PDF question

[Hobo]

How can I open several PDF files at once?

If I have one open and I try to open another, I get a window saying 'Adobe Acrobat has stopped working' and when I cancel the warning the file that is open closes.

[green granite]

Try installing Foxit reader, it opens multiple documents using tabs.

You'll need to set it as the default PDF reader as well.

[mixture]

Hobo,

Sounds like you're running short on RAM ....time for a few extra chips perhaps ?

[Hobo]

Thanks for the replies so far. I don't think it's RAM, mixture, it happens with two 115KB PDF's...

[Tableview]

For what it's worth, I am using Win7 and Adobe Reader 9.5.0 and don't have this problem, I often open multiple documents.

[EEngr]

Hmm. I'm not sure how Adobe Reader works on Windows. On Linux, an attempt to open a second Adobe Reader instance opens a second tab under the 'Window' menu in the existing Reader instance. I can toggle back and forth between the two documents, tile them or cascade them within one Reader window.

[obgraham]

I typically have up to a dozen pdf's open at a time, each in its own window. No problem.

Try deleting your Adobe Reader, and all its components, then re-installing a new copy. Then stop the automatic updater, which has bunged up my Reader more than once.

[Milo Minderbinder]

I'd go with the suggestion of lack of RAM as a first place too look
Probably too many other programs running in background for the machine to handle. The size of the files is only part of the issue - what else is running also matters