I would like to be able to search comments in numerous pdf files at once using Adobe Acrobat Pro 8. Can it be done? [more inside]
posted by nosila on Sep 12, 2009 - 4 answers

I need to batch process a 54-page PDF through Bridge (or Photoshop) and it doesn't seem to be saving properly. [more inside]
posted by Optimus Chyme on Mar 18, 2009 - 2 answers

Need help from someone with Acrobat 8 Pro (or higher) to add "usage rights" to a simple PDF file [more inside]
posted by AstroGuy on Jan 22, 2009 - 2 answers

I have a PDF form that I modified from an existing PDF form, adding a new page and a few new fields. The new fields I added are visible on the screen but not visible when I print the form. Other parts of the form work fine, it is only 4 text fields I added. Other checkboxes work and show up fine. I am fairly inexperienced with editing PDFs and using LiveCycle Designer (I have version 7) and can't figure out what the heck I'm missing and I can't extract anything from the help guide.
posted by Ikazuchi on Oct 14, 2008 - 3 answers

When it comes to document interactivity, what are PDF files really capable of? Which features are best for creating dynamic displays of information? What are some of the best examples you've seen of interactive PDFs? [more inside]
posted by ElfWord on Sep 27, 2008 - 10 answers

How can I view AND create PDFs without Acrobat? [more inside]
posted by FlyByDay on Aug 28, 2008 - 23 answers

How can I convert a Word document to a pdf while keeping the margins the same width? We are working on a 5 MB Word document, created with Word 2003 on a PC running Windows XP. The margins must be 1 inch wide. When we convert it to pdf, the right hand margin becomes 1.25 inches wide, and random phrases become boldface. We've tried Acrobat 8 and a freeware converter (dopdf).
posted by lukemeister on Aug 28, 2008 - 16 answers

Why are there 20 Mb of embedded fonts in my PDF and how can I make them go away? [more inside]
posted by heresiarch on Aug 28, 2008 - 6 answers

I am using adobe acrobat pro 8. I have a basic text field in a simple form. How in the hell do I get a subscript character in there (I want put in the text "H2M DEVELOPMENT CO." with the "2" as subscript)? Is this something boneheadedly simple I am missing? I can do it in two seconds in any word processor...your help will be mos appreciated - thanks in advance!!!
posted by kjl291 on Jul 3, 2008 - 7 answers

Adobe Acrobat Professional (8.0): Is there any way to distribute stamps from one machine to another? How about simply sorting them? [more inside]
posted by wheat on Jun 30, 2008 - 2 answers

What's with Adobe Acrobat Professional - and not being able to put my custom page / section numbers into the header / footer? Did I miss a meeting? Why has no one else posed this question to the Googles? Is there a 3rd party plug-in that does this? Surely somebody knows something?! [more inside]
posted by mjao on May 21, 2008 - 6 answers

Is there an alternative (cheap-ish) way to have multiple people sign a document? I don't think my boss will go for multiple licenses of Acrobat. Any good ideas? [more inside]
posted by pleuroma on Dec 5, 2007 - 10 answers

PDF editing - batch processing on a large number of pages? [more inside]
posted by casarkos on Oct 24, 2007 - 7 answers

Adobe Acrobat question: Is it possible to show nonprinting (invisible, hidden) characters? How? [more inside]
posted by fiercecupcake on Oct 17, 2007 - 3 answers

How to strip Kanji characters from .pdf? [more inside]
posted by djgh on Jul 5, 2007 - 5 answers

How do I highlight graphics in Adobe Acrobat? [more inside]
posted by concrete on May 3, 2007 - 5 answers

Is it possible to create a pdf file that can only be opened once? [more inside]
posted by archimago on Apr 25, 2007 - 3 answers

Could not find the Xobject named I0 Adobe Acrobat Error [more inside]
posted by lutzla23 on Feb 26, 2007 - 7 answers

I installed Acrobat Reader 8. OS X no longer prints to PDF. How do I fix that? [more inside]
posted by airguitar on Jan 18, 2007 - 5 answers

Acrobat Pro Typewriter Tool question - it's greyed out! [more inside]
posted by stewiethegreat on Nov 17, 2006 - 6 answers

Graphically editing multi-page PDFs quickly (erasing things, mostly) [more inside]
posted by anonymoose on Oct 18, 2006 - 8 answers

I have 800 PDFs in a folder. I'd like for them to all have 1) Show Page Only, Page layout to Default, and Magnification to Default 2) Have all the extra stuff removed (bookmarks, metadata, embedded thumbnails) Is there any way to do this as a batch?
posted by lpctstr; on Sep 14, 2006 - 1 answer

How do I embed a Chinese font subset into an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file? [more inside]
posted by RavinDave on Aug 22, 2006 - 4 answers

When converting HTML pages to Acrobat files using Adobe Acrobat Standard, it automatically puts the URL of the page in a footer on each page of the created .pdf. How do I stop it from doing this?
posted by Framer on Aug 2, 2006 - 6 answers

