How to open 2 Adobe Reader instances?

Question

I would like to see simultaneously pages in the beginning of the document and at the end. I can do that by opening the same document on different windows. But when I try to do so, the first instance opens and I can't open a second one. I'll will install a second PDF visualizer to do it, but I wonder if I could do something that didn't require such extreme measure.

score 64 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 01 '13 at 19:00

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Just go to the upper menu and click "Window">"New Window".

Easy

Then you'll have two instances of one document opened in separate windows.

edited Feb 01 '13 at 19:00

MDT Guy

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answered Jul 25 '11 at 08:27

Bartosz Oczujda

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score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 24 '11 at 21:18

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You could make a (temporary) copy of the PDF in question, with a different name, and then open them both in Adobe Reader.

answered Jul 24 '11 at 21:18

Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 11 '16 at 16:16

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In Reader 20145.010.20060 you can simple drag and drop from the tab in the Reader window and another window will appear

answered Mar 11 '16 at 16:16

Robbroorb

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 24 '11 at 20:28

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Yeah, you can do this with Adobe Acrobat, but sadly, not Reader. I'd go ahead and download Foxit anyways. Or CutePDF.

answered Jul 24 '11 at 20:28

surfasb

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited May 28 '13 at 15:45

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I'm using Ubuntu Linux 13.04. File -> Open a new copy or Ctrl+N opens a new instance of the same PDF file. This is helpful when you are answering chapter end Q&A so you don't have to go back and forth.

edited May 28 '13 at 15:45

Scott - Слава Україні

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answered May 28 '13 at 15:19

user227384

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 15 '14 at 12:31

Start the second Acrobat Reader instance, then in the second instance open the same document using menu "File".

To start the second instance make a copy of Acrobat Reader shortcut, open properties of copied shortcut, choose "Shortcut" tab and add " /n" at the end of Target field. For example, if original Target field value is:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"

modified value must be:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" /n

Every time modified shortcut is started a new independent Acrobat Reader instance is created.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 29 '20 at 08:50

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Alternative solution:

If I want to open a pdf file twice, I usually open a pdf using a pdf reader and then I open the same pdf file using a web-browser (i.e Firefox).

answered Mar 29 '20 at 08:50

Benyamin Jafari

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