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KYJud
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March 27, 2020
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Opening Attachments to a PDF with Adobe Reader

  • March 27, 2020
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I have created a PDF that has other PDFs as attachments.

All PDFs are Reader Extended.

I can open the attachments using Adobe DC Pro, but cannot do so using Adobe Reader.

I have rummaged around and found some indication that Reader will not open such attachments

Is that true?

If you can open PDF attachments using Reader, what am I doing wrong?

 

Thank you

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Correct answer Bernd Alheit

Yes.

 

The idea is designed for a situatuion in which a person  needs to puduce one or more diffeerent forms for a court filing, The main PDF would givve instructions. The user would then open the appropriate attachment (s)  fill in the ineeded infromation, print (which I can not do with Reader0 and save the result (which I can not do with Reader).


You can save the attachment to the local disc and fill it.

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2Dackels
Participant
June 3, 2020

I have created a PDF that has other PDFs as attachments. When I upload this to Dropbox or email this to Web-based email addresses like Yahoo or AOL, the PDF attachments disappear - the main PDF is there but no attachments, even if I open it in Adobe DC. When I email it to Windows Live users, all the attachments are there.
When I attach the PDFs as links instead of attachments, even the main PDF will not open (system shows it has a virus). I have no security on the PDFs. Never had issues with this before. Can't seem to find a solution - please help!

Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 3, 2020

Have you compared the file size of the documents?

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George_Johnson
Inspiring
March 27, 2020

Did you test it yourself with Reader? If so, what versions? For what reasons did you Reader-extend the document?

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KYJudAuthor
Known Participant
March 27, 2020

I just emiled them to my wife's computer. Her Reader is "Adobe Acrobat Reader DC."

I appologize. I stand corrrected.

I can open them, but the banner comes accross the top that says you can not save a filled form.

When I send an attached form by itself (not as an attachment) I can fill it in and save it.

I made the forms Reader Exteded so someone could fill them out and save them.

 

Again, I appologize.  I ran the same test a few days ago and just remembered the resuls were  not what I wanted.

 

To ask the question again. Can Reader open the attachements so that the filled fields can be saved?

If it can how do you do it?

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KYJudAuthor
Known Participant
March 27, 2020

I just forwarded the email I had sent to my wife back to myself with the PDF.

 

I can open the attachments with both Acrobat DC Pro and  Reader, but I can save the completed form only when it's opened with Acrobat DC Pro.

 

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