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Starring files is similar to "favoriting" or "pinning". Marking a file with a star helps users track important files.

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FavoritesStripInRFL

Specifies whether to show starred files in the recent files list.

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IsUsedShare	Specifies whether to show a popup tip that informs users of the share file feature.
IsUsedShareReview	Specifies whether to show a popup tip that informs users of the collaborative review feature.

The Head's Up Display (HUD) provides a popup menu for PDFs viewed in a browser. When you hover over the bottom of the PDF, the HUD menu appears so that you can quickly perform common tasks such as printing and zooming.

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PinHUD

Specifies whether to pin the HUD to the toolbar.

Miscellaneous settings. Most of the settings in the Basic Tools box in the UI are grouped in this document with other related features.

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AlwaysUseFileNameAsDocTitle	Specifies whether to use the PDF file name as the display name in the application's title bar.
PromptBeforeClosingMultipleTabs	Specifies whether to warn the user before closing document open in multiple tabs.

Specifies whether to use fast, low resolution intermediate representation during scrolling, zooming, etc.

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SuperFastDrawing

Specifies whether to use fast, low resolution intermediate representation during scrolling, zooming, etc.

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printSaveToner

Specifies whether to optimize content so that the printer uses less ink.

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ShowTrialNag

Specifies whether a "Trial Expired" dialog should appear after 30 days.

These settings only apply to the Adobe Update Manager which was deprecated after 9.2 and 8.1.7 when it was replaced by the Acrobat Updater. The new updater is controlled via bUpdater. Since these settings are no longer used, no attempt has been made to provide a complete list of settings here.

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n/a	Specifies whether the application on startup should invoke the Adobe Update Manager (AUM rather than the Acrobat Updater) to look for updates.

To comply with NIST requirements for data protection, Acrobat and Reader on Windows can provide encryption via the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 mode. FIPS 140 is a cryptographic security standard used by the federal government and others requiring higher degrees of security. Adobe utilizes certified and unmodified encryption modules licensed from RSA Security within desktop and server products. Therefore, Adobe will not show up in the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program vendor lists. When the FIPS mode is enabled via the registry, encryption in digital signature workflows use FIPS-approved algorithms during the production of PDFs (not the consumption of PDFs). The following documents list the specific, certified modules in use within the Adobe DRM Solution.

• DC: RSA BSAFE Crypto-C ME 4.0.1.0 encryption module with FIPS 140-2 validation certificate 2097
• 11.x: RSA BSAFE Crypto-C ME 4.0.1.0 encryption module with FIPS 140-2 validation certificate 2056
• 10.x: RSA BSAFE Crypto-C ME 3.0.0.1 encryption module with FIPS 140-2 validation certificate 1092
• 9.x and earlier: RSA BSAFE Crypto-C ME 2.1 encryption module with FIPS 140-2 validation certificate 608

FIPS mode changes Acrobat's default behavior as follows:

• FIPS-compliant algorithms are always used.
• Users cannot save self-signed certificates to a P12/PFX file since password security is not permitted in FIPS mode. However, users can save self-signed digital IDs to the Windows Certificate Store.
• Signing with non-FIPS supported algorithms results in an error message; that is, signing fails if the document hash algorithm (digest method) is set to MD5 or RIPEMD160.
• Password security is turned off. Users can apply certificate or Adobe LifeCycle Rights Management Server security using the AES encryption algorithm to a document, but password encryption is disabled.
• When applying certificate security, the RC4 encryption algorithm is not allowed.
• Documents protected with non-FIPS compliant algorithms cannot be saved.

When FIPS mode is disabled, you can still create encrypted documents that are equivalent to documents encrypted with FIPS mode enabled if you do one of the following:

• Use AES-128 or AES-256 with certificate-based encryption, or
• Use AEM Document Security, which only supports AES-128 and AES-256.

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In both Acrobat and Reader, users have the capability to customize and favorite toolbars via the user interface by choosing View > Show/Hide > Toolbar Items and then selecting particular toolbar items to display. Acrobat users have an additional menu item called Quick Tools . This feature displays a two panel dialog that allows users to add any button or button category.

For example, you can expand the button tree under Forms to add the Create New Form button, or you could choose to add the top level Forms item to add all the forms buttons to the top menu. All user choices are stored with the application preferences and are essentially a "favorited" item.

Enterprise configuration steps:

• Configuring the application via the user interface.
• Closing the application.
• Opening the registry or plist directory and going to AVGeneral\(feature name).
• Copying the desired settings from the registry or plist. Settings can be deployed via the Customization Wizard, GPO, and any preferred scripted mechanism as desired. If you create these preferences manually, verify the index number is unique and the button names are correct.

Differences between 10.0 and earlier product versions

In 9.x and earlier, Acrobat and Reader only had toolbars. Both plugins and JavaScripts could be used to add new toolbars and buttons as well remove or hide buttons on demand. Unlike 9.x, 10.0 now includes toolbars AND quick tools right-hand panels. The toolbar APIs now only apply to panel customization, and toolbars cannot be modified by end users in any way. However, everything that could be accomplished in 9.x toolbars can still be accomplished for the new 10.x right hand panels.

