Flatten pages adobe acrobat 9 standard.

Question

Getting looped around blogs and dead links for hours must be the single most frustrating thing in the world. Especially when it is a simple known problem.

This discussion is both a question and a mini rant. I have lost hours on this question being told that the solution is in drop down directories that don't exist and follow this link and the links area dead. Here is the question that continues to be asked without getting a clear answer..

I want to flatten my Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard .pdf document. That is if I add a stamp or and image I then want to make it one document without separate objects that can be copied, deleted or edited. I see this functionality as being as simple as save, open and print.

Keep in mind I have read 20 to 30 posts and just keep going round and round without a solution.

#1. IF THE FUNCTIONALITY ALREADY EXISTS, Please tell me the exact path to get to it. Every solution offered so far leads me to menu items that don't exist for me on my version.

#2. If I have to add a piece of java scrip/file to do that. Then I need the exact file and I need the instructions on how to do this.

It will not be a help to reference a fix that was available 2 years ago and is not available today. Sorry for my frustration but it is mind boggling to me that this simple function is so hard to execute.

Please Help

George_Johnson · Accepted Answer

Have you seen this?: UVSAR : Selective Flattener tool for Adobe Acrobat 8, 9 and X

This utility is provided as a JavaScript file which you must then install in a particular directory on your system, as detailed in the installation instructions.

One problem you may have is that the JavaScript console isn't readily available in Acrobat Standard as it is with Pro, so some of the instructions you're seen for determining the installation directory aren't helpful.

Another may be that on Windows some of the folders are hidden by default, so you may not be seeing them. If you let us know what operating system you have, it would be helpful.

sunshinestate7 · Answer

I have AA Pro 9. Spent hours trying to figure this out. I think I have. I used the line tool to mark out info on a doc and then used typewriter tool to create text edit. Once I saved the document (as a copy), I selected File > Print > Adobe PDF > then under the comments and forms select > Document and Markups. It saved everything as a flattened file. Yay!

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