{"id":652,"date":"2016-08-04T20:03:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T20:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/?p=652"},"modified":"2018-10-18T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T12:48:59","slug":"acrobat-keeps-freezing-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/04\/acrobat-keeps-freezing-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Acrobat Keeps Freezing in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adobe Acrobat<\/b> is a part of <\/span>Adobe<\/b>‘s family of applications collectively known as <\/span>Adobe Creative Suite<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Acrobat<\/b> essentially deals with the creation of <\/span>PDF<\/b>s, an electronic document format that <\/span>captures documents in exactly the intended manner. The application tends to freeze while opening and navigating pages of a <\/span>PDF<\/b> document. We’ll look into this problem in detail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Performing regular system cleaning is very important to prevent any weird problems from arising during routine computing operations. This is a key trick that minimizes chances of issues such as crash, lag, freeze.<\/p>\n

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Perform System Cleaning Regularly<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

ST Cleaner is digitally signed and a safe download<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Disable Protected Mode Feature<\/b><\/h2>\n

Protected Mode<\/b> feature in <\/span>Adobe Acrobat<\/b> is an added layer security, which acts as a primary defense strategy to restrict execution of any malicious codes included in <\/span>PDF<\/b> documents downloaded from untrusted sources. Temporarily turn off this feature and check whether the problem gets solved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Click the <\/span>Edit <\/b>menu, choose <\/span>Preferences<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Click the <\/span>General <\/b>tab.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Uncheck the box labelled<\/span> Enable protected mode at startup<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Click <\/span>OK<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Change Rendering Settings<\/b><\/h2>\n

    Rendering settings can affect <\/span>Adobe Acrobat<\/b>\u2019s performance. Disable the rendering feature as outlined below:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Click the <\/span>Edit <\/b>menu, choose <\/span>Preferences<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Click the<\/span> Page Display<\/b> tab.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Uncheck the <\/span>Rendering <\/b>checkbox.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Click <\/span>OK<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

       <\/p>\n

      Disable Plug-Ins<\/b><\/h2>\n

      There can be compatibility issues with a set of plug-ins. Figure out the issue by moving all plug-in files to a different directory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. Click the <\/span>File Explorer <\/b>icon on the <\/span>Taskbar<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Open the following directory:<\/span>\n
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        • C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Acrobat 9.0\\Acrobat\\Plug_ins<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Select all plug-ins listed in the <\/span>Plug_ins <\/b>subfolder.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Click the <\/span>Home <\/b>tab on the <\/span>Ribbon<\/b> interface.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Click the <\/span>Move to <\/b>icon.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Select <\/span>Desktop<\/b> when you\u2019re prompted to choose the target destination.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

           <\/p>\n

          Optimize PDF Document<\/b><\/h2>\n

          Optimizing a <\/span>PDF<\/b> document involves removing unwanted text, optimizing the images and fonts for lower memory usage.<\/span><\/p>\n

          Using Microsoft Office Word<\/b><\/h3>\n
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          1. Open the source document you converted from <\/span>Microsoft Office Word <\/b>to <\/span>PDF<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
          2. Click the <\/span>File <\/b>menu in the <\/span>Microsoft Office Word<\/b> window.<\/span><\/li>\n
          3. Select<\/span> Save as<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
          4. Specify a name for the identical copy.<\/span><\/li>\n
          5. Select <\/span>PDF <\/b>as <\/span>File Type<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
          6. Select the <\/span>Minimum size <\/b>option in the <\/span>Save As<\/b> dialog box.<\/span><\/li>\n
          7. Click the <\/span>Options <\/b>button.<\/span><\/li>\n
          8. Uncheck all boxes under the <\/span>Include non-printing<\/b> information.<\/span><\/li>\n
          9. Click <\/span>OK<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

             <\/p>\n

            Using a PDF Printer<\/b><\/h3>\n

            A <\/span>PDF Printer<\/b> is a special application designed to write a document as a <\/span>PDF Document<\/b> without needing to use a special <\/span>PDF<\/b> creator application. A <\/span>PDF<\/b> Document<\/b> can be used to eliminate unnecessary objects from a document.<\/span><\/p>\n

             <\/p>\n

            Using Adobe Acrobat<\/b><\/h3>\n
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            1. Open the <\/span>PDF Document<\/b> you intend to optimize.<\/span><\/li>\n
            2. Click the <\/span>File <\/b>menu, select <\/span>Save As<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
            3. Click <\/span>Optimize PDF <\/b>option.<\/span><\/li>\n
            4. This will open up a new dialog labelled <\/span>PDF Optimizer<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
            5. Click the <\/span>Audit <\/b>button to analyze the <\/span>PDF Document<\/b> components that can be optimized, and the space consumed by unnecessary information as a percentage of the whole document size.<\/span><\/li>\n
            6. Click <\/span>OK<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
            7. Select the components that need to be optimized. For example: <\/span>Fonts<\/b> and <\/span>Images<\/b> can be detected as the largest space consumer.<\/span><\/li>\n
            8. Select the <\/span>Minimum <\/b>option in each <\/span>Quality<\/b> option box.<\/span><\/li>\n
            9. Check everything that you see in the <\/span>Discard Objects <\/b>checkboxes.<\/span><\/li>\n
            10. Click <\/span>OK<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
            11. Specify a new name for your optimized PDF Document<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Adobe Acrobat is a part of Adobe‘s family of applications collectively known as Adobe Creative Suite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[388,387,389,328,272,393,390,395,396,394,392,391,197],"class_list":["post-652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-adobe","tag-adobe-acrobat","tag-adobe-creative-suite","tag-desktop","tag-file-explorer","tag-microsoft-office-word","tag-pdf","tag-pdf-document","tag-pdf-optimizer","tag-pdf-printer","tag-plug-ins","tag-protected-mode","tag-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1713,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions\/1713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}