Can I convert a multi-layer .psd to a multi-layer .pdf? [more inside]
posted by GhostintheMachine on Jul 5, 2006 - 6 answers

Recent Windows versions of Adobe apps, specifically programs in the CS2 Suite and Acrobat Pro 7.0, all run some kind of auxiliary program called "Cleanup" not long after they start up. In my experience, "Cleanup" always freezes the Adobe app in question while it does whatever it's doing. So what is this program? Is it necessary? And if not, how can I stop it from running?
posted by limeonaire on Jun 21, 2006 - 14 answers

Adobe Acrobat 7 Pro. How can I get it to discard parts of the document that I've cropped out? [more inside]
posted by kookoobirdz on Jun 21, 2006 - 5 answers

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional: I've got a document with several hundred links in it. Right now, they're all invisible; I'd like to change them all to dotted rectangles of a particular color. Is there any way to change the appearance of every link in the document simultaneously? "Make this the default appearance" doesn't do it; it only affects the links you make in the future. Help?
posted by logovisual on May 12, 2006 - 1 answer

How can I extract every 14th page from a PDF? [more inside]
posted by piro on Mar 28, 2006 - 5 answers

Firefox and (surprise!) Acrobat Reader problems. Upgraded Acrobat Reader via its internal upgrade routine (while in Firefox). The upgrade crashed halfway through. Now neither Firefox nor Adobe Download Manager seem to have DNS capability. Also, neither program can be removed from memory—using End Process in the Windows Task Manager does nothing. What gives?
posted by DrJohnEvans on Dec 14, 2005 - 9 answers

Every time I open Adobe Acrobat, it creates a folder in My Documents called "My eBooks." How can I stop this? I hate repeatedly deleting this folder, and I'd rather not just make it "hidden." [more inside]
posted by clgregor on Sep 28, 2005 - 6 answers

I have a PDF file that doesn't want to print. The print commands are grayed out in Acrobat Reader. The lock symbol appears indicating that the document is encrypted to prevent modification of "certain aspects". However, I have other documents which appear to have similar encryption that print fine. Is the encryption causing this problem? If not, then what is? How can I work round the problem?
posted by nthdegx on Mar 16, 2005 - 10 answers

Any way to install the Adobe Acrobat printer without reinstalling the whole package? I grabbed the entire application dir from my computer at work via VNC, and that works like a charm. But I can't "Print to PDF" Suggestions? [W2K/Acrobat5] [more inside]
posted by idontlikewords on Dec 23, 2004 - 3 answers

Acrobat Filter. In Mac OS 9.2, I regularly create a large number of PDFs from Word files using Distiller 5.0. The problem is, I do this for 30 large files every 10 days, and must manually first create .ps files, and then distill them. The process takes more than 1 hour, during which I must open Each Word file to .ps "print" it. Short of buying a new copy of Acrobat for $300 and/or an OS X computer, is there any way to automate this process?
posted by ParisParamus on Sep 17, 2004 - 14 answers

The "Touchup Item" tool in my version of Acrobat has disappeared. Can you help me find it? [More inside...] [more inside]
posted by skylar on Aug 25, 2004 - 2 answers

PDF question. I have a directory full of jpgs, each is a scanned page of a book and each is numbered sequentially (001.jpg, 002.jpg, 003.jpg ...). I want to convert it to a single document. I don't want to open the first image and then import and append each successive page. Is there a script to do this? I have both acrobat and ghostscript. Any pdf gurus here?
posted by Grod on Jul 25, 2004 - 12 answers

Is there any way to remove background images from a PDF file? I downloaded some documentation for the Mambo Server, and it has an incredibly annoying, large, pixelated orangeish logo as a BG on every page, which doesn't help readability one bit. Have tried inserting a new white background in Acrobat, but it ends up behind the original one.
posted by signal on May 25, 2004 - 7 answers

HELP! Suddenly, every PDF I download from various databases is corrupt in some way. Either there is "insufficient data for an image" or "unable to extract font X", this has never happened to me before. I have no problem grabbing PDFs from other sites, so I don't know if the corruption is caused by dropped packets going through the library proxy server, evil gremlins, or my recent installation of Reader 6 alongside Acrobat Pro 5
posted by Grod on May 9, 2004 - 9 answers

I need a version of Adobe Acrobat to encode pdf files that will work on Mac OS 9.x. From what I've googled so far, that seems to be Adobe Acrobat 5, but when I go to the websites listed, I can't seem to find tech specs/product reviews that confirm that it actually works in Mac OS 9.x machines. Does anyone have any familiarity with this product and can you confirm that it does actually work in Mac OS 9.x systems? Even better, do you have a source from which I can buy a new, full edition? Price is not necessarily an object....
posted by Lynsey on Feb 5, 2004 - 7 answers