Adobe Acrobat is Adobe's family of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) management software.
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Acrobat Pro 9 - scan as simple image only PDF
Using Acrobat 9 Pro with a Canon MX310 MFC scanner. I have been unable to scan a document as a simple, good ol' grayscale image only. No matter what options I try it seems that Acrobat tries to ...
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Convert responsive web page to PDF
Couldn't decide if this is a question better for Stack Overflow or Superuser, but I'll start here.
I have Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro, and with that, the Convert Web Page to PDF button that displays in IE. ...
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How can I save an Excel file as a PDF while maintaining frozen Frames?
I'm using Excel 2013. I have a spreadsheet where the first row is "frozen". So when I scroll up and down that first row stays put. It contains the titles for each row. When I save the file as a PDF, ...
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Keyboard shortcut to highlight the text in adobe reader
What is the keyboard shortcut to highlight the text in the adobe reader on Mac?
Do some settings in adobe reader preferences need to be changed to use it?
For some strange reason I am not able to ...
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trying to create a new pdf from scratch with adobe acrobat
I'm using Adobe Acrobat Pro XI and when here's the prompt I'm initially presented with:
I click on "Create PDF" and I get an "Open" dialog.
I figure maybe it'll create the PDF when it doesn't ...
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Export PDF bookmarks as txt file [duplicate]
I only found utility to modify PDF bookmarks, but I was wondering if there is a software that can export all bookmarks of a PDF file into a .txt file ?
I'm using Microsoft Windows
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Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional error …please reinstall the application
Problem:
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional closes shortly after opening the application/program.
Error:
"An error has been detected with a required application library and the product cannot continue. ...
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Page numbers are formatted incorrectly when cropping then recombining into merged document?
I have taken a PDF file from the public domain (no copyright issues). It contains two images and I wanted to split them into separate pages and then merge the two images, each to a page, into a pdf ...
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Does OS X Preview support saving PDF with JBIG2 compression?
I have a PDF file containing hundreds of BW scannings, that I created on Windows using lossy JBIG2 compression, resulting in a nice 8MB file.
I can open that file on OSX with Preview, but if I add ...
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How do I copy vector graphics out of a PDF?
How do I copy a vector image out of a PDF file in Acrobat Pro? Currently what I have to do is use the Acrobat screenshot tool to make a bitmap copy, but what I want is the actual vector graphic in the ...
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Adobe Acrobat save as Image and modify file name
I have PDF that was compiled from multiple tiffs of a scanned document. The Tiffs are no logner around, and we want to regenerate them from Acrobat. Easy enough. However, we cannot adjust the padding ...
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.pdf file which doesn't displayed by Acrobat Reader
I have an .pdf file which doesn't opened by Acrobat Reader but it opened well by Chrome . That file looks like it converted from .ppt to .pdf format .
This is the prompt message I get in the ...
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How can I encrypt a read-only adobe acrobat file?
My brokerage kindly decided to mark my account statement as read-only for my benefit. But, now when I open the statement in Acrobat Pro X in Windows 7, the Encrypt option is grayed out. How can I make ...
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How do I scroll multiple lines (thus faster) in Adobe Acrobat Reader?
When I scroll a PDF with the mouse (two-finger gesture on a laptop to be more precise) the scrolling is way too slow. I am not referring to rendering issues nor some kind of lag. Simply put, the ...
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Get rid of images, styling etc in PDF and only retain text? (Like removing .css from a webpage)
So I have this massive manual from work that I want to print out but to save ink I want to remove all the unnecessary objects (pictures, background, fancy fonts etc) and have a black and white copy.
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Adobe Acrobat Copy and Paste Font messed up
How does one copy and paste in Acrobat when fonts are embedded in PDF and not machine?
I am opening an Adobe PDF and I copy the font from the PDF and then paste it
to word and the characters are ...
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adobe acrobat pro document sizes [duplicate]
Is there seriously no way to take a PDF that is a larger size and simply change it to 8.5x11?
It's an InDesign file. Resizing it in indesign will be a real pain because i only have CS3.
I can't ...
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Is it possible to block Ask toolbar and McAfee from installing during Java and Acrobat updates? [duplicate]
Some of my users are required to have Java installed on their machines for specific applications. I have been instructing them to become more aware of automatic updates from Oracle. My problem is ...
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Open file at given path with non-default program?
I am normally opening PDF files with Foxit Reader.
Now I have one PDF file (C:\sample.pdf) which I edit quite often, so for opening it, I am always using Adobe Acrobat. Currently I always have to ...
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Splitting a PDF into PDFs of various sizes
I recently upgraded from Adobe Acrobat 6 to 9 and I can't seem to figure outhow to split a large PDF into individual PDFs of various sizes (say, pages 1-3, 4-11, 12, etc.).
I'm aware that A-PDF ...
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Adobe acrobat doesn't launch on windows 7
I have adobe acrobat (legal copy) installed as part of the adobe suite. When I try to launch it nothing happens. I've heard from coworkers it's a common problem. What is the cause and how do I fix it?
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Can I close the pdf file after saving it in Adobe Acrobat 11?
For example , when I open a file "c:/test/a.pdf" , edit something and it and save as another file "c:/test/a_edited.pdf". The program will open the file of a_edited.pdf ,However, what if I just want ...
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acrobat X pro textbox tool keeps reverting to default color/font after program is closed and opened again
As above :
is there a way to make the settings for the 'Add Text' tool in Acrobat X stick? For now, it always goes back to Black, Minion Pro font if i close the program and launch another PDF.
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Making emacs/AucTeX open Acrobat on Windows
How can I configure emacs 24 (with AucTeX) on MS windows so that I can bind a key to
compile the latex document in the active buffer and then open the resulting pdf in acrobat?
