Download Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.020.20039

Adobe has released an update to Acrobat Reader DC. Acrobat Reader DC is the successor to Acrobat XI and consists of the commercial package to create PDF documents and the free reader to be able to read them. Reader also makes it possible to create simple PDF documents via an online tool. Version 1515.020.20039 is referred to by Adobe as a Continuous update, which means that it is a pre-scheduled update. The changelog shows the following improvements:

Fill and Sign

• 4169042: Hebrew text gets reversed when form filling in Fill and Sign app.

Accessibility

• 4130464: User is unable to interact with Home View LHP using VoiceOver Keys.
• 4056281: Unable to bring the Voiceover focus back to the Document.

rendering

• 4169688: Zoom via option and trackpad swipe is not working properly.

viewer

• 4157360: Crash repeatedly observed while simply browsing the file using the touchpad.

PDF Maker

• 4135481: Hidden characters in word doc are transformed into line in the output PDF.
• 4142155: Weird text rotation and reversed image manipulation on converting some Word files.
• 4161259: Form fields are not converted as email address link.
• 4173071: In Visio, after saving a file to JPG, closing Visio causes a hang when PDFMaker is installed.

scan

• 4153268: PDF thumbnail not generated until scanning of all pages is complete and all post processing starts only after completing all scans.
• 4179127: Acrobat crashes while appending to the Compare result file after scan.
• 4153268: PDF thumbnail not generated and no post scan processing starts until scanning of all pages is complete.
• 4164739: From CPDF path, save multiple files option saves pdf with empty names when output settings dialog is not opened before scanning.

printing

• 4182979: Keyboard shortcut ‘Alt+C’ works for Printer list instead of ‘Copies’.

annotation

• 4164517: Comments list disappears on closing one PDF when multiple PDF are opened with multi-tab viewing set to “OFF”.
• 4162957: Highlighting is difficult in PDFs where lines are very closer to each other.
• 4155586: Add Text comment’s text properties are not remembered.

Collaboration

• 4119965: Acrobat crashes while submitting form or Sending Comments without closing pdf, in windows 10.
• 4115867: Acrobat crashes while Initiating shared Review and selecting option send pdf as attachment in outlook.
• 4184158: Acrobat crashes while launching Tracker window if Adobe Tracker has active notifications.

PaperCapture

• 4191140: After running OCR (clear scan > 600 DPI English)on a particular document the text of the resulting document is not readable.

prepress

• 4155519: (MAC Intermittent) Settings changed for the ‘Separations’ tab for color plates in “Output Preview” dialog are not retained after performing pinch zoom .

JavaScript Engine

• 4166357: Empty lines are added to script when using external editor.
• 4159480: Acrobat crashes on MAC on removing the default function that is automatically generated when the Document Javascript is created.

preflight

• 4056958: Flatten annotations preflight sometimes rotates them.
• 4157238: Validation fails for PDF/A-1A compliant file created from 3height converter shell.

combine

• 4167619: Combine app is opening for multiple tabs and multiple windows of Acrobat whereas it should open for just one window/tab.