Adobe Acrobat Reader

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Adobe Acrobat Reader

Application Script

Adobe Acrobat Reader is a PDF document reader.

Release Date

08/01/2007

Settings Description

This script includes all the settings of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Migration Paths

The migration paths are as follows:

From 4.0 to 4.0
From 4.0 to 5.0
From 4.0 to 6.0
From 4.0 to 7.0
From 4.0 to 8.0
From 5.0 to 5.0
From 5.0 to 6.0
From 5.0 to 7.0
From 5.0 to 8.0
From 6.0 to 6.0
From 6.0 to 7.0
From 6.0 to 8.0
From 7.0 to 7.0
From 7.0 to 8.0
From 8.0 to 8.0
From 8.0 to 9.0
From 9.0 to 9.0
From 9.0 to 10.0
From 10.0 to 10.0

Notes

To migrate files added to My Digital Editions or My BookShelfs, either select the files in File Tree or create a filter for *.pdf files.
To migrate the preferred multimedia Player settings in the Multimedia options, the required player must be installed on the destination.
The Digital ID file settings and Digital IDs created through the Digital ID file mechanism are migrated if the versions on the source and the destination are same and are specific to user profiles. However, the Digital Id files are not migrated. They must be migrated using the filters for the *.pfx files.

Application Limitations

The following settings cannot be migrated due to the limitations in the application:

Setting under the Edit, Preferences, Forms, Automatically calculate field values path does not retain unchecked value from 5.0 to 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, from 6.0 to 6.0, 7.0, from 7.0 to 7.0, and from all previous version to 8.0.
Setting under the Edit, Preferences, Security, Advanced Preferences, Windows Integration, Validating Signatures path does not retain unchecked value from 7.0 to 7.0.
Setting under the Edit, Preferences, Trust Manager path cannot change permissions for selected Multimedia player from 6.0 to 6.0, 7.0 and from 7.0 to 7.0.
Setting under the View, Task Buttons, "Digital Editions" and "Show all Task Buttons" path, either both are checked or unchecked from 7.0 to 7.0.
Setting under the Edit, Preferences, International, Application Language path has by default English selected, and it does not retain the changed values from 7.0 to 7.0.
Setting under the Edit, Preferences, Display, Application Language path has by default English selected, and it doesn't retain the changed values from 5.0 to 5.0, 6.0, 7.0.
Hide Tool Bar setting is not functioning, but upgrade migration functions well from 5.0 to 6.0, 7.0 and from 6.0 to 7.0.
Setting under the View, Task Buttons, "ebooks" and "Show all Task Buttons" path, either both are checked or unchecked from 6.0 to 6.0, 7.0.
Setting under the Edit, Preferences, Trust Manager path cannot change permissions for trusted documents from 6.0 to 6.0, 7.0 and from 7.0 to 7.0.
Setting under the Edit, Preferences, Startup Application Language path has by default English selected, and it doesn't retain the changed values from 6.0 to 6.0, 7.0.
Setting under the Edit, Preferences, Digital Signatures, Advanced Preferences, Windows Integration, Validating Signatures path doesn't retain unchecked value from 6.0 to 6.0, 7.0.
Setting under the Edit, Preferences, Full Screen, Ignore all transitions path doesn't retain checked value from 6.0 to 6.0, 7.0.
Setting under the Edit, Preferences, Forms, Highlight Color cannot be migrated from 5.0 to 8.0.
Setting under Edit, Preferences, Page Display, Page Layout mapping may differ while migrating from 6.0 to 8.0 and from 7.0 to 8.0.
Setting under the Edit, Preferences, Reviewing, Show Review Tracker Alerts path cannot be migrated from 8.0 to 8.0.

Script Limitations:

The following Acrobat settings cannot be migrated:

Display PDF Browser from 4.0 to 4.0, from all versions to 5.0, from all versions to 6.0, from all versions to 7.0, and from all versions to 8.0.
Certified Plug-ins from 4.0 to 4.0, from all versions to 5.0, from all versions to 6.0, from all versions to 7.0, and from 5.0 to 8.0.
Settings under the path File, Adobe Online, Preferences are not migrated from 4.0 to 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0.
Highlight Form fields from 5.0 to 7.0.
Digital ID File settings are not migrated from 6.0 to 7.0.
My BookShelf to My Digital Editions from 6.0 to 7.0.
Undo cannot be performed for Digital signatures appearances for a particular case when the appearances list at the source is empty, but exists on the destination. This cannot be migrated from 6.0 to 6.0, 7.0 and from 7.0 to 7.0.
Application window size and position may not get migrated from all previous versions to 8.0.