Can't delete or insert pages, help?

[Guest]

I have made some corrections to a Word document that I previously made into a pdf document.

I saved the Word document to a new pdf with a new file name.

However, this time Adobe will not allow me to delete pages nor to insert pages nor to alter the text in any manner.

Those options are all greyed out.

I do not have the original word document on any kind of required permissions.

For some reason, the pdf has missing text at the top of 3 pages in succession. I'm trying to delete those 3 pages and replace them with a page one at a time.  I had to do this once before to the earlier version, but that time I was allowed to add and delete.

Please tell me how to fix this annoying problem.

Many thanks.

[Guest]

I should add that I have Adobe Pro 9

[Bernd Alheit]

Did you add security to the document?

[Guest]

No I did not, at least not intentionally.  I have checked the security settings in Word and they are unchecked.  Is there something I need to check in Adobe as well?  If so, what and how to I get rid of security?

[Bernd Alheit]

In Adobe Acrobat look at File > Properties...

[Guest]

There is no security applied.  All restriction options say "allowed"

[Bernd Alheit]

Can you post a sample document?

[Guest]

Here you go.

These 3 pages were to be the replacement pages, but even this pdf won't allow me to delete or insert yet the security says there is no security set and all preferences are "allowed".

[Steve Cordero]

You inadvertently created a PDF/A document.  It's probably selected in your PDFMaker Joboptions settings. Now in Acrobat 9.x it is the default to view in "PDF/A" mode which does not allow editing.

To workaround the editing issue in Acrobat:

1.  Go to Edit>Preferences>Documents>PDF/A View Mode

2.  Select "Never" from the pop-up menu.

3.  Click the OK button

Now you should be able to do what you need to do.

[Guest]

Are you talking in Adobe or Word?  I'm not finding those settings once I open preferences.

[Guest]

"Disregard.  I found it and it worked. Many, many thanks.

[Bernd Alheit]

In the preferences of Adobe Acrobat.

[Giang5E50]

THANK YOU SO MUCH @Steve Cordero --- IT WAS DRIVING ME INSANE WHY I COULD NOT ATTACH EVERY OTHER FILE.  TY TYTTTYTYTYTYTY

[Candi25614216cxoz]

Even in 2022, this still helped me solve a chronic problem with my pdfs! Thanks!

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Hi,

I have followed above steps but issue is still not resolved. It is getting closed when I try to insert pages in PDF. I have already set PDF/A View mode to Never but it didn't work in my case. Please guide me what to do.

[Bernd Alheit]

What happens when you insert or delete pages?