How to 'Flatten' in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

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We recently purchased Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and I'm trying to figure out how to take a document that I added a stamp to and flatten it so our users cannot delete the stamp from it. I have found the 'Flatten' option but it is greyed out. The only option in the menu available is 'Import as Layer'. How do I enable the 'Flatten' feature? In previous versions, I used a java script to flatten when the option was not available.

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Thom ParkerCorrect answer

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The easy thing to do would be to download the free flatten tool linked above. It includes a page range.

Or the next easiest method is to run this code in the Console Window:

this.flattenPages(nPage);

where you replace "nPage" with the page number minus 1, because page numbers in the JavaScript model start at 0.

Here's a video turorial on the Console:

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/images/video/AcroJSIntro/AcroJSIntro_ConsoleWindow.cfm

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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Can someone expand on this script? We are moving to DC in March and I know this is going to come up so want to be prepared. Is there a way to do it in DC?

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