuals that are 1000+ pages and Foxit just whizzes along but Acrobat used to grind to a halt trying scroll with very big documents.