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December 4, 2017
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PDF mail merge

  • December 4, 2017
  • 13 replies
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I'm looking to mail merge into a fillable PDF form with addresses in an Excel file.  I had Acrobat 9 but was advised this functionality was only available in newer versions of Acrobat so upgraded to Acrobat Pro 2017.  However, still cannot find any options to perform a PDF mail merge. Is this possible?

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Legend
October 13, 2018

If the features of Word and Excel do what you want, you should use them. The mail merge in Word is flexible and easy to use.

There is no built in mail merge in Acrobat, if that's what you mean by "Adobe".

A programmer can make mail merge solutions with Acrobat and the information in the Acrobat SDK. If you're not a programmer, it may be a more cost effective use of your time to pay for work already done than to reinvent the wheel. Or, you may have the time and experience to do this.

Participant
October 13, 2018

Whatever you’re trying to say — I’m suggesting that you stop selling your plug in on forums.

Kindly,

Chuck

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 4, 2017

If you can't find this option under the PDF Maker tab in Word you can always use a script, like this one I've developed: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Mail Merge and Email

Participant
October 12, 2018

Would kindly suggest that you provide tips/recommendations that exist in Adobe, Word, Excel, etc. vs. linking to a product you built and charge for.

Legend
December 4, 2017

Do the mail merge in Word using the Acrobat merge-to-PDF function.

Participant
December 4, 2017

Thank, but I want to merge into a pre-defined fillable PDF form, not merge from Word into a PDF file.  Thanks anyway.

Participant
July 7, 2021

Same here! How do I merge from Excel into a fillable PDF file?