Renaming multiple pdfs by using text from within the document

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March 9, 2016
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Morning all,

Apologies if this questions been asked before but I've only just recently begun using Acrobat DC.

I wanted to know if there was anyway i could rename hundreds of documents by using text from within the file? Currently I have to click open the file, read the name of the file and then rename the document. Not only is this mind-numbing but is also open to human error so wanted to see if anyone had a better solution for this?

Your help would be much appreciated.

Regards

Tej

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Correct answer try67

First of all, I moved your question from the Reader forum to one of the Acrobat forums, where it belongs.

The answer is yes, if you have Acrobat Pro, but you can't actually rename the files, you can save a new copy under the new name.

try67

Correct answer

Community Expert

First of all, I moved your question from the Reader forum to one of the Acrobat forums, where it belongs.

The answer is yes, if you have Acrobat Pro, but you can't actually rename the files, you can save a new copy under the new name.

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arturo_zindel

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Hi-

Thank you for your response as I'm wondering the same thing. Could you explain step by step how one would go about doing this in an automated way? Saving a new copy would work perfectly for my use-case.

Thank you.

try67

Community Expert

The first question is where is the new name coming from. Is it the value of a text field, for example? Some static text on the page? Something else? Also, if you want to run it on multiple files you will need Acrobat Pro. Do you have that version?

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