Speeding up Adobe Reader

I have just installed 9.4 after using other PDF readers in the last few years. I am impressed with its speed, and would like to optimize it for quick viewing/rendering speed. Is there a way to disable any options that would make it run slower?

I can go into the plugins folder and move them. I have seen this talked about online in a variety of places, but always thought it sounded risky. Would this bork up my Adobe installation? In other words, when you said this was all you could suggest--is that something you would actually recommend, or just the only thing you have heard done, although it wasn't a good idea?

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How to simplify/speed up Adobe reader

Ever since updating Adobe reader is less functional, takes too long to attach a document or crashes
It's easier to save the document open my email program and select insert and browse to it......
Opening a PDF and printing it take forever now.
Why, why did Adobe have to do this to me?? Does anyone know a workaround this ??

Details, please!

Adobe Reader - Can the rate of speed for the "voice" be adjusted?

Hello,
I want to make the "voice" of Adobe Reader read more slowly for me as it reads a .pdf. Is this possible, and if so how do I adjust the vocal speed in Adobe Reader?
Thanks! J.

Hi UMA_Jen,
I would request you follow the below mentioned steps to adjust the rate of speech and volume as per your requirement
Open Adobe Reader
Click Edit > Prefernces
Select Reading under left hand side Category (See screenshot attached)
Adjust the option
Let me know if you have any further question
Regards,
~Pranav

How can I speed up opening documents in Adobe Reader xi? It is extremely slow. I have Windows 7 Professional.

Opening documents with Adobe Reader xi on my computer is extrememly time-consuming and frustrating. Should I go back to an earlier version of Adobe? I never had this problem until I updated. My operating system is Windows 7 Professional.

Hi SuzyQ1,
The opening time of a PDF depends a lot on its internal structure.
Very complex forms are also known for long opening times.
Try clearing the Temporary files on your Windows and it will speed up your system to some extent.
Another thing you can do is,you would have to turn off any software that is running either in your Task Bar or shut them down in Task Manager.
Regards,
Florence

Adobe Reader Speed Launcher

I recently updated my Adobe Reader and immediately started having issues where if my mouse even comes close to a pdf file in explorer, reader launches completely blanking out everything else on the screen. The help file tells you how to deactivate/remove it, by removing reader_sl.exe from specific startup folders. Since the file didn't appear in "any" start up directory, I tried deactivating it in msconfig, I removed it from my registry and even moved the file from the program directory to another directory that I made, and restarted the computer. The problem still exists. I can't have it blocking up the My Documents folder when the mouse simply moves near any PDF file. If Adobe can't provide a solution, I will have no choice but to delete Adobe Reader and go to a third party reader. It's a shame because I always liked reader. Now that it is crippling my computer, it's really not worth having! Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this???
Greg

It is better not to manually remove startup items, but use a procedure / application that is safe to use, e.g. Startup Inspector. I have disabled that Speed Launcher using Startup Inspector for many years, and I never had any problems with it. (You may actually find quite a number of other useless startup items this way.)

Adobe Reader X triggers high speed fan in Qosmio F750

Has anybody experienced this? When certain .pdf files are opened it triggers the fan to start blowing air inside the laptop. Will not stop until reboot or close down. Not all .pdf files do this - think it is about 50%. This laptop has done this since bought in June 2012.
Anybody got any ideas?

Ive never heard about that. Is this issue related to pdf files and Adobe Reader only or you have noticed that some specific actions or when more different applications are open this happen.
Before you open it next time try to close some useless processes in task manager and check please if this will happen again.
Please post some feedback.

How do I speed up Printing from Adober Reader X?

Adobe Reader used to print quickly. Now, there is a long wait before the printer starts (Adobe Reader X). What changed? How can I get Adober to print sooner. (No other program has such a long wait.)

Hi,
How old is your printer ? Is it in this list:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356
You also need this to be able to print from your iPhone.
Regards.
BH
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Adobe Reader ignores mouse scroll speed setting

Whenever I load a .PDF file, the mouse scroll wheel setting is ignored and the document scrols 1 line at a time. This is very annoying when trying to read a document, especially is it is a long one.
Is there a way to set the scroll speed in the Reader so that it matches the Windows scroll speed setting?

tasty_minerals wrote:
Can anybody tell me how to set a mouse scroll speed in "chromium" for example? I found an application called "imwheel", and edited ~/.imwheelrc adding
"^chromium$”
None, Up, Button4, 5
None, Down, Button5, 5
but still get an error:
INFO: imwheel started (pid=897)
expected 3 args, got 1, in config.
“^chromium$”
How to make it properly, anyone?
fixed it, just needed to remove "$" sign in “^chromium$” > “^chromium”.
One thing is if imwheel working, you cant increase fonts in chromium with "ctrl + wheel" unfortunately.

