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Open File - can you set default location in Acrobat?

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2010-01-21 11:26:23
MelissaM
Registered: Jan 14 2009
Posts: 26
Answered

This concerns Adobe Acrobat Standard Version9.

When you open a file the default location is whatever folder you were looking at last time. I'd like it to open to the same folder everytime. It's a terribly simple thing, yet I can't find any place where I can do this. Is this even possible??

Thanks for any help.

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2010-01-21 11:46:39
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thomp
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Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Nope, it's not possible to set a default folder. However, if you are opening the same files all the time you can create JavaScript macros on a menu. I've added several documents that I use all the time to the help menu.

Here's a list of articles:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/learning_center/tutorials?title=menu&tid_1=All&form_build_id=form-b75b6ffc5f71cfc8d6741bd2ce8f715f&form_token=6669746fa390d4b2335260a073c7d02a&form_id=views_exposed_formThom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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2010-01-21 11:58:52
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MelissaM
Registered: Jan 14 2009
Posts: 26
Bummer.

Unfortunately I'm not opening the same files all the time. I'm opening them from the same location all the time. Oh well. Thanks for the quick response.
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2010-01-21 12:00:32
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try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
You can put a shortcut in the default folder. That way you'll be just an extra (double-)click away from it.

- AcrobatUsers Community Expert - Contact me personally at try6767 [at] gmail [dot] com
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2010-01-21 12:11:06
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MelissaM
Registered: Jan 14 2009
Posts: 26
Quote:
You can put a shortcut in the default folder.
Problem is, it doesn't default in the first place!
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2010-01-21 12:15:24
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thomp
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Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
There is a slightly more difficult approach that would solve the issue. And that's to write a custom plug-in for Acrobat.


Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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2010-01-21 13:01:17
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try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
MelissaM wrote:
Problem is, it doesn't default in the first place!
For me, if no files are open, it defaults to My Documents. However, if a file is opened, it will open the folder where that file is saved. But I use version 8, so it might work differently.

- AcrobatUsers Community Expert - Contact me personally at try6767 [at] gmail [dot] com
Check out my custom-made scripts website: http://try67.blogspot.com

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2010-01-21 13:22:34
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MelissaM
Registered: Jan 14 2009
Posts: 26
try67 wrote:
MelissaM wrote:
Problem is, it doesn't default in the first place!
For me, if no files are open, it defaults to My Documents. However, if a file is opened, it will open the folder where that file is saved. But I use version 8, so it might work differently.
With version 9 if no files are open it defaults to the last folder location where you opened or saved a file. Even if you close Adobe and start it up again it remembers the last folder you were accessing.
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