Unable to Merge Word & Excel Docs into PDF (Windows 10/Microsoft 2016)

[Guest]

My company recently upgraded to Windows 10 and Microsoft 2016.  Ever since then, I am unable to merge Word or Excel documents into a PDF (Adobe 9 Pro).  I'm able to upload them and the first one starts converting & reading but once the green line gets to the right, it stops and just sits there.

I've tried updating Adobe, made sure that the Word & Excel are saved as "Word 97-2003 Documents" and tried looking for any other people that may have the same problem, but their systems are older than mine.  The only way I am able to merge anything is creating all the Word & Excel documents into PDF's....then it works just fine.  But, there are times when I have hundreds (well maybe not that many, but a lot) of documents to merge and I can't waste time creating them all into PDF's.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I'm at my wits end. 

Thanks!

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Acrobat 9 is not compatible with Windows 10 nor Office 2016.

[philippanmei]

You can merge files by selecting the files and right click and choose combine to pdf

see the images

1. Select all the files that you want to combine.

2. Right click and choose combine files in Acrobat...

3. The Acrobat combine file dialog box will open up Click "Combine" to combine the files

4. Before doing Combine if you want to arrange your files upto your desirable order than just use the "Move Up" and "Move Down" button with selection of files.

Thanks

[Test Screen Name]

I think philipanmei has missed the important point that the original questioner is using Acrobat 9. This is good advice for Acrobat DC users. We cannot expect an old Acrobat to work with a new Office.

[philippanmei]

In acrobat 9 you can do the same process... just follow the step.. you will enjoy it.

thank you

[Test Screen Name]

No. This will not work with Acrobat 9 and Office 2016. See Compatible web browsers and PDFMaker applications

[philippanmei]

oooohhh I thought ms 2010... sorry and thanks for the links.

Ok than you can do only one thing.. follow the given steps below

For MS Word

1. Open one of the ms word file

2. Go to Insert tab and click on "Object" on the drop down menu choose "Text from file"

3. The dialog box will open up select all the ms word file by click on it or Press Ctrl+A

4. Click on insert button. All the ms word files will merge into single file

5. Now you have ms word single files, you can export to PDF.

For Ms Excel you have to download adds in called "AbleBits"

Now you can combine excel too with the help of AbleBits

Export pdf

You have 2 files of PDF's (from the ms word and from the excel)

Combine the two pdf file

Thanks

[Guest]

Thank you for your help everyone.  Checking with our IT department sounds like we've gone to Nitro instead of Adobe.  Sigh...always the last to know.