With this FREE tool I've developed you can restore the option to send your files from within Acrobat or Acrobat Reader 2019 with a single click!
The current user interface has this new "Share File" button under the File menu:
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| Old interface - Step 1 of sending file |
When you click it, the Share panel on the right opens (after a while):
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| Old interface - Step 2 of sending file |
And then you still need to click on Send as Attachment, select your mail application and press Continue before the actual email is generated:
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| Old interface - Step 3 of sending file |
A long and annoying process.
Well, after you install this script (detailed instructions are provided with it, of course), the old "Share File" item is replaced by my "Quick Send" item, which will create a new empty email with the current file attached to it the moment you click it (there might be some confirmation dialogs the first time you use it):
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| New interface - ONLY step of sending file |
And if you're using Acrobat you can even add it directly to the Quick Tools toolbar, for even faster (single-click) access, as it also adds a new toolbar item under Tools - Add-On Tools!
If you have any questions regarding this tool, you can contact me directly.
11 comments:
Wow, this is great! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who is annoyed by these constant "improvements."
Great great script! Many thanks!
In the past, when Acrobat was still user-friendly, it had a quicksand button which also parsed the filename in the subject to the new mail. Is this possible with an altered script?
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Sure! The subject line (and even message body) of the email can be customized to your needs. Please contact me privately (try6767@gmail.com) to discuss it further.
You're awesome! This is great. Totally works. I'm not computer savy enough to completely understand JS Scripts, but instructions were easy to follow. Thanks so much. I'll definitely reach out to you if I need anything else in the future.
I have this line at the end to populate the TO and subject fields, but it isn't working.
cExec: "this.mailDoc({cSubject: this.documentFileName, cTo: 123456789@domain.com, cSubject: Attention employees })", cEnable: "event.rc = (event.target!=null);"});
My scripting knowledge is pretty much non existent, so I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. I originally had the custom fields in quotes, but the script errored out until I removed them.
You have to place strings (like the subject line and target email address) in quotes.
Here is the code with quotes:
cExec: "this.mailDoc({cSubject: this.documentFileName, cTo: "123456789@domain.com", cSubject: "Attention employees "})", cEnable: "event.rc = (event.target!=null);"});
If I use quotes, I get errors when running it with the script host:
Expected '}' at character 63
When I open Reader, I get the debugger error:
SyntaxError: missing } after property list
5:Folder-Level:App:QuickSend.js
I checked the file menu to see if it would still work, and the Quick Send button is no longer there.
Thanks for looking
The quotes inside the string have to be escaped, ie. a back-slash must be added before them. For further help please contact me by email: try6767@gmail.com
Thank you so much for providing this script! The script also works fine with Acrobat Pro 2020.
As a bonus effect, while clicking on the default Acrobat email icon in the toolbar still generates a popup that previously required another confirmation click, it now generates a new email with the PDF as an attachment and the file name as a subject line and then autocloses without the need for further interaction.
Again, thank you for this great script!
Just like to leave thanks. In our Citrix VDI environment, we continually have issues with the "share as a link" option turning back on.
This fixes that and gives them the functionality that we use to enjoy in Acrobat 11!
Update on above: After overwriting the Quicksend.js file with a fresh copy and running an Acrobat maintenance repair the great quicksend email ability seems to have returned. No idea why, but thanks again for the script.
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