Convert to PDF

FeatureState (Convert to PDF)

Note that FeatureState Mac preferences are stored in Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/DC/Preferences/com.adobe.Acrobat.FeatureState.plist.

This preference category contains the following subfeature(s):

Accessibility: PDF/UA
Create PDF
Editing Scanned PDFs
Flash Interaction
Miscellaneous user interface features
PDFMaker

Editing Scanned PDFs

See below.

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DisableScannedDocumentEditing

Specifies whether to disable text recognition while editing scanned PDFs.

DisableScannedDocumentEditing

0 (bool)

DC July 2015

Not lockable

Specifies whether to disable text recognition while editing scanned PDFs.

Details

Possible values include:

0: Text recognition will be performed when invoking editing on scanned PDFs.
1: Text recognition will not be performed when invoking editing on scanned PDFs.

GUI mapping

N/A

Accessibility: PDF/UA

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Create PDF

The December 2018 Acrobat release disabled XPS and EMF file conversion to PDF. At Adobe, we build security into our products and we implement numerous security processes and controls to help us comply with industry-accepted standards, regulations and certifications. Some examples of overall security improvements specific to Acrobat and Reader include: sandboxing (Protected Mode and Protected View), fuzzing high value targets like the broker process, finding memory corruption bugs via ASAN/GFlags, and running continuous static analysis on the codebase. Additionally, as an added security measure, where we see features with low usage, like XPS and/or EMF to PDF conversion, we disable these features. However, if you trust the document origin, you can enable the feature by creating and setting the preferences below.

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ExportEntireTableContent

TBD

ExportEntireTableContent

Data type

0 (bool)

Default

Version #

Oct. 2018 (both tracks)

Lock Path

FeatureState

Summary

TBD

Details

0: TBD
1: TBD

GUI mapping

N/A

PDFMaker

These preference control the Acrobat Sign UI in MS Office applications when PDFMaker is present. Note the following:

Windows has two prefs that interact with each other as follows: EnableSignInOffice = 1 overrides DisableSignInOffice (null, 0, or 1) if present.
MS Office products can display one of two Adobe signature-related UIs: One provided by Acrobatâs PDFMaker add-in and one provided by the Acrobat Sign web add-in if it's installed it from the Office store. On Windows, by default, if Acrobat detects the presence of the Acrobat Sign UI, PDFMaker does not show its Sign UI. On Macintosh, Acrobat cannot detect the Acrobat Sign UI, so the PDFMaker Sign UI displays by default. The settings enable admins to customize which signature UI appears.

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DisableCreateAndSign	Specifies whether to install PDFMaker's Acrobat Sign integration component so that the sign user interface appears in Microsoft Office products.
DisableCreateAndSign	Specifies whether to install PDFMaker's Acrobat Sign integration component so that the sign user interface appears in Microsoft Office products.

0 (bool)

May 2019 Continuous track

User Path

com.adobe.MacPDFMaker.plist

Lock Path

Not lockable

Summary

Specifies whether to install PDFMaker's Acrobat Sign integration component so that the sign user interface appears in Microsoft Office products.

Details

Enabling this features allows user to invoke the Acrobat Sign workflow in MS Office products. Note that the Mac pref has a different name and plist location. Possible values include:

0: Disable PDFMaker's sign component.
1: Enable Acrobat Sign component.

N/A

0 (bool)

May 2019 Continuous track

User Path

com.adobe.MacPDFMaker.plist

Lock Path

Not lockable

Summary

Specifies whether to install PDFMaker's Acrobat Sign integration component so that the sign user interface appears in Microsoft Office products.

Details

Possible values include:

0: Enable the Office plugin.
1: Disable the plugin.

GUI mapping

N/A

Miscellaneous user interface features

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ADC4275034	Specifies whether to disable the color picker in the Fill and Sign tool.
ADC4275035	Specifies whether to remove the forms tools delivered with the October, 2019 release.
ADC4275035_ClickEdit	Specifies whether to automatically enter edit mode when a user clicks a PDF object.
ADC4302862	Specifies whether to past copied elements to the exact location as the copied element.
ProtectOldExperience	Specifies whether to use the disable the new Protect tool and revert to the old menu
ShowInsertionBar	Specifies whether to enable the thumbnail insertion bar when hovering between thumbnails.

0 (bool)

Continuous track Aug, 2020

Lock Path

FeatureState

Summary

Specifies whether to past copied elements to the exact location as the copied element.

Details

Some copy/paste operations are more efficient when copied elements are pasted to an identical location in the target document. This feature applies to form fields, annotations, and links. Possible values include:

0: Disable the paste-in-place feature.
1: Enable the paste-in-place feature.

N/A

0 (bool)

null

Oct 2019: Continuous

FeatureState

Specifies whether to use the disable the new Protect tool and revert to the old menu

Details

The Protect tool provides options for encrypting and password protecting documents. The new UI provides some streamlined options, but this preference supports using the old menus. Possible values include:

0 or null: Use the new protect app experience.
1: Revert to the existing (pre October, 2019) protect app experience.

N/A

0 (bool)

Oct 2019: Continuous

FeatureState

Specifies whether to remove the forms tools delivered with the October, 2019 release.

Details

Editing features are now part of the Form tools. For example, there are AddText and EditText tools in the Prepare Form top toolbar. Systems that encounter issues with these tools (or simply want them removed from the UI) can disable these new features. Possible values include:

0 or null: Do nothing.
1: Remove the AddText and EditText tools.

GUI mapping

AddText and EditText tools in the Prepare Form top toolbar

0 (bool)

Oct 2019: Continuous

FeatureState

Specifies whether to automatically enter edit mode when a user clicks a PDF object.

Details

When enabled, clicking on an image or text results in edit tools appearing in the right-hand pane and edit mode is enabled in the Forms tool. Clicking on any form field enables the form authoring mode. Possible values include:

0 or null: Do not dynamically switch into edit mode.
1: Automatically enter edit mode on user click.

GUI mapping

AddText and EditText tools in the Prepare Form top toolbar

0 (bool)

Oct 2019: Continuous

FeatureState

Specifies whether to disable the color picker in the Fill and Sign tool.

Details

The color picker is only supported on the Continuous track. Possible values include:

0: Disable the color picker
1: Enable the color picker

N/A

0 (bool)

null

May 2020, Continuous track

Lock Path

Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/(version)/Preferences/

Summary

Specifies whether to enable the thumbnail insertion bar when hovering between thumbnails.

Details

This bar is available both in the left-hand pane and the Pages app. Possible values include:

0 or null: Disable the insertion bar.
Enable the bar.

GUI mapping

N/A

Flash Interaction

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ADC4318556	Enables playing 3D and multimedia content using a Flash player in PDF.
EnableFlashEditing	Specifies whether to enable the Flash tools for adding annotations or Flash in the Rich Media app.

EnableFlashEditing