When using Layout 2025 I was able to find the PDF printer in the print menu.
With Layout 2026 the PDF printer doesn’t show up in the print menu.
The Adobe Acrobat on my computer is old Acrobat X Version 10.1.16.
Is there a way to have Layout 2026 recognize my PDF printer?
Instead of printing to PDF use File>Export and select the PDF option. Then print from Adobe Reader or whatever your preferred PDF viewer is. You have better control over what gets exported that way. This applies to LO2025, too.
I think that I have an even older Acrobat, might be 9.something. I have never printed to it from LayOut, but I’ll check its visibility when I get home. It has survived the update from Windows 10 to 11.
Thanks. This is very helpful.
Have you installed the Acrobat printer driver? Does it work in other applications?
I use my old Acrobat as my default printer, and it appears as it should in the LayOut Print dialog.
The PDF option as a printer appears in my Microsoft Office apps.
It doesn’t appear in Layout 2025 and 2024 either now.
I have not been able to find how to install an Acrobat X printer driver into Layout 2026.
That doesn’t get installed in LayOut. It is installed on the computer’s system.
Opening the Print dialog gives me this window:
The small arrow I highlighted opens a popup menu where you can select between all printers that have been installed on your computer. If Adobe PDF is not on the list you have to install it from your original Adobe installer disc or file. Windows also automatically installs the Microsoft Print to PDF driver but that is quite limited compared to the Adobe one.
What happens if you update to Windows 11?
I cannot test that as I have updated both my computers to Windows 11. IMO the dialog should show all printers installed on your computer and it only shows one that is a network printer.
I always use the Export to PDF feature to get from LayOut to PDF.
