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Adobe Acrobat is Adobe's family of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) management software.

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remove watermark from PDF file use tools for inspecting and manipulating the structure of pdf

I have a scanned book that was scanned as image. It contains watermark that I want to remove. Here is an example of page, that contains minimal text. I tried to remove that watermark on Windows with ...
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Validate PDF/X compliance without Acrobat Professional

I'm generating PDFs using pdflatex. I have found that the pdfx LaTeX module allows to make the files PDF/X compliant, but I would like to make sure that the generated documents are indeed compliant. ...
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Resizing pages in Adobe Acrobat Pro

I am using Acrobat Professional 8 to assemble a document from two imported page images (JPGs). Acrobat seems to interpret the images at screen resolution, and creates a document that's about 35" by 46"...
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Can whiteouts in a PDF be undone?

A while back, I made a video that shows how to whiteout content in a PDF file using Foxit Reader. After whiting out content, I advised that you could prevent "a recipient of that PDF" from ...
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How to control DPI/PPI (or page size) when converting images to PDF with Adobe Acrobat?

I am on Windows 10 running Adobe Acrobat XI Pro. I have a bunch of PNG images with a resolution 2472 x 4119 pixels which I want to convert into a single PDF, one image per page. From Windows Explorer ...
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Remove the same image watermark from every page of a pdf file

I am in possession of a long PDF file. On each and every page of this file there is an annoying watermark/logo that I wish to remove. The printing shop unlawfully added their own logo on somebody else'...
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Scaling a PDF using Adobe Acrobat's preflight fixup doesn't scale document links with it

Overview I've got a LaTeX document (example below) which has been typeset at 1.7x A4-paper size (its final size is 357mm x 504.9mm). However, I still want my final document to be A4-paper sized. To ...
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Is there a way to tag page headers and footers when saving a Word doc as a PDF?

My question: Is there an automated way to add the header and footer tags without requiring document editors to do this manually in Adobe Acrobat? This needs to be scalable across hundreds if not ...
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Batch-OCR many PDFs

This has been discussed a year ago here: Batch OCR for many PDF files (not already OCRed)? Is there any way to batch OCR PDFs that haven't been already OCRed? This is, I think, the current state of ...
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How do I edit the printing margins \ borders of a PDF, in Adobe Acrobat Pro or Soda PDF Pro, in order to print the PDF?

I'm running Windows 7 I have a PDF doc that is a 48 page users manual. I am wanting to print it, but 48 pages would be a waste. So I tried to combine 4 of the PDF pages onto one printed page. I am ...
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Can't insert PDF as object into WORD

I drag a .pdf file to a word document and get - The program used to created this object is AcroExch. That program is either not installed on your computer or it is not responding. To edit this ...
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How to check, if acrobat.exe is really from the Adobe install package?

I am looking for a (scriptable) approach to identify, if the file acrobat.exe is really the original file from the latest Adobe Acrobat DC installer or if it is one from an older Acrobat install or ...
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Which option to choose when signing digitally in Adobe Acrobat?

When I tried to sign digitally on adobe acrobat, I have 2 choices: PKCS#12 and Windows Certificate Store. Which one should I choose? What's the difference?
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converting scanned pdf from white background to black

hello everyone I have this book in pdf format and it is obviously was created using Scanner what I want to do is paint all pages background color from white to black and the text from black to white (...
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How do I set default view preferences in Adobe Acrobat?

In Acrobat Pro, I try to set preferences (open in "page-width" view and use "one-page continuous) but it only makes changes for the document I have open, not as default for every time I open.
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Why does the keyword metadata not display in Acrobat Reader, but does in other readers?

A PDF generated by Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 has metadata, anonymized below: /Keywords(Xxxxx;YYY yyyyyyyyyyyyy) Google Chrome and FireFox PDF.js, evince readers and even exiftool will display the ...
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Batch fill pdf form from Excel, csv, tsv

I know that I can fill the pdf form, from tsv by using More form options > Import data in acrobat pro. But this fills out only one form with only one row of information. I want to batch fill and ...
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Why does Adobe Acrobat scroll so slowly, and what can I do about it?

