I hate Portfolio

[Darlene27878133e7ob]

On a daily basis, I use the Adobe Combine feature to combine multiple pages/documents into one PDF file. Recently, Adobe Acrobat Pro updated to combine to PDF Portfolio which I hate. I am using a paid program (Adobe Acrobat Pro) which tells me in Windows that I need to download Adobe Reader (free) in order to view the file in the preview pane. How stupid is it that the paid program cannot preview its own documents?! Also, because I am uploading these PDF Portfolios into government websites, I am limited to size and often need to reduce/compress the PDFs. With PDF Portfolio, there is no way to reduce file size/optimize.

How do I get rid of Portfolio mode so that I can go back to combine as multi-page PDF file...not in Portfolio mode? 

[try67]

In the Combine Files dialog click the Options button and change File Type to Single PDF:

[Darlene27878133e7ob]

Thanks, Try67. Just before I saw your reply, I found this which fixed the problem:

Launch Acrobat and goto “Tools→Combine App→Options (gear icon)”. Now under “Option” uncheck " Save as PDF Portfolio" and Ok.

For some reason, this was checked...presumably when the program updated automatically as I definitely did not check that box.

[ted_9751]

Agree totally, the default portfolio is terrible.  Why would anyone want this?  We already have multiple files.  We are COMBINING THEM.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Some files can't be combined due to various reasons (how they were created, or if they're signed, or secured), and then your only option of combining them is with a Portfolio. Just because you're not familiar with this need doesn't mean it doesn't exist...