I need to hide a pdf page.

[kd6kyy]

I have a two page PDF document that is used by an applicant to request services, and the second page is the record of those services, we would like to have this put together as a two page document but the applicant has no need to see the second page during the application process and we would like the second page to only be usable to staff. is this possible in Acrobat Pro DC? and if so how? thank you. Mark.

[gkaiseril]

One cannot hide pages, but if a page is setup as a template then those who have Acrobat can hide or show the template. It is possible to use the user login name in Acrobat JavaScript so with the correct code it is possible to determine who is viewing the PDF and unhide the second page if there is a name match. You will have to add a folder level JavaScript to be able to obtain the user's login name.

[George_Johnson]

The template approach can work and Reader 11 and DC can show the hidden template page when needed. When the form is returned, the hidden template could be spawned to add the second page. There are a number of ways you can trigger this spawning action.

It could be that the returned form does not include the hidden template page though. This can happen if some non-Adobe PDF viewers are used, or if the form was flattened, or a number of other things. So be prepared to deal with this.