Adobe Reader scrolling speed

Hello;
I have 15" Retina Macbook with 2.3ghz cpu and i have problem about PDFs. When i want to scroll pdfs (4-5 pages pdfs), it scrools too slow. It only happens in Adobe reader, not in preview. I have same problem in both web and desktop app. I have 11.0.02 version of adobe reader. How can i solve it?
Thanks a lot.

When you open up preferences, is your defaul layout and zoom the same as I have below:

Can't highlight, underline, strike through or select text in iOS 7 Adobe Reader

I have enjoyed using Adobe Reader to proofread clients' documents, but since the last two iOS 7 updates I can't highlight, underline, strike through or select text in PDFs generated by the same source that previously presented no problems.
The drawing and insert text functions do work.
I am using an up-to-date iOS 7 iPad 4. The latest Adobe Reader update and a hard reset, as advised elsewhere on the forum, didn't help.
I have read What's New and looked at the Help manual. I am aware of the new long tap to select one word followed by another tap.
What am I doing wrong? Adobe Reader used to work so easily. I won't be paid for the time lost while I try to fix this. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi Krissy,
I found it extremely frustrating and I don't have a technically sensible answer for you.
Mine started working again suddenly, but slowly, after many hours of not working, and then improved in speed and responsiveness with use.
The conventional wisdom is to ensure you have the latest update of Adobe Reader first. There has been more than one since the iOS 7 change.
The first time it started working again for me was when I was trying in a pdf that I had previously edited in Adobe Reader before the problem began, where I know all the tools used to work (i.e. no problems caused by the file itself) but it is now also working in the new doc that wouldn't work the other day.
Shradha above gave me the clue that triggered it. I usually go straight to the "Pick a Tool" comment/annotate button in the main/first toolbar at the top, then use the toolbar at the bottom, where the highlight, underline and strikeout tools wouldn't work.
These functions started working when I tried selecting text directly from the first screen that has the toolbar for "View Modes" (an eye), save/export options, "Pick a Tool", share options and search, without selecting any of these options.
So, instead of choosing the Pick a Tool button at the top, try just holding down some text for a while, as if to select it (mine wouldn't even select for a long time) and see if the grey tool menu pops up right above that text.
Initially, I only got the options that were already working to pop up ("Note, Text, Freehand and Signature"). I tried a few different spots in the file and eventually the "Copy/Highlight/Strikeout/Underline/Define" menu popped up. The first time it apppeared was after holding down the text selection action for about 20 seconds, and it didn't appear every time, but then it became quicker and more reliable, and then these functions also started to work from the bottom toolbar that I usually use after choosing Pick a Tool.
Even today, checking that it still works, it was a bit stuttery to start with and then it came good.
Perhaps any of the technically-minded members could explain this or perhaps tell us if there is a difference in the action that is supposed to bring up the "Note" etc versus the "Highlight" etc pop-up menus. I'm stumped.
So try holding down text to select as soon as you open the file, and see if that grey menu will start to appear with the "Highlight" etc options after several attempts. I hope it starts working for you soon.
C

Adobe Reader on Windows 7 64BIT

Hi All
since version 10 (X) of adobe reader our windows 7 64bit machines take an age to open PDF's over 10 seconds for most, regardless of if the file is on the local machine or network
They currently have version 10.1.0 installed.
On all our vista pcs it runs fine and we dont appear to have the issue on our windows 7 32bit machines
Does anyone else have this issue
Does any one know how to fix this issue
Thanks in advance
Neil

Hi All
Just a quick update
We disabled Antivirus and Antispam and still had the issue
Tried this Go to Edit / preferences / general - the uncheck box "Enable protected mode at startup" This got rid of the lag in opening adobe docs.
Still no good
tried this Open the reader, select Edit, Preferences then select Internet from the Categories. This should display the Web browser options page, untick "Allow speculative downloading in the background". This increased the speed of opening pdfs for me hope it helps.
Still have the issue
The only thing we have found now is if we open Adobe reader first and open all other pdf from the open menu its is fine and fast, we get the issue when we douible click the PDF to open it
cheers

Cannot uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0.8...keep getting "Error 1402" message..

