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June 11, 2021
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Alerting me when Combining PDFs there is corruption

  • June 11, 2021
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Hi, bear with me, I'm new at this.  I combined 12 PDFs that (should have) totalled 1500 pgs of text. Through the combine process, for each PDF I was given the green checkmark, showing "all is well" (and not the yellow warning triangle).  My combined PDF was 1200 pgs, so 300 were missing. I opened each individual PDF to find one (that should have had 200 pgs) that was corrupt at about page 93.  So obviously when combining, Adobe skipped that 200 pg PDF as there was an issue with it, however still gave the OK as if all was well during the combination process.    Had I not known the pre-combined total, I would have thought the entire package was 1200.  Missing those 300 pgs later really blew up on me.  We combine all the time at work, now I'm not sure I'm trusting that everything presented is getting combined - help!  Thanks

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    Dave__M
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 15, 2021

    I had something similar happen quite a while ago.  It turned out that there was a stray character in the PDF that the process didn't like - go figure.  I would try adding that one 'troublesome' file after the others are combined (and saved).  You can then monitor its insertion in an isolated way.  I would also try varying methods - the combine command, insert pages, drag the file into the pages panel - you never know which one might actually work, in my experience.

    Good luck, and let us know if you find success - others can learn from it too,

    My best,

    Dave

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 11, 2021

    I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Acrobat forum so that proper help can be offered.

    Participant
    June 14, 2021

    Thanks for helping a rookie! 🙂

    Meenakshi_Negi
    Legend
    June 14, 2021

    Hi Clarence,

     

    Thank you for reaching out and sorry for the trouble.

     

    Would you mind sharing the PDFs that you are trying to combine with us so we can replicate the issue at our end? Also, share the resultant PDF created after combining the multiple PDFs.

    Share the Acrobat and OS version you are currently working on.

     

    Thanks,

    Meenakshi