Enterprise Toolkit | Windows Registry Reference
NextNext

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):

Editing Scanned PDFs

See below.

Summary table
DisableScannedDocumentEditing Specifies whether to disable text recognition while editing scanned PDFs.
DisableScannedDocumentEditing
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by AcrobatSupported by Adobe Reader

Top > FeatureState > Editing Scanned PDFs > DisableScannedDocumentEditing
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 0
Version # DC July 2015
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\(Track: 2015|DC)\FeatureState
Summary 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.

Accessibility: PDF/UA

Summary table
4406238 Specifies whether to suppress the confirmation dialog when the Acrobat preference Mark PDF/UA compliant is checked in Microsoft Word.
4406238
Supported on WindowsSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Accessibility: PDF/UA > 4406238
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # June 2023, Continuous track
HKCU Path FeatureState
HKLM Path Not lockable
Summary Specifies whether to suppress the confirmation dialog when the Acrobat preference Mark PDF/UA compliant is checked in Microsoft Word.
Details Admins can disable the following dialog when converting a Microsoft Word document to PDF: Possible values include:
  • 0: Don't show the dialog.
  • 1: Show the dialog.

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.

Summary table
BlockEMFParsing Specifies whether to disable EMF file conversion to PDF.
BlockXPSParsing Specifies whether to disable XPS file conversion to PDF.
EnablePDFMakerGroupImagesTagCorrectionFeature Specifies whether to disable accessibility fixes for tagging grouped images.
EnablePDFMakerSplitTextPathElemsFeature Specifies whether to enable the "SplitTextPathElemsFeature" tags correction feature when creating a PDF with Acrobat.
EnablePDFMakerTableHeaderCellTagAndScopeUpdateFeature Specifies whether to disable accessibility fixes for tagging table headers.
ExportEntireTableContent TBD
EnablePDFMakerGroupImagesTagCorrectionFeature
Supported on WindowsSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Create PDF > EnablePDFMakerGroupImagesTagCorrectionFeature
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # June, 2022 Continuous track
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
Summary Specifies whether to disable accessibility fixes for tagging grouped images.
Details
  • 0: Disable.
  • 1: Enable.
EnablePDFMakerTableHeaderCellTagAndScopeUpdateFeature
Supported on WindowsSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Create PDF > EnablePDFMakerTableHeaderCellTagAndScopeUpdateFeature
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # June, 2022 Continuous track
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
Summary Specifies whether to disable accessibility fixes for tagging table headers.
Details
  • 0: Disable.
  • 1: Enable.
EnablePDFMakerSplitTextPathElemsFeature
Supported on WindowsSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Create PDF > EnablePDFMakerSplitTextPathElemsFeature
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 0
Version # March, 2022 Continuous track
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
Summary Specifies whether to enable the "SplitTextPathElemsFeature" tags correction feature when creating a PDF with Acrobat.
Details This preference addresses a bug introduced in 2020 which resulted in certain document elements such as element borders and alt text incorrectly rendering as the strings "PathPath". This feature is enabled and mitigates the bug default.
  • 0: Disable tag correction.
  • 1: Enable the SplitTextPathElemsFeature tags correction feature.
BlockEMFParsing
Security hardeningSupported on WindowsSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Create PDF > BlockEMFParsing
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # Oct. 2018 (all tracks, including Classic 2015 and 2017)
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
Summary Specifies whether to disable EMF file conversion to PDF.
Details When set to 1, Acrobat will display an "unsupported" dialog and block conversion of EMF files to PDF.
  • 0: Enable EMF conversion to PDF.
  • 1: Disable EMF conversion to PDF.
BlockXPSParsing
Security hardeningSupported on WindowsSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Create PDF > BlockXPSParsing
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # Dec. 2018 (all tracks, including Classic 2015 and 2017)
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
Summary Specifies whether to disable XPS file conversion to PDF.
Details When set to 1, Acrobat will display an "unsupported" dialog and block conversion of XPS files to PDF.
  • 0: Enable XPS conversion to PDF.
  • 1: Disable XPS conversion to PDF.
ExportEntireTableContent
Not modifiableSecurity hardeningSupported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Create PDF > ExportEntireTableContent
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # Oct. 2018 (both tracks)
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
Summary TBD
Details
  • 0: TBD
  • 1: TBD

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 Acrobat’s 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.

