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How to avoid opening Acrobat Reader after publishing DWG to PDF?

If you don't want to launch Adobe Acrobat Reader automatically after publishing (printing, plotting) of PDF files from AutoCAD, set the appropriate setting in the custom options.

In the PLOT dialog, choose the printer "DWG To PDF.pc3" and modify its settings using the "Properties" button. In the "Plotter Configuration Editor" dialog, click on "Custom Properties" (incl. the button) and in the dialog "DWG to PDF Properties" then uncheck the option "Open in PDF viewer when done":

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applies to: AutoCAD 2012 · AutoCAD 2010 · AutoCAD LT · AutoCAD Architecture · AutoCAD Mechanical ·

See also:
Tip 9147:	Batch publishing to PDF uses different margins than single prints.
Tip 7806:	Selectable text in PDF files from AutoCAD.
Tip 7597:	Quick conversion of DWG files to PDF.
Tip 7549:	DEPENDS - displaying file dependencies in a DWG drawing.
Tip 7520:	DWG to PDF problem in an arabic font.

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