How to "flatten" a pdf in Adobe Acrobat X Pro

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December 30, 2012
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Is there a feature in Adobe Acrobat X Pro similar to that in Bluebeam that allows the user to "flatten" the pdf? What this means is that images, text boxes and other additions to the pdf become seamlessly integrated into the pdf, guaranteeing they will display on other users' computers and when printed.

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Delightful_shape157F

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I'm a complete noob. Can you do this in Acrobat Pro 8? I have created several forms, but I need to lock down the results once they've been filled in so that the contents can't be changed. Will locking the forms down when signing do it?

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George_Johnson

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It's an option in Preflight, PDF Optimizer (Discard Objects > Flatten form fields) , and JavaScript (doc.flattenPages). The following free tool uses JavaScript: http://www.uvsar.com/projects/acrobat/flattener/

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jmt111Author

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It's not a available in Adobe Acrobat Pro X?

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Bill12

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It should be. In AA9, it is under PDF Fixups as "flatten annotations and form fields." Under the PDF Optimizer there is also a flattening tool as George mentioned. The locations of these tools is different in AAX than in AA9, but they should be there.

You should also be able to search for "flatten" in the help file (all 280 pages or so).

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