Acrobat X Pro Missing Grid with File Preview Layout for Portfolios

In Acrobat 9 Pro, there was a Portfolio layout called Grid with File Preview. We use it as our primary layout for PDF portfolios because it allows users to rapidly view PDFs within a portfolio. This was our primary reason for using Portfolios. Unfortunately, this important feature was removed in Acrobat X Pro resulting in clunky and very slow PDF viewing.
Adobe needs to immediately reinstate Grid with File Preview into Acrobat X Pro. Until this happens, I will continue to use Acrobat 9 Pro.
I encourage everyone to use the Feature Request/Bug Report Form to submit this as a Bug. Unless everyone complains, nothing will happen.

Check out this free layout and instructions for installing. This is just what I've been looking for since we upgraded to Acrobat X. My attorneys hated reviewing thousands of PDF files that looked like flying cards. http://blog.practicalpdf.com/2012/07/grid-with-file-preview-pdf-portfolio-layout-available -now/

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I am using the "Grid with File Preview" layout for a Portfolio I'm creating. Each time I open the Portfolio, the File Preview window covers part of the grid on the left. Is it possible to ensure that this doesn't happen?
I'm using the Medium Text option for the grid, and the description text I've included is very important. I want the reader to be able to read it without having to re-size the File Preview window, but I can't seem to affect that change.
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Grid with File Preview (custom layout) in Acrobat X Pro Portfolios

In Acrobat 9 Pro, there was a Portfolio layout called Grid with File Preview. We use it as our primary layout for PDF portfolios because it allows users to rapidly view PDFs within a portfolio. This was our primary reason for using Portfolios. Unfortunately, this important feature was removed in Acrobat X Pro resulting in clunky and very slow PDF viewing within a portfolio.
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PDF Portfolios arrived out of the blue with Acrobat 9 and have been somewhat of an experiment - Acrobat contains some to get you started, but by also releasing the SDK it was hoped that the Flex programming community would have provided an ecosystem to support Acrobat users who wanted more choice - so just as you can buy or download hundreds of templates for websites, you could find them for Portfolios too.
Unfortunately it hasn't happened, and the technological landscape has changed dramatically in the past three years - the rise of HTML5, dominance of tablets/iOS, security concerns and Adobe's repositioning of Flash in the marketplace have all affected the commercial viability of Flex as a career, and consequently the availability of free third-party Portfolio layouts. It would have been nice to see a vibrant community of people sharing their designs, but the reality is that the majority of custom PDF Portfolios are created for enterprises as part of their brand identity, and there is an obvious cost involved in hiring one of the small number of expert programmers (of which Joel Geraci is the #1) to do the work.
Adobe has never claimed that the layouts which ship with Acrobat were the best/only way to do things - just as with the default presets in Lightroom, they're examples of what can be done. With Acrobat X it became easier for non-programmers to style the layouts (via Themes) but there's no escaping the basic fact that making a layout itself is a Flex programming job, and not one you'd attempt as your first chunk of code.
When Acrobat 9 launched, I saw pretty equal levels of complaints that the bundled layouts were too boring and too flashy. The target was shifted in Acrobat X to a less corporate style, but again people loved and hated them in equal measure. Given how much work is involved in writing and testing each layout, you can't expect Adobe to release a version for everyone.
There were legitimate reasons why the bundled layouts from A9 weren't included in AX. Speaking personally I don't expect my assessment to change: Portfolios may stick around, they may not - it depends on a mountain of bigger questions about Web standards, device popularity, politics and economics which Adobe have no control over.

Grid with File Preview in Acrobat X Pro

In the previous version of Acrobat 9 Pro -- there was a layout call Grid with File Preview. We use it as our primary layout for PDF portfolios, but in version 10 Pro -- I cannot find this layout anywhere.
Does anyone have a clue as to where I can set it to this layout? I have contacted Adobe Technical Support and they were unable to help me with the problem and another forum had users mentioning the same question, but never was resolved.
I would appreciate any productive feedback.

I was also lost when we upgraded to Acrobat X. I work for lawyers, and they always reviewed document productions (usually thousands of PDF files) using Acrobat 8. They didn't like the flying cards so we stopped using Acrobat X for file review. Also my portfolios bogged down so slow that it was impossible to quickly view the thousands of PDF files I'd previously packaged in Acrobat and indexed for searching. IT upgraded us 3 weeks before trial which really made my day!!
I just noticed that someone has created a custom NAV layout just like the Grid with File Preview and it's available for free download at http://blog.practicalpdf.com/2012/07/grid-with-file-preview-pdf-portfolio-layout-available -now/. I'm going to try it and hopefully start using Acrobat again.

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I have tried on a number of occasions to launch Adobe Acrobat X Pro on Windows 8 but there appears to be an incompatability problem. Any advice on how this can be addressed?

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Welcome to forums, Adobe Acrobat X pro is compatible with windows 8.
Kindly help with the error message you get while you launch Acrobat also, try installing the latest update of Acrobat 10 pro form the link mentioned below.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows
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Acrobat 9 Pro - Batch Create Multiple Files from InDesign CS5 files

When attempting to batch create PDFs from Indesign CS5 files using Acrobat Pro 9's File>Create PDF>Batch Create Multiple Files ... option the operation fails with the error 'Could not find the application that created this file: [path to file] Please select a file created by an application that resides on your computer.' as shown in the screenshot below:
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Solution found for me. From Adobe Acrobat & Reader 9.1 Release Notes:
Roaming Profiles on Windows and Networked Home Directory on Macintosh
are not supported configurations for 9.0 or 9.1, however we have made
several fixes in 9.1. We are looking at the possibility of supporting
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Some good reads are :
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/300660
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=198512
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/391738?start=150&tstart=0
http://serverfault.com/questions/37805/adobe-reader-wont-launch-when-logged-into-network-u ser-accounts-open-directory

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