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kenp94
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December 22, 2016
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Open multiple files at once?

  • December 22, 2016
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I would like to tell Acrobat Reader DC to open all the pdf files in the current folder.

I'm trying to automate our accounts payable approval process, and want my supervisor to be able to open all the bills I share with him with one click and have the bills opened in Adobe so he can just go through the tabs to review them.

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Donna26537821znvd
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July 31, 2023

Last week I was able to select several docs then hit the adobe icon to open & they all opened. This week although I have many highlit, only one of them will open. Frustrated. Please advise.

 

    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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    May 21, 2023

    [MOVED TO THE ACROBAT READER DISCUSSIONS]

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    defaultzz8os25x47w0
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    May 20, 2023

    I had the same problem, but if you open up adobe acrobat and then click file, then open and then hold down control or shift to highlight and choose all of your files, you can then click open and it will open them all up for you until it reaches its maximum capacity, which was 53 for me.

    Dave__M
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    Dave__MCommunity Expert
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    December 22, 2016

    Depending on your operating system, you may be able to enter the folder, do a quick 'select all'  (control-A in Windows) and press enter.  That works for me on Windows, opening all documents in a separate tab in Acrobat Pro DC.

    I hope that helps.

    My best,

    Dave

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    December 22, 2016

    Ctrl+A, Enter

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      kenp94Author
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      December 22, 2016

      Thanks.  My next task is to automate the Ctrl+A, Enter commands so the boss only has to perfrom one double-click.

      try67
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      try67Community Expert
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      December 22, 2016

      Seriously? Your boss sounds like a pretty lazy person... If they're using a Windows machine you can do it like this:

      - Create a new file and call it "Open All PDFs.bat"

      - Open it in a plain-text editor (like Notepad)

      - Paste the following code into it:

      for %%v in (*.pdf) do "%%v"

      - Save and close the file.

      - When you double-click it it will automatically open all the PDF files in the folder it's currently located.

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