why is information from individual pdfs that were created using fillable form changing when I try to combine the files?

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I have multiple pdf documents that were created using a fillable form.  When I try to create a combined pdf the information either gets removed from all pages after the first page, or all pages after page 1 look like duplicates of page 1.  what am I doing wrong?

[try67 · Accepted solution]

The problem is that those files have fields with the same names in them, so

when you merge them they becomes copies of one another and all of their

values become the same.

To avoid it you need to either rename the fields before merging the files

or flatten them, converting them to static content.

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:00 PM, peggyp13342216 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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Flatten them?  sorry I'm new at this - I thought I was doing great just creating the form.

**I figured it out!  thank you!