I often am forced to view long PDF documents either in browser or out of browser. When I'm forced to use such documents, it's always frustrating, because whenever I scroll the document, the viewer "...
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How to get series of e-mails from Outlook to pdf with attachments and in ascending date order?

I recently changed computers from one running: Windows 10 Pro 64 with MS Office Pro 2019 and Adobe Acrobat XI Pro to Windows 11 Pro 64 with MS Office Pro Plus 2021 and Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2020 ...
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Acrobat 7 multiple windows -move pages between them?

In this thread, opening Acrobat 7 in multiple windows was discussed and the solution was to call it with acrobat /n (from whether it is installed): Open multiple instances of Adobe Acrobat ...
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If devices are registered in Intune, does configuration profile control the device's file associations or does the local device control it?

I have a user which need to edit PDFs all the time. The user uses Adobe Acrobat. Somehow every day when the user tries to open a PDF, it randomly open in Chrome for some reason. This happens very ...
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How do I extract highlighted text only from PDF files in Adobe Acrobat Pro version 9?

I'm reading a lot of pdf articles in Adobe Acrobat Pro and highlighting specific sections. I would like to know if it is possible to extract just the text I highlighted from these pdf files?
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Cursor options for Adobe Reader in Full Screen mode

I've made the change from Powerpoint to Beamer for most of my stuff. There is just one last detail that I need to address. When I use Adobe Acrobat Reader in Full Screen mode as a presentation ...
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How to save a rotated Adobe PDF file

I received an Adobe PDF scan of a document that displays upside-down. I rotated it inside Adobe Acrobat and chose Save As to make a new document, however, the rotation is not saved and when I open ...
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How to make text in a scanned pdf appear rounder/smoother/nicer?

I have a scanned pdf and the text in this pdf looks a bit too slim and unsmooth and thus makes it harder to read. Is there a way to optimize the text in the pdf so that it can look rounder/smoother/...
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Prevent Adobe Acrobat from setting as default PDF reader automatically

I have the problem that, as soon as I open one document with Adobe Acrobat, it sets itself as default PDF reader. If I use right click-> open with -> Adobe Acrobat, I do not click the check box ...
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Can Acrobat 11 be made to do OCR using multiple CPU cores?

OCR processing takes time. Using multiple CPU cores would speed up processing. Acrobat 10 was not a multithreaded application. How about Acrobat 11? Does 11 by default do OCR using multiple CPU cores (...
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How can I run multiple instances of Adobe Acrobat on different Virtual Desktops on Windows 10, on One Monitor?

https://superuser.com/a/1443271/1770221 - This answer accurately represents my situation; running Adobe Acrobat on Win 10 on an x64 computer. Just for context, this is what happens in my scenario: VD1 ...
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PDF Text is Being Treated as Objects. Cannot Copy-Paste or Edit as "Normal" Text

I used to be able to print or save various sources (Word, Gmail, web pages) to PDFs with "normal" text. This is no longer possible. Instead, all text is being treated as objects. It may or ...
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Option to select download location when "always open with system viewer" in chrome

When downloading pdfs and viewing them with system viewer (e.g. acrobat), in chrome, you either: Opt out "always open with system viewer", then for each download you get to choose the ...
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Adobe form import

I am trying to import data from a tsv into my Adobe form. I am having trouble importing my "Representative" field. Any ideas? Below is a link to the examples of the files I am working with. ...
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Acrobat Reader always crashes

When I click on pdf on my Desktop, Acrobat Reader pops up a dialogue as here and then exits. What's wrong ? I have windows 8.1
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Embedding videos in PDF without flash

As far as I understand it, from reading the documentation for media9, videos are generally embedded in PDFs by including Flash video players in the PDF. Unfortunately that means readers that can play ...
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Reading mode as default view in adobe acrobat dc

How can i make reading mode as default viewing mode in adobe acrobat dc? I know about the shortcut ctrl+h but i want to open pdf files into reading mode by default. because it is way faster! I tried ...
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Why reading PDFs of Browser not as laggy than reading on a PDF reader?

