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kima74036004
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January 6, 2016
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How to 'Flatten' in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

  • January 6, 2016
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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.

Correct answer Thom Parker

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

 

 

12 replies

Participant
February 11, 2016

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?

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 11, 2016

The script is this:

this.flattenPages();

It works in Acrobat DC.

Known Participant
November 27, 2018

try67, the script won't work once I save as a reader extended PDF.

Dave W.

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 6, 2016

Why not use a script in that version as well? It's the easiest and fastest way.

kima74036004
Participant
January 6, 2016

I'm adding it back in to give it a try and see what happens.  Thanks!