Can the same technique ...
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PDFs come out either all black or pixelated when printed (with picture)
Hey Fellow IT Guys,
I have a couple of users who receive PDFs via eFax or Email and on the computer they look ok, but when they print it looks like this or either all black page
They use ...
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How to export to xfdf from a radio button group but export as if they were many separate fields?
I am creating a PDF form where the user will be selecting from a long list of 25 options. The completed form will be exported to an XFDF file, which will be automatically processed and put into a ...
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How to have many radio button field groups where only one group can have a certain value selected?
I am creating a PDF form where the user will be selecting from a long list of 25 options. The fields are radio buttons, with one choice for "primary", one choice for "secondary", and one choice for ...
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Invert specific pages of a PDF
Is there an easy way to only invert certain page numbers in a PDF? These are scanned in documents, which are essentially images saved into a PDF format.
The problem is that certain pages are white ...
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Is it possible to automate bulk PDF printing with specific settings in Adobe Reader?
Around ance a week, I need to bulk print a couple of documents with my desk jet printer (it doesn't support automated both sides printing). I like the Booklet printing feature in Adobe Reader, and I ...
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Windows PDF printer driver with commenting enabled
Is there a PDF printer driver that allows PDFs to be created with commenting and markups enabled? I want users with Acrobat Reader to be able to use the markup the PDF files (like using the ...
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PDF scrolling on Windows 7
Sometimes, when I scroll a document (most often a PDF) using the two-finger method on my laptop's trackpad, after a while, the scroller starts jittering and jumping pages. At this point, the pinch ...
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Can I fill multiple form feilds in an PDF with the same data automatically?
I am creating a form in Indesign CS6 for filling out in Acrobat. Its a tenancy agreement it requires names and addresses to be input 2-3 times. Is there a way to link the form fields in Indesign or in ...
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Trouble penning pdf file after putting password on editing section
I make a PDF file with TexMaker or TexStudio and then try to put password on "editing" part of it using Adobe Acrobat XI. So far it works just fine. But when I try to reopen that file, strangely I get ...
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Adobe acrobat PDFs into TIFF
I have a couple of PDFs that I want to merge into a single tiff file. I can get acrobat to combine the files but it exports as one tiff file per page. Is there a setting to get it to export as a ...
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Inserting a page into a .pdf causes the rest of the document to become all symbols
I'm trying to add another page to an existing .pdf document but every time I try the rest of the document becomes corrupt, it shows all symbols.
Why is that, how can I fix it?
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Print a color document on a B&W printer, with good color separation
I want to print a PDF document converted from Word by Adobe Acrobat Pro. It has some figures containing colors that when I convert to black & white are distinguishable but after printing by a ...
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PDF fillable form, insert text inline
When using Adobe Acrobat to create fillable forms, on the first page is a list of question with an area to answer each one.
I want those answers to be places on the following page in-line with the ...
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batch remove pdf password using Acrobat pro 11 or other software
I have thousands of pdf with password encrypted and i want to remove the password in batch process, i tried acrobat 11 pro and created a batch action to remove, but its til prompt me every to enter a ...
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How to remove all transparent objects in a PDF document using Adobe Acrobat X Pro?
I have a 300+ page long PDF document with a transparent object placed exactly the same way on every page as a background image (more accurately, this is a collection of objects, but I doubt it ...
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Format Fonts for Text Field Default Values
I am kind of new to Adobe Acrobat. I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro X. I am creating a fillable form, from scratch, basically. What I would like to do is be able to format a read only texbox so that it ...
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How to put a small bookmark in a PDF file? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Acrobat Reader & saving last page I read?
How could I put a navigation point in a PDF file, so that when I leave, then come back and open the file, I can go straight ...
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Export Microsoft Word document for Adobe Acrobat signature
When I save a MS Word document (.docx) as a PDF, I am not able to sign it in Adobe Acrobat. Is there a way to export an MS Word doc to a signable PDF? Third party products are an option as well.
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PDF files going offline on computer sleep
I store my valuable PDF files for reading on my home NAS drive. When I wake my netbook up, the file I had been reading before going to sleep goes offline even though it is accessible. The pages of the ...
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How to move your focus out of the text?
I've got a PDF open in Acrobat.
I like to scroll the "standard" way, where I can press the arrow key up to go up by a line or two, and the arrow key down for the opposite.
But sometimes I ...
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Bug: Weird symbol in pdf generated from Indesign CS3
I recently encountered a weird bug in Adobe Acrobat. I generated a PDF from Indesign and some weird symbols in "Build relationships" appear out of no where.
When I copy the words from PDF viewer ...
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PDF files are opening in Firefox, undesiredly
PDF files have suddenly started to open within the browser windows of Firefox 17. The PDF files are being displayed with the Adobe Acrobat plugin, which is odd, since I have explicitly disabled the ...
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Acrobat 8, PDF Optimizer has no effect, convert embedded PNGs to JPG?
I use the PDF Optimizer feature in Acrobat Pro (v8) to reduce the file size of DTP-generated PDFs by downsampling the embedded images to a lower resolution. This normally works fine.
However today ...
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Remove fillable yellow background on printing PDF
I have fillable PDF form which I do not own, and I do not have a password for it.
I'm wondering how to print without the yellow background that appears behind text.
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AutoHotkey - Scrolling two PDF documents
I am trying to make a script that scrolls all the opened PDF documents at the same time. The problem is that I can not get it to work unless I specifically name each window that has to be scrolled and ...
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Inserting 2nd PDF into original PDF changes page ordering [closed]
I have a PDF file (roughly 200 pages) and I would like to insert another PDF that is a single page. No matter if I choose Before or After (when inserting the PDF), the document inserts the page about ...
