Working with PDFs

PC Instructions for how to sign in to Adobe Creative Cloud and How to make Adobe Acrobat your default app to open PDFs

Sign in to Adobe Creative Cloud by doing the following:

• Sign in to Creative Cloud (search for it on your computer)
• When signing in, use your FSU credentials and if given a choice, choose business or enterprise (not personal).

Installing Creative Cloud Apps:

• When Creative Cloud loads (this sometimes takes a few minutes), you will see many Adobe apps.  Search for the Adobe product you want, for example, Acrobat, and click 'install'.  If you only see 'buy' or 'free trial', put in a ticket to the help desk so we can check your license.
• If you are signed into Creative Cloud and you have Acrobat installed on your computer then follow the instructions below to make it a default app.

Setting Adobe Creative Cloud as the default app for opening PDFs:

• On your pc, search for 'default apps'
• A large pop-up window will appear. Choose 'default apps' near the top of the window
• You will see apps listed. Look down below those listed icons for the written text 'choose apps by file type' and click on it.
• On the left-hand column, you will see a list of file types. Scroll down to the file type you want. For example, if you want to set the app that will open a PDF, you will scroll down until you find .pdf
• To the right of the file type, you will see an icon of the current default app.  Click on the icon and a new menu will be revealed and then you can click on the app you want to open the file type.
• If you don't see the app you want, confirm you are signed into Creative Cloud.