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Need to Combine Separate Fillable Documents into One

Community Beginner ,
Jun 05, 2022 Jun 05, 2022

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I have an Adobe Acrobat subscription. I need to be able to combine 2 similar fillable documents, each with different answers on the fields, into one non-editable document. How can I do that? I am using a MAC.
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Jun 05, 2022 Jun 05, 2022

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If the files contain field with the same name you will have to flatten them first, then combine them.

You can do that using the Preflight tool or an Action that executes a simple script:

this.flattenPages();

Just be aware this is NOT reversible, so make sure to save the files under a new name, or to keep a backup copy of the editable files somewhere.

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Jun 13, 2022 Jun 13, 2022

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I don´t know about the Preflight tool but, from looking it up, seems complicated. Wished there was an easier way to do what I want.

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Jun 13, 2022 Jun 13, 2022

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You can create a Custom Command with the code I provided. It's quite easy to set up.

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Jun 06, 2022 Jun 06, 2022

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Another methodology is to extract and combine the data, since it is usually the data you're after anyway.  Acrobat Pro provides a feature for doing exactly this in "Prepare Form" mode. 

 

MergeFormsToCSV.jpg

 

 

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

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