Comments Adobe Reader for Android Update
Today, we’re excited to announce an update of Adobe Reader for Android. This update fixes some issues we discovered with Android 4, and adds a few enhancements based upon the great feedback we received from our users.
Here are the highlights:
· Reflow
As promised, Reflow is back! This is a great feature for reading PDFs on your phone, since it strips the formatting and turns the document into resizable, reflowed text that you can easily scroll through. You can turn this mode on in the View Modes menu, shown here:
· Remember Last Read Position
One of the frequent comments we’ve seen is that people really want to be able to switch between documents and applications, and be able to return to the exact spot they were reading. Now Adobe Reader remembers your last position in the document for all recently-read documents, so you don’t need to!
· Opening PDF Portfolio Contents and Attachments
For PDF Portfolios, Adobe Reader has always allowed opening contents if they were in PDF format. Now it will open any content type that you can view on your phone or tablet. And since attachments are pretty similar to Portfolios, we’ve also extended this to work for attachments. When you open a document with attachments, Adobe Reader will show a paperclip in the lower right corner of your document, like this:
Just tap the paperclip, and you’ll see a list of the attachments.
· Bug Fixes
We fixed issues that had been present since the Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
We’re constantly working to improve Adobe Reader for Phones and Tablets, and we have some great enhancements already underway for 2012 that I’m sure you’ll be excited to see. We appreciate your ongoing feedback and support!
Dennis Griffin, Principal Product Manager
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Great to see there is still some development going on for Acrobat on Android! I had nearly given up. Is there any chance we’ll see Commenting as a feature in a future release of Acrobat for Android? This would open up a vast potential for use on the tablets out there! Thanks!
Thanks for your question, we appreciate your interest in Reader for Android. While we don’t have anything to announce just yet, we’re working on our future development plans and taking everything into consideration. We appreciate your ongoing feedback and support.
Hello,
I second Owen’s comment. It would be great to be able to use the collaboration features of Adobe on mobile devices including the Comment feature. It would be amazing!
I have used Adobe Reader constantly while performing my tasks, but every time I allow my computer to update Adobe Reader with this new update, it crashes the system. Of course, I keep regular updates so I am able to revert back to the version before the update, but I am unable to utilize Adobe. Is it possible to tell Adobe not to update, or to just work with the current version without the updates until some needed changes are made? I need you assistance as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Sterling
Although we don’t recommend it, it is possible to disable automatic updates by opening up the Edit > Preferences and selecting ‘Updater’ then changing the default setting to “Do not download or install updates automatically. Thanks!
I have a PDF that displays correctly in the PC-based Reader but does not display some content in the Android Mobile Reader. Ironically this PDF actually displays correctly in the knock-off Reader from Think Free Office.
How can I go about getting a sample of this file to someone who can use it to address this apparent bug or limitation in the Android Mobile Reader?
Is there any way to add my own bookmarks to my pdf files? If I could add and name bookmarks, and of course navigate directly to those bookmarks, this app would be perfect. I’d be more than happy to pay for this app if it had that feature. As it is, trying to go back and forth between a few pages out of hundreds is cumbersome at best.
Thanks for asking – you can find a helpful guide to creating PDF bookmarks here: http://bit.ly/o1uA2r
I think you misunderstand. I’m not the author of the PDF files, I’m just a reader. I would like to be able to bookmark pages so that I can easily navigate back and forth between pages. Other apps, like EZpdfreader and the Ipad reader, do this. However, Adobe is faster and more polished. But without the ability to bookmark pages, so that I can move between the several pages I need, Adobe Reader is limited to the point of being useless.
I installed Adobe Reader X on my Samsung Galaxy Tab P7500. The embedded links in pdf files are working though they are working on my laptop.
Pls suggest solution.
This feature of the desktop version of Adobe Reader hasn’t been implemented in our mobile/tablet versions at this time. We’re working on an update for Reader for Android right now and we’ll be sure to pass along this feature request.
Hello, I had installed the Adobe Reader last november but I couldn´t find the update, so I decided to uninstall it and reinstall it again. Unfortunately, the “remember last read position” feature is not working. How can I fix this? Thank you very much.
Thanks for reaching out. Do you mind specifying which platform you’re using Acrobat on? From there, we can provide a few more details.
I have an Android phone, specificaly, the HTC Evo 4G, which I use extensively.
I also use Adobe to download files, however, I have found that files get outdated, and/or lose usefulness.
How do I delete these files?
Once I have pulled up Adobe, I use the menu button but only get two options:
1) Clear recent files and
2) About Adobe reader.
There is nothing that will me to do ANY file mangement.
Can anyone help woth this?
Thanking you in advance,
Mike Junge
Hi Mike. You may wish to check the file management of your Android outside of the Adobe app. From there, all downloaded files can be accessed or deleted.