Example: Favorited form buttons

"a5"="AcroForm:Forms_CreateNewForm"
"a6"="AcroForm:Forms_DistributeForm"
"a7"="AcroForm:Forms_ToggleEditInAcrobat"
"a8"="AcroForm:Forms_TrackReturnedForms"
"a9"="AcroForm:Forms_Hightlight"
"a10"="AcroForm:Forms_ClearForm"
"a11"="MoreFormOptions"

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AllowMultipleExpandedPanels	Specifies whether multiple comments panels can be expanded.
BasicSharePaneStickyStatus	Specifies whether to remember the the Tools Pane state across sessions.
FavoritesCommandsBrowser	Specifies available tools when the application is running in a browser.
FavoritesCommandsDesktop	Specifies favorited desktop tools.
FavoritesDefaultsDesktop	Specifies the default desktop tools.
Infobubble	Specifies whether the popup tooltips for the Tools, Comments, and Share panes should appear.
irightPaneState	Specifies whether to automatically open the Tools Pane on launch.

These preferences record details about the application's state and are not configured via the user interface.

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Activated	Records whether the application has been activated online after installation.
AppInitialized	Records whether the application has been initialized after installation.
DelayBeforeQuitViewer	Specifies the number of seconds the standalone application stays in memory before it shuts down.
HasLaunched	Records whether the application has been launched after installation.
InTrialMode	Records whether the application is operating in Trial Mode.
ShowHorizontalScrollbar	Specifies whether to show a horizontal scrollbar when the viewing are is narrower than the width of the loaded document.
ShowWelcomeScreen	For pre-DC products, disables the Welcome screen on application startup.

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MaxMRUCnt	Stores the number of recent files that should be listed in the recents list.
MaxMRUCntToBeStored	Stores the number of recent files that should be listed in the recents list.
RecentFiles	Lists a user's most recently opened files.

Like the related preferences in Originals, these settings control comment display behavior and user interaction.

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OverprintPreviewUseShiftClick	Specifies whether to use Shift + Click for multiple selection or for adding sticky notes containing color value when output preview dialog is open.
PopupsScrollWithPage	Specifies whether whether popups are visible when a document is scrolled.
ShowAnnotConnector	Specifies whether to show lines connecting comment markups to their popups on mouse rollover.

These settings specify how the PDF viewer should behave when loaded within a browser. See also:

• cFavoritesCommandsBrowser under Toolbar Customization
• The Browser Integration preferences in Originals
• Browser Integration Quick Key in the Quick Key Library.

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BrowserDisplayInReadMode	Specifies whether to open documents in a browser in Read Mode.
DelayBeforeQuitBrowser	Specifies the number of seconds the browser-based application stays in memory before it shuts down.

Document open settings control document behavior as they are opened. Related settings also reside elsewhere in AVGeneral , RememberedViews , Originals, and OptionalContent .

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AllowDocsToHideUI	Specifies whether to allow documents to hide the menu bar, toolbars, and window controls.
SDIMode	Specifies whether to open documents in a new window or in tabs in the same window.

There are several views and features designed to help users learn about the product. Admins can disable most of these.

• Mac: Home screen (see AVGeneral\HomeScreenOptionWhenDocClosed )
• All: Welcome menu item in Help (see AVGeneral\bHideHelpWelcome )
• All: Welcome.PDF (see AVGeneral\bAddCustomFile )
• All: Home banner (see cIPM\bShowMsgAtLaunch )
• All: Welcome tour (see FeatureLockDown\bToggleFTE )

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AddCustomFile	Specifies whether to load the Welcome PDF file.
HideHelpWelcome	Specifies whether to disable the Welcome menu item under Help.
HomeScreenOptionWhenDocClosed	Specifies whether to show the Home screen when no document is open.

This release begins an incremental rollout of a new, modern user interace for Acrobat and Reader. Users can switch between the old and new UI by choosing View > Enable|Disable New Acrobat (Mac) or Hamburger menu > Enable|Disable New Acrobat (Windows). As of July 2022, 5% of users have this UI automatically enabled. See also FTEDialog.

New menu item on the old viewer

Modern viewer UI menu item

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EnableAv2	Specifies whether to show the modern viewer first released in July 2022.
NumSwitcherContextualToolTipAV2Shown	Specifies whether to show the "Acrobat has a new look" coachmark after launching Acrobat the first time.
NumSwitcherContextualToolTipAVShown	Specifies whether to show the "Try the new Acrobat/Reader" coachmark after launching Acrobat the first time.

These preferences control whether the app shows a coachmark that allows the user to easily switch from the new, modern UI to the legacy, classic UI. Both preferences must be set together to toggle the UI switcher coachmark.

Mac configuration: Mac plist structure should appear as follows:

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NumSessionAV2	Specifies whether to show the the UI switcher coachmark based on the number of user sessions.
NumSwitcherContextualToolTipAV2Shown	Specifies whether to show the the UI switcher coachmark.

The July 2022 release initiated a phased rollout of a new, modern user interace for Acrobat and Reader. Users can switch between the old and new UI by choosing View > Enable|Disable New Acrobat (Mac) or Hamburger menu > Enable|Disable New Acrobat (Windows). Preferences for onboarding coachmark control reside in both FTEDialog and AVGeneral.

The first time a user sees the new UI for a specific tool pane, an onboarding coachmark appears with an offer to start a tour. Admins may disable the onboarding UI.

Mac configuration: Mac plist structure should appear as follows:

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CreateFormDiscoveryShown	Specifies whether to show the onboarding coachmark when the user invokes the Create Form panel.
EditDiscoveryShown	Specifies whether to show the onboarding coachmark when the user invokes the Edit panel.
FillSignDiscoveryShown	Specifies whether to show the onboarding coachmark when the user invokes the Fill & Sign panel.
OrganizeDiscoveryShown	Specifies whether to show the onboarding coachmark when the user invokes the Organize panel.
RedactDiscoveryShown	Specifies whether to show the onboarding coachmark when the user invokes the Redaction panel.