Summary table
DisableSignInOffice Specifies whether to install PDFMaker's Acrobat Sign integration component so that the sign user interface appears in Microsoft Office products.
EnableSignInOffice Specifies whether to install PDFMaker's Acrobat Sign integration component so that the sign user interface appears in Microsoft Office products.
EnableSignInOffice
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > PDFMaker > EnableSignInOffice
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # May 2019 Continuous track
HKCU Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
HKLM 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.
DisableSignInOffice
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > PDFMaker > DisableSignInOffice
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # May 2019 Continuous track
HKCU Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
HKLM 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.

Miscellaneous user interface features

Summary table
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.
bShowInsertionBar Specifies whether to enable the thumbnail insertion bar when hovering between thumbnails.
ProtectOldExperience Specifies whether to use the disable the new Protect tool and revert to the old menu
SessionRestorePromptAbnormalExit Specifies whether the app should display a "Reopen closed PDFs" dialog after an abnormal exit.
SessionRestorePromptAbnormalExit
Supported on WindowsSupported by AcrobatSupported by Adobe Reader

Top > FeatureState > Miscellaneous user interface features > SessionRestorePromptAbnormalExit
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default
Version # Nov. 2021 all tracks
HKCU Path FeatureState
HKLM Path Not lockable
Summary Specifies whether the app should display a "Reopen closed PDFs" dialog after an abnormal exit.
Details For example, the dialog might appear after an app crash. Note that other messaging (IPM) preferences do not control this dialog. Possible values include:
  • 0: Allow the dialog.
  • 1 or null: Disable the "Reopen closed PDFs" dialog.
ADC4302862
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by AcrobatSupported by Adobe Reader

Top > FeatureState > Miscellaneous user interface features > ADC4302862
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # Continuous track Aug, 2020
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\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.
ProtectOldExperience
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by AcrobatSupported by Adobe Reader

Top > FeatureState > Miscellaneous user interface features > ProtectOldExperience
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default null
Version # Oct 2019: Continuous
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
Summary 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.
ADC4275035
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Miscellaneous user interface features > ADC4275035
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 0
Version # Oct 2019: Continuous
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
Summary 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
ADC4275035_ClickEdit
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Miscellaneous user interface features > ADC4275035_ClickEdit
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # Oct 2019: Continuous
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
Summary 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
ADC4275034
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Miscellaneous user interface features > ADC4275034
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 1
Version # Oct 2019: Continuous
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\FeatureState
Summary 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
bShowInsertionBar
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by Acrobat

Top > FeatureState > Miscellaneous user interface features > bShowInsertionBar
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default null
Version # May 2020, Continuous track
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\Trunk\FeatureState
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.

Flash Interaction

Summary table
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
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by AcrobatSupported by Adobe Reader

Top > FeatureState > Flash Interaction > EnableFlashEditing
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default null
Version # May 2020, Continuous track
HKLM Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\(version)\FeatureState
Summary Specifies whether to enable the Flash tools for adding annotations or Flash in the Rich Media app.
Details Possible values include:
  • 0 or null: Remove "Disable Flash > Add SWF menu item."
  • 1: Show the menu item.
ADC4318556
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by AcrobatSupported by Adobe Reader

Top > FeatureState > Flash Interaction > ADC4318556
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 0
Version # Feb 9 2021, Continuous track
HKCU Path HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\(version)\FeatureState
HKLM Path Not lockable
Summary Enables playing 3D and multimedia content using a Flash player in PDF.
Details Since Flash is no long supported, admins must install and configure the player. Possible values include:
  • 0 or null: Don't play content with a Flash player.
  • 1: Use the Flash player.

Copyright 2022 Adobe Inc.