Tip: Google Chrome & the Adobe Acrobat Create PDF extension
Rebecca Staley
The latest version of Chrome i.e. Chrome 25 has made some changes to the extensions installed by third party programs. The extract below from an announcement blog post by the Chrome Product Manager summarizes these changes:
“Extensions installed by third party programs using external extension deployment options will be disabled by default. When a third party program installs an extension, the Chrome menu will be badged, and users can click through the Chrome menu to see a dialog containing an option to enable the extension or to remove it from their computer.
In addition, all extensions previously installed using external deployment options will be automatically disabled. Chrome will show a one-time prompt to allow the re-enabling of any of the extensions.”
The Adobe Acrobat Create PDF extension for Chrome falls in this category. So, if you have been using this extension, it would be disabled by the latest Chrome upgrade. If that is the case (which means you have missed the one time prompt that Chrome shows to enable extensions after the upgrade), here is what you need to do to enable this. (Click on an image to enlarge it for more detail.)
- Click “Settings” on the Chrome menu.
- Select “Extensions”. You will see “Adobe Acrobat – Create PDF” listed there. Check the “Enable” box alongside it. This will enable Adobe Acrobat PDF Creation extension on your Chrome browser.
If you are doing a fresh installation of Acrobat, you will see a green badge on Chrome browser menu (after Acrobat installation is completed). You can then click through the Chrome menu to see a dialog containing an option to enable the extension. Select “Enable extension” to enable Adobe Acrobat PDF Creation extension on your Chrome browser.
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don’t have the extension for chrome Version 25.0.1364.152 m
“Adobe Acrobat – Create PDF” is not in the list
kindly advice
Please try updating Acrobat XI to the latest version, 11.0.02. If the PDFMaker add-in doesn’t appear, close Chrome, launch Acrobat XI and choosing Help > Repair Acrobat Installation. If after these steps, you continue to have trouble, please share some more details about your problem and environment on our Acrobat Installation & Update Installation forum: http://www.adobe.ly/AcInst Our staff and community experts should be able to help you get your functionality restored!
How can I remove the extension from beong added to new isntances of Chrome anyway?Adobe sucks, i ne ver asked for that extension to be installed in the first place
Go to tools/extensions, choose the trash can symbol next to the extension you’d like to remove.
FYI, it installed the extension because it makes it useful to read PDFs online, seeing as you downloaded the software to do the same, which is reading PDF files. Next time, it would help to not install software you think sucks.
This is totally unhelpful. I’m not doing a fresh install. Adobe extn has gone missing. Not in the list of extns that Google provides. And you don’t provide it either!! Seems that Adobe and Google are conspiring together to stop me using Adobe Acrobat. Are you guys really that mad?
Sorry to hear you’re having trouble. What version of Acrobat do you have installed? What OS are you using?