How do I open a file in Acrobat? Procedure

To open a file in Acrobat, you first need to launch the PDF reader on your PC or laptop. After that, you have several options to open files directly from the program. You can find out what these are in our article.

How to open a file directly in Acrobat

To open a PDF file in Acrobat Reader, you have several options. If you have already opened the file to be opened with Acrobat before, you can open it again by going to "Start" > "Last used" in the program and clicking on the file. Alternatively, you can also open PDF files in Acrobat by first clicking on "File" in the menu bar and then on "Open". In the new window, you then navigate to the location of the PDF file, select it and call it by clicking "Open".

Acrobat: These other ways to open files there are

If you have not yet started Acrobat Reader on your laptop or PC, opening files is also possible in other ways.

1. If the file is on your desktop or in the file manager of your operating system, simply double-click on the icon of the PDF file to open it.
2. Haben Sie die Datei als Anhang einer E-Mail erhalten, lässt sie sich mit Acrobat öffnen, indem Sie in der E-Mail-Nachricht einen Doppelklick auf die PDF machen.
3. Lässt sich eine PDF-Datei per Doppelklick nicht öffnen, machen Sie stattdessen einen Rechtsklick auf die Datei und gehen Sie im Kontextmenü zu „Öffnen mit“ > „Acrobat“.