I have tested some free PDF reader software, from Foxit, to Adobe. But for some reason, scrolling through the pages, editing text, and adding notes. It all causes the software to freeze for a bit, and ...
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Fix blurry text in a PDF

I have a PDF containing both text and images. Images are ok, but the text is blurry, with a "pixelated" pattern, very difficult to read. If I copy-paste the text from Adobe Acrobat to ...
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Highlight without comments in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

How to highlight text in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC without adding any comment? I have tried many was but couldn't figure out anything.
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Adobe PDF Printer Settings: Windows sytem font list incomplet / not updated after font installation

Question: How can I get the Adope PDF printer to refresh / update this list? Do I have to reinstall Adobe Acrobat? I manually installed a few fonts to C:\Windows\Fonts, but they do not show up in the '...
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How to permanently disable/disappear this floating toolbar in Adobe Acrobat?

When I press F8 to hide the main toolbar, this floating toolbar then appears: (I can click the two arrows button on the right of course, but this just brings back the main toolbar, which I wanted to ...
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Remove (known) password from PDF without Acrobat Pro?

We have a number of documents that had been given to us password protected. We have the password for each document, but now we want to remove the protection so that our employees can freely access the ...
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Changing the default font size and font color when adding text in Adobe Acrobat DC

Is there any way to change the default font size and font color when adding text in Adobe Acrobat DC? By default font size and font color, and I mean the font size and font color that are set right ...
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Arial font showing up garbled on Acrobat DC on Windows 10 PC

I have a user that when opening PDFs that contain Arial font, they are displaying garbled, as shown below.  I've tried removing and reinstalling Acrobat (it's Pro DC), deleting and reinstalling the ...
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Increasing margins of all pages in a pdf file

I need to increase the top and bottom margins of all the pages in a pdf file, or alternatively increase the size of each page so as to add a little white space at the top and the bottom. How can I do ...
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Unable to edit PDF document from either adobe pro or Preview

I would like to delete certain pages from a pdf document but my old method, open it in Preview and then click the thumbnail and click the delete button, doesn't seem to work, even though it works in ...
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Adobe Acrobat 2022 : Only the first page is printed from a pdf document

I have Windows 11 22H2 , and Adobe Acrobat Pro 2022. I have a strange problem. I open a pdf document with several pages and try to print from acrobat. Only the first page is printed . But it seems ...
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how to get Office outlook 2010 working with adobe acrobat 9

How do i get outlook 2010 working with adobe acrobat 9. The feature I am looking for is to convert my mail as pdf and the attachments. the screen-shot i think is taken with adobe acrobat 10. i am ...
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How to do a wildcard search inside a pdf file using adobe acrobat DC or foxit

Main question Im trying to find historic dates(1974,1963 etc) in a pdf file which are located randomly in the pdf file,using Adobe Acrobat DC or Foxit pdf veiwer Attempts to solve currently adobe ...
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How to view/hide trim/art/bleed/crop boxes in Acrobat?

I've looked throughout all settings and menus and did not find such setting. On one of the PCs at work one instance of Adobe Acrobat doesn't show any of the trim/art/bleed/crop boxes - it will show ...
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PDF with long file name won't delete [duplicate]

I have a pdf file on my desktop with a long file name that won't delete. I have researched and tried many solutions, but it will not delete. There is no .pfd at the end of the file name. The ...
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PDFs keep automatically downloading in Chrome -- how do I stop?

In Windows 10, Chrome 83 now automatically downloads PDFs anytime I click a PDF link or click to download a PDF email attachment. This is also happening in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC v2018.011.20058. ...

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