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dmantse
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July 17, 2017
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Acrobat DC create cover page

  • July 17, 2017
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Can I use Acrobat Pro DC to create a cover page, when open pdf file it display cover page only, after click a button in cover page, the cover page hidden and display 2-3 page content?

I try to use create different page template and use javascript: this.getTemplate("cover").hidden to control cover page "visible" and "hidden", but it seem cannot work in Adobe Reader.

Also any ways to control target version to prevent lower Adobe reader version open the pdf form? In livecycle designer it have "Choose Target Version", but cannot find in Acrobat Pro DC

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JR Boulay
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July 19, 2017

And Reader can delete a spawned page (unlike a "static" page).

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dmantse
dmantseAuthor
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July 27, 2017

It seem create custom a new warning page not a good idea.

Any ways to control client target version to prevent lower version Adobe reader (8.0 or above) or Browser to open the pdf form?

In AEM designer it have "Choose Target Version", it can display error message page but cannot find in Acrobat Pro DC

try67
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Community Expert
July 27, 2017

You can set a warning to display by default and then use a script to cover it (with a field, for example) when the file is opened using a compatible version of Acrobat/Reader.

JR Boulay
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Community Expert
July 19, 2017

You cannot create a document with Acrobat Reader.

It can only use features created with Acrobat Pro/Standard.

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dmantse
dmantseAuthor
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July 19, 2017

I did not use Acrobat Reader to create a document.

Use Acrobat Pro DC to create document with "this.getTemplate("cover").hidden" to control page template, it can work at Acrobat Pro DC, but when I use Acrobat Reader DC to open, it did not work.

try67
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Community Expert
July 19, 2017

The value of the hidden property can't be changed in Reader. You can only spawn that hidden template, and then that spawned page is visible.

JR Boulay
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Community Expert
July 18, 2017

I try to use create different page template and use javascript: this.getTemplate("cover").hidden to control cover page "visible" and "hidden", but it seem cannot work in Adobe Reader.

It requires Acrobat Reader DC or Adobe Reader XI. Older versions cannot spawn templates.

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dmantse
dmantseAuthor
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July 19, 2017

I use Acrobat Reader DC but cannot use this.getTemplate("cover").hidden to control.

Also any ways can work for Adobe Reader 9+

try67
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July 17, 2017

Sure. Create the single-page cover page file and then place the actual document as a file attachment to it.

Create a link from the cover page to the attached file, and you're done.

However, if you do it like and the file contains form fields the user won't be able to save their values, if they're using Reader.

dmantse
dmantseAuthor
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July 18, 2017

Thanks for you reply.

But in my case the file contains form fields let use save their values inclued using Reader.

try67
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Community Expert
July 18, 2017

That complicates things... In that case you can convert the other pages to

Templates, hide them, and then spawn them when the user clicks the button

to continue to the actual form.