Actually, after putting an extra view: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")] in the close, Adobe 8 still crashed , so I just decided to try putting another one before that, and that worked for me. I don't know why, but it didn't work with just one. So what worked for me is: view: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen("%bm.pdf")] (server: acroview, Topic: control) forward search: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen("%bm.pdf")] (server: acroview, Topic: control) close: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][DocClose("%bm.pdf")] (server: acroview, Topic: control) I hope this helped for some of you that still got some errors. source: [[http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14&start=30]] {{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeXnicCenter|TexnicCenter and Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional}} * {{http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/osborne/latex/PMAKEUP.HTM|Notes on Page Makeup}} * {{http://merkel.zoneo.net/Latex/natbib.php|Natbib reference sheet}}