If you find yourself frequently using specific tools in Acrobat, there's an easy way to make accessing those even quicker.
I'm Sarah, and I'm going to show you how to customize your Acrobat Toolbar.
To get started, we'll need to have a PDF open.
Any old PDF will do, but we've provided a practice file for download if you need one.
At the bottom of the Quick Action Toolbar, we have the More menu
Accessing toolbar customization options
and selecting that brings up the Toolbar options.
We're going to select Customize toolbar.
Adding favorite tools to the quick action toolbar
Here's where we get to choose our favorite tools.
For this example, we're going to open the Edit a PDF category and pick Add Text.
Then we'll add it to the Custom toolbar by clicking the + icon.
The Add Text tool icon will now appear at the bottom of the Toolbar.
Let's go ahead and add a couple more tools to see what that looks like.
Reordering and organizing toolbar tools
If we want to reorder the tools we've added, we have the option to do that by highlighting the tool we want to move, and then using the up and down arrows here.
We can further organize things by adding a Divider with this button, and we can also remove less frequently used tools by selecting them and then clicking the Trash Can.
Once we have everything looking how we want it, we'll click Save.
Our favorite tools are now easily accessible in the Quick Action Toolbar.
Saving or resetting the customized toolbar
If we decide we want to revert the Toolbar back to the default, we can go back to the Ellipses again, and choose Reset Toolbar, to put everything back the way it was.
Customizing your Acrobat Toolbar will help streamline your work process and make your life that much easier.
Thanks for watching.
Note: Stock assets provided are for practice purposes only. See terms.
What you’ll learn
Work more efficiently with a customized toolbar
Keep your most-used tools easy to reach by customizing your toolbar. Once you’ve added your favorites you can organize them into groups using dividers and the reorder options.
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