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September 14, 2016
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Moving Pages Withing PDF

  • September 14, 2016
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I cannot mover the pages of the document about ! i have acrobat xi 11.0.15

i used all the online tips, single sheet view, unlocked file  but i still cant simply grab a page and move it !

please help ... i.e 11  windows 7 .. corprate network (citrix) but works on other work stations .

Thanks for reading .

Graham

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Karl Heinz  Kremer
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September 14, 2016

As Try67 said, it's tricky to grab the page in the right spot when you are not zoomed out completely. Take a look here for more information about where you can grab a page (this is for duplicating pages, but the mechanism is the same): Duplicate a Page in Adobe Acrobat - KHKonsulting LLC

If this does not resolve your issue, you make sure that you are opening the file in Adobe Acrobat, and not the free Adobe Reader. Both look similar and if you have both installed, the wrong application may take over when you try to open a PDF file (this can be changed in Acrobat's or Reader's preferences).

try67
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Community Expert
September 14, 2016

What happens when you try to move a page around? Is there an error message? If so, what does it say?

Also, make sure that you're zoomed out enough so that the entire page is visible on the screen. That makes it easier to grab and move them in the Pages panel. Otherwise you might move just the zoom window.

buttonjaeAuthor
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September 14, 2016

Thanks for the response from everyone but I can confirm I have a multiple page pdf and I am trying to move the pages about into an order that suits the document .. I have zoomed out to full page view but I Cannot move the thumbnail of any page no matter where I grab it ! .. The document is not locked and on another workstation I can move the pages of the same document easily.

It is acrobat xi 11.0.15 running on windows 7

Stumped !

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Karl Heinz  Kremer
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Community Expert
September 15, 2016

Can you perform other edits in the document? Can you remove a page? Can you add text or modify text? What is displayed when you bring up the "Document Information" dialog (Ctrl-D) and then go to the Security tab?

September 14, 2016

So I have a full understanding:

You have a multiple page PDF document, and you want to move pages within that document to reorder the page order, correct? 

Example:  Of the 20 pages, you want to move page 7 to page 13's location or vice versa?