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At work I had an old version of Adobe Acrobat Pro, version 9, which I used combined with some Actionscript and batch actions to fill in form fields using a csv file and finally outputting to one pdf file per record.

Is this functionality still supported in Acrobat XI Pro Win ESD?

I would think it would be, but I just thought I would check with some other people and find out as the features listed on the website do not mention that specifically.

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  • Why not just contact Adobe and ask them? Dec 5, 2014 at 20:15
  • On a Friday at 4:00 PM?? Wait what timezone are they in?
    – leeand00
    Dec 5, 2014 at 21:06

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I assume that the source mentioned is indeed legitimate, otherwise I'd suggest to be very careful…

It is possible to import a CSV file and load its contents, do some preprocessing, and loop through it to create documents you want to.

It may require a little bit of understanding of PDF/Acrobat and programming with Acrobat JavaScript, but it is not thaat bad.

The workflow could be simplified if you can provide a tab-delimited format, because there is an Acrobat JavaScript method which can import directly from the file.

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  • If by the source you're talking about Tech Soup, it's a company for non-profits that helps them get used licenses and hardware.
    – leeand00
    Dec 6, 2014 at 22:49
  • Correct; not being in the non-profit environment, I was not aware of that company. I assume that they do have some agreements with Adobe.
    – Max Wyss
    Dec 7, 2014 at 8:08
  • Okay well, last time when I did this in the old version it required the use of a script to do a document merge and it did work.
    – leeand00
    Dec 7, 2014 at 16:25

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