Opening a recent file accumulates with previous opened files

If I save a file in PDF reader and then later return to it and it has accumulated with previous files. I presently try to open a file which is one page and it displays a 32 page document that I have to go through all of them to find the one I am looking for can anyone help me with this one ?

What do you mean? Reader does not combine your files... It's technically impossible for it to do so.

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I'm not sure that it's a good idea but it's your wish so here is the soluce:
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If you want the same behavior in Numbers, use:
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In fact we may use that for every application with a Recent Items menu.
I got it in a thread dedicated to the behavior of Script Editor.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE dimanche 10 mai 2009 19:16:11)

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See this previous topic: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3759596
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No and no, although Adobe themself doesn't seem to have any problems with this -- every single update kills the list (to my chagrin).
Can't imagine any bona fide reason you'd want to. It's not like it's meant as sort of kind of Document organizing feature, as if.

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regarding the "open recent file" menu item in the File menu.
1) should have a way to "clear recent items". Most software solves this by appending an item "Clear Recent Items" to the bottom of the list of aliases that springs forth from the menu.
2) Further, in the preferences it should be able to be set to 0 to prevent the function entirely, not just natural #s 1-99. This is the case in Windows Adobe REader, and on the Mac it was the case the last time I was able to check, but due to the bugs in 9.1.x regarding the ability to handle a case-sensitive file system I haven't been able to even open the preferences on the mac for a while.

Michael:
Thanks for your quick reply.
Please note that this issue: "open recent file" menu item that is not clearable, nor is the system preference able to be set to retain 0 files,
has absolutely nothing to do with the file system issue. It is just a design choice (or oversight or bug depending on your point of view).
It is an issue of security/privacy to not have the Reader keep a list of recently viewed files, or to at least allow the user to clear the list.
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Had a user call me today after installing an Adobe update:
"Whenever my boss prints from Outlook now, his PDF's go into some Adobe "recent" queue...."
Huh? I go to check it out. It's the same issue that people are complaining about here.
I asked his secretary: "Did you get an update?".
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Up pops this "new and improved" recent screen.
Then I ask her to print a PDF attachment. Same issue as BravoBE.
I can see this confusing A LOT of people. My secretary didn't realize she could still click the menu bar when this "recent" screen was up.
Can you please give us an option to turn this off?
And can anyone supply me with a link to get back to Reader 9?
//edit//
Found it for anyone else looking:
http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/
//edit//
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I'm working in CS6 on Windows and wondering exactly the same thing. I usually export PDFs or JPGs of current work using the same or very similar names for tracking purposes but trying to open recent files then becomes a game of trying to figure out which of the various identically-truncated file names actually corresponds to the file I want to reopen.
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If by right clicking you mean your right clicking on a file on your desktop or in an application like windows file explorer. If you using then Open not open with. You need to make sure you system configuration file extension is associated with Photoshop and the the registration of Photoshop is configured o the correct version of Photoshop. I would think something similar would apply to a Mac OS.
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You're right.
As I rarely use 10.6.3, I missed that.
So, the list of preferences to trash when something is behaving wrong with an iWork app is now :
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When you get an odd behaviour, it would be a good idea to trash the xx.LSSharedFileList.plist file first.
If it's sufficient, you will not loose the other prefs
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Nope. That didn't do it. It won't even let me end the process AcroRd32.exe. I confirmed that after around 10 minutes, it finally closed on it's own. I just also confirmed that it's a problem with accessing files on my network, not local files. The odd thing is that I can use the Open tool, go the folder and open that file fine, but when I try to open the same file under the recent files, it freezes up. This may have to do with the fact that this is a mapped network drive. Any fix would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Hi, babalku
Have you made sure that all the other drivers for your system are up to date? Unfortunately, there is not an update available for every device, but those that are available should be downloaded first to maximize compatbility with all devices. All drivers available for your system can be found here. The results can also be filtered by device and operating system using the dropdown menus at the top of the page.
Best of luck, and let me know how it goes
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Ha! I would if I had an I.T department to start with!
I know absoutely nothing about PCs or Windows. We are a small business of 3 staff with no I.T department at all. The boss' husband put in the computers and he doesn't know anything about it or about CS. Boo.
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You're missing a verb there... Did you mean: How to open a recent file in Reader? If so, just click its name in the Recent Files list and it will open, provided it still exists under that name and location, of course.

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