Hello. I use Windows XP Home Edition. I am trying to uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0.8 so I can then install version 9, but I am not able to uninstall 7.0.8. During the uninstallation process, I get the following error message:
*****Error 1402. Could not open key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\{C523F39 F-9C83-11D3-9094-00104BD0D535}\Programmable.
Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel.*****
I went to another forum and asked for some help there...the guy there gave me some steps to follow, and I did so. Here they are:
1. Deleted "Adobe Reader Speed Launch" shortcut from Startup folder.
2. Deleted the Adobe folder (which contained 2 other folders: Acrobat 6.0 and Acrobat 7.0) from C:\My Computer\Local Disk\Program Files. I had to use a separate program (provided by my helper who gave me these steps to follow) called "Unlocker" to accomplish this, since, originally, when I tried to delete this Adobe folder, I would get a message saying "Cannot delete pdfshell.dll: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use." Unlocker solved this problem, and was able to delete the Adobe folder.
3. Rebooted machine
4. Ran CCleaner's registry cleaner
5. Rebooted machine again
6. Tried using CCleaner's "Uninstall" utility to uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0.8. When I tried this, I got the same "Error 1402" message as listed above.
7. Backed-up my registry
8. Tried to just delete this particular offending key using RegEdit...but when I tried, I got a message saying this:
*****ERROR DELETING KEY
Cannot delete Programmable: Error while deleting key.*****
I really need some assistance with this...at the moment, Adobe Reader 7.0.8 still seems to be installed on my machine (it's still listed in "Add/Remove Programs" in the Control Panel, and it still shows up in CCleaner's Uninstall Utility)...despite the fact that, as I mentioned above, I used Unlocker to delete the Adobe folder from Program Files. Also, at this moment, no pdf files will open on my machine...so this is quite an urgent situation. Does anyone know what else I should do now? Is there something I need to do regarding the "Permissions" for this particular registry key?
I appreciate anyone's assistance...thanks.

Hi..I went ahead and ran the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility. I used it to remove "Adobe Reader 7.0.8." After doing this, I checked in "Add/Remove Programs" in the Control Panel to make sure that AR 7.0.8 was gone, and it thankfully was. Then I deleted the WICU, ran CCleaner's registry cleaner, rebooted, and tried to install Adobe Reader 9.0. When I tried this, I got the following error message (this occurred during the time when the installer was "writing system registry values"):
*****ADOBE READER 9 INSTALLER INFORMATION
Error 1402. Could not open key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\{C523F39 F-9C83-11D3-9094-00104BD0D535}\ProgID.
Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel.*****
What should I do now? Do I need to do something about the "permissions" for this key?
Thanks to anyone with advice...

How can I download adobe reader on macbook pro 10.7.5

I have a Macbook Pro OS X Lion 10.7.5
Processor Speed is 2.4 GHz
Memory is 4 GB
Don't know Storage Capacity
My Problem is after downloading the Adobe Reader I press "FINISH" and the download seems to disappear. So I didn't press "FINISH" after one trial and it seems to be there but won't open.
How can my download be successful?
Thanks
Sandra

Is this the site that you're using for the download?
https://get.adobe.com/reader/
Note: you've posted your question in the wrong area, as it has nothing to do with "Mac Pros." And, you have a MacBook Pro.

Problem with printing DIN A3 Documents with Adobe Reader XI

Hi,
i have some documents in DIN A3 with several pages. If these documents are printed (i tried different printers), the first page is printed correctly, but the other pages are printed wrong. On the left you can see the first page and on the right you see the other and wrong printed pages, but all pages should look like the first page. In Adobe Reader X it works correct and i installed Reader XI with default settings.
What i have to do, that all pages are printed right? I tested and tried with Windows 7 and XP.
Regards,
M.Hivner

Hi SuzyQ1,
The opening time of a PDF depends a lot on its internal structure.
Very complex forms are also known for long opening times.
Try clearing the Temporary files on your Windows and it will speed up your system to some extent.
Another thing you can do is,you would have to turn off any software that is running either in your Task Bar or shut them down in Task Manager.
Regards,
Florence

Adobe Reader 9.x crashes when opening some pdf files that work fine with Adobe Reader 8.x

Adobe Reader 9 crashes when opening approximately 10% to 20% of the pdfs in my collection. The remaining 80% to 90% work without problems. The pdfs are launched by double-clicking the pdf file from Windows Explorer. The crashes occur with both v9.0 and v9.1. The pdfs that crash in v9.x work fine in older versions of Adobe Reader, such as v8.1.3. Furthermore, this behavior also occurs on all 3 virtual machine hosted on the same physical machine, with default Adobe Reader settings, for both v9.0 and v9.1. The virtual machines have little running in memory except standard Windows executables - i.e. they are fairly pristine. The operating systems for the virtual machines are XP SP3, XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003.
Error message info in all cases:
app=acrord32.exe
app version=9.1.0.163
module=jp2klib.dll
module version=2.0.0.2579
offset=0003277d
Operating system for real computer: XP SP3
CPU: 1333 MHz Athlon single core
RAM: 1 GB
To sum up, this problem happens on both a real computer running XP SP3, and also on all 3 virtual machines hosted on the same physical computer. I tried changing the Reader setting to not use hardware rendering, to no avail. I also tried various Data Execution Prevention settings in Windows, to no avail. All operating systems, the real and virtual ones, do not have problems with other programs that I use. I also tried a second machine with Adobe Reader v9.1 and the same exact problem pdfs, and had no issues. Thus, the problem happens on only one of the computers, but on the real and 3 virtual operating systems on that machine. There were no errors reported during any of the Reader installations. The virtual machines had no prior versions of Reader prior to Reader installation.

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