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Here is the latest version of this script, compabible with Acrobat X. The functions have been moved into the "Edit" menu because there is no tools menu in Acrobat X. It still maintains compatibility with Acrobat 9. Unfortunately, you'll have to manually copy and paste this into a file because Adobe has disabled the file attachment feature on Jive Forums. 
// Complements: Planet PDF (http://www.planetpdf.com/)
// Modified by Jeff Baitis for Acrobat 9 and Acrobat X compatibility
// Improved Collate function with status bar.
// Add a menu item to reverse all pages in the active document
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "Reverse", cParent: "Edit", cExec: "trustedReversePages();", cEnable: "event.rc = (event.target != null);", nPos: 0 });
// Add a menu item to collate with another document on the filesystem
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "Collate", cParent: "Edit", cExec: "trustedCollatePages();", cEnable: "event.rc = (event.target != null);", nPos: 0 });
trustedReversePages = app.trustedFunction(function()
{
app.beginPriv(); // Explicitly raise privileges
var t = app.thermometer;
t.duration = this.numPages;
t.begin();
for (i = this.numPages - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
t.value = (i-this.numPages)*-1;
this.movePage(i);
t.text = 'Moving page ' + (i + 1);
}
t.end();
app.endPriv();
})
// Collating pages
/*
Title: Collate Document
Purpose: User is prompted to select document to insert/collate.
Author: Sean Stewart, ARTS PDF, www.artspdf.com
*/
trustedCollatePages = app.trustedFunction(function()
{
app.beginPriv(); // Explicitly raise privileges
// create an array to use as the rect parameter in the browse for field
var arRect = new Array();
arRect[0] = 0;
arRect[1] = 0;
arRect[2] = 0;
arRect[3] = 0;
// create a non-visible form field to use as a browse for field
var f = this.addField("txtFilename", "text", this.numPages - 1, arRect);
f.delay = true;
f.fileSelect = true;
f.delay = false;
// user prompted to select file to collate the open document with
app.alert("Select the PDF file to merge with")
// open the browse for dialog
f.browseForFileToSubmit();
var evenDocPath = f.value;
var q = this.numPages;
var t = app.thermometer;
t.duration = q;
t.begin();
// insert pages from selected document into open document
for (var i = 0; i < q; i++) {
var j = i*2;
this.insertPages(j, evenDocPath, i);
t.value = i;
t.text = 'Inserting page ' + (i+1);
}
t.end();
// remove unused field
this.removeField("txtFilename");
app.endPriv();
})
Wowie wow! This is what I've been pulling my hair out over for ages! Thank you so much for this JavaScript script. It works wonderfully and since I just wrote up a file for myself on installing and using it on a Mac, I thought I'd just copy/paste it here for other Mac users who are using Acrobat Pro X and need to collate their files. Hope this helps other Mac users:
So, for Macintosh users, there are Two Big Steps:
Big Step 1:
The CollatePages.js file has to be placed in
~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/10.0/JavaScripts
folder. To create the file, you can simply copy the script above then paste it into Textedit (make it a plain text file). See important note 2 below for naming it.
Five Important Notes:
- If you can't see the Library folder, then in the Finder, use the Option Key to select the Go menu: the home Library folder appears, which will get you into the home library folder that is normally not visible.
- At least for Acrobat X Pro, it can be copied and pasted into a file unaltered and it works without a problem. It doesn't really matter what the file is called just be sure to name it as a .js file, not as a .txt file.
- Be aware that an upgrade may make the file go away or no longer be read from the 10.0 folder! You can tell it's gone when the Collate & Reverse commands are missing under the Edit menu:
- If installing after an upgrade, then it's likely the folder '10.0' will have changed. The important note is to get the file into the JavaScripts folder that Acrobat Pro reads on startup. I'm saying that here because Acrobat Pro XI is (soon to be) out so it's likely the folder will change.
- Last, be sure to enable JavaScripts in Acrobat Pro itself: Under Acrobat -> Preferences, scroll down in the left Categories column to JavaScript (click that). On the right side under JavaScript, be sure the first two items: "Enable Acrobat JavaScript" and "Enable menu items JavaScript execution privileges" are both checked.
Big Step 2:
In Acrobat Pro, you collate two files: The odd pages file needs to be already open and the even pages file is opened using the Collate command (now under Edit in the menubar as the picture in Note 3 above shows). The file that gets added (presumably the even pages) gets interweaved with the first (already open) file starting at the second page.
If you have separate files for each page (either because they were scanned in separately or they were extracted within Acrobat to separate files) then you first need to combine them into one file for odds and evens.
The Reverse command simply reverses the page order of the open file; possibly helpful if a source file has its pages in the opposite order before collating.
Last, you could, if you want to, click on Yes (this was helpful) below.
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