Questions tagged [adobe-acrobat]
Adobe Acrobat is Adobe's family of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) management software.
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Scaling a PDF using Adobe Acrobat's preflight fixup doesn't scale document links with it
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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.
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Is there a way to tag page headers and footers when saving a Word doc as a PDF?
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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:
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Adobe Acrobat Pro opens on its own at random
We have a user, who has both Reader DC and Acrobat Pro installed. Now, Acrobat Pro opens at random. The Adobe forum didn't come to a solution. Has anyone had that before, and if yes, were there any ...
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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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ghostscript cannot decrypt pdf file despite providing the correct password
I have often decrypted password protected pdf files with ghostscript, which always worked with the following command:
gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sPDFPassword=whatever -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=...
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Create action to OCR only pages 1-50
In Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, I can create an action to OCR the entire PDF.
How do I create an action to OCR only, say, pages 1-50? (I want to then apply this action to many PDFs.)
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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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Acrobat DC Roll-out "Saved watermark" to multiple users
Can we create a saved watermark remotely and then add it to users' accounts so they don't have to do it individually?
We have a team of 40 users for which we'd like to create a watermark with specific ...
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Convert document to PDF/A retaining bookmarks
According to the PDF Association's PDF/A FAQ:
Can bookmarks in a PDF file cause problems in PDF/A?
No. Bookmarks are permitted in PDF/A.
However, when I use Adobe Acrobat Pro 2022 to save a PDF to a ...
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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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How to get rid of "recovered documents" and "Reopen closed PDFs" pop-up messages?
When I open Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, it often shows me either or both of these two pop-up messages:
Adobe Acrobat has recovered one or more documents that were not saved properly before Acrobat was shut ...
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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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Extend PDF "Two Page View" across two monitors
Is it possible to use the "Two Page View Mode" in a PDF Viewer like "Microsoft Edge" (or another PDF Viewer) across two monitors? So that there is the left page on the left monitor ...
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Move object smaller distances (than the default of about 1pt)?
When moving objects ("Edit PDF" > select object > use arrow keys), each time I press e.g. right arrow key, the object moves about 1 pt (I'm guessing).
Is there a way to move it by ...
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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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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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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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Not able to copy Korean characters from PDF file using Acrobat Reader
I decided to study Korean and I found a book that I want to copy some vocabulary from, the problem is when I paste the copied text, it turns into gibberish characters. Any idea how to solve this? I ...
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How to convert colorfull PDF to cyan scale PDF
I have a printer which has a black ink connected to the cyan nozzles (black nozzles are blocked). I therefore need to convert a colour PDF file to black and white scale and then convert it to cyan and ...
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Zooming difference between word document and pdf document
I can easily zoom in on a document when I am using the Drawboard pdf application. Even in the Acrobat PDF application, zooming mechanism works smoothly(when I zoom in too much). But on the other hand, ...
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Adobe Acrobat DC Pro will not work / open for more than a short time, runs in background
Back in May 2022 I was having problems with Acrobat (Unable to "Save As PDF" or convert Word files to PDF and Cannot open PDFs from Explorer). I solved these by not just uninstalling but ...
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Migrate a digital ID from Windows XP
Our company has been issued circa 2012-2014 some confidential PDF documents that are locked with a "digital ID" (also called certificates, perhaps improperly). AFAIK only Adobe software ...
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Convert adobe acrobat PDF to normal PDF
I have a PDF file that can only be opened with Adobe Acrobat DC. When I try to open it with chrome for example I see the message below. How can I convert this PDF file to a normal pdf file so that I ...
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Why do fonts appear different (thinner) in adobe acrobat compared to other pdf viewers?
I have seen that this question has been raised in the past and the OP was able to resolve it by turning on smooth text, but my settings are default yet there compared to the foxit and web viewer the ...
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Adobe Acrobat Pro DC - Any way to copy all text in a specific column?
I have a rather large PDF that has about 17,000 pages. It's all the same format of being text data in multiple columns. Is there a way to capture the text just in a specific column? I know I can alt-...
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How can I invert the color of all images present in a PDF at once with Adobe Acrobat?
How can I invert the color of all images present in a PDF at once with Adobe Acrobat?
E.g. in the following I'd like to invert the colors of figures 2, 3 and 4 at once (as well as all other images in ...
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Adobe Reader Costum Scale Not Applying
So the thing is, whenever I was printing PDF files and chose the option "costum scale" it scaled up or down the whole document, but for some reason now it's only scaling one side? For ...
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Trying to download PDF files opens them instead of asking me where to save them
Recently, every time I try to download a PDF file - such as an attachment in gmail - it is automatically downloaded to my downloads folder and opens in my PDF viewer (Adobe Acrobat), instead of ...
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Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: close the app, not the tabs
After I click the usual "close app" icon (X) there is a (unexpected) pop-up window:
Why this window? How to close Adobe Acrobat Reader DC w/o any pop-up windows? Actually I don't want to ...
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Cannot install Adobe Acrobat Reader DC due to "Old/New Acrobat version already installed"
Trying to solve this problem, I decided to (again) re-install Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
As usual I removed it via "Add or remove programs".
All went fine.
But then I cannot install the new ...
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Hairlines when creating a PDF, Acrobat(?)
I have been googling this for a few days, tinkering with Acrobat settings, trying to locate "Save as PDF" settings and whatnot; no result so far...
Seems I can't find a related setting...
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Get rid of white space/margin in bookmarks
I just started using Adobe Acrobat version 2022.001.20085 (64-bit).
Now in bookmarks, there's this additional weird white space/margin to the left of each bookmark (didn't exist in previous versions ...
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Is there a way to get usable data out of a filled PDF with blanks?
I'm hoping to extract some data from fillable PDFs. The end goal is to put certain things from the form into an excel file. Exporting the data to xls via acrobat does not produce useful data. Since ...
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Is there a practical way to reset/unfill radio buttons in Acrobat?
Is there a way to unfill/deslect radio buttons when using a a fillable PDF?
I have some optional questions I’d like to use radio buttons for. If someone selects an option for a question they shouldn't ...
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Adobe Acrobat and USCIS Form I-485 errors: Enter only letters and spaces
On USCIS Form I-485, I'm trying to fill out 26.c which pertains to the information on my I-94
Status on Form I-94 (for example, class of admission or paroled, if paroled)
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Creating a template that can fill multiple .docx and .pdf files using Office
I repeatedly have to fill out multiple documents with the same information (name, first day of work, etc.) Some of these documents are Word documents and some are PDFs. I am wondering if there is a ...
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Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: searching the whole word may not work
Searching the whole word does not work neither in "Find":
nor in "Full Acrobat Search":
To compare: in ST4 it works as expected:
Is it a bug?
Host OS: Windows 10, 64-bit.
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How can I configure Acrobat so that it runs a Acrobat Javascript script whenever a PDF is opened in Acrobat?
I wrote an Acrobat Javascript script. How can I configure Acrobat so that it runs a Acrobat Javascript script whenever a PDF is opened in Acrobat?
What have you tried?
I looked around in the Acrobat ...
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