How can I close a PDF document in Adobe Reader from MATLAB on Windows?

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I have a PDF document opened in Adobe Reader, which I would like to close from within MATLAB.

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MathWorks Support Team
MathWorks Support Team on 1 Oct 2009
In order to close an open PDF document in Adobe Reader you can use the MATLAB DOS command to call in turn the Windows TASKKILL command like this:
dos('taskkill /F /IM acroRd32.exe')
This will force the acroRd32.exe process to close.

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