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Where has the "duplicate page" option gone? It was SO easy before just to click "duplicate" why on earth would anyone change that? how do I duplicate a page I am working on in A Pro X1

Community Beginner ,
Jun 02, 2018 Jun 02, 2018

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Where has the "duplicate page" option gone? It was SO easy before just to click "duplicate" why on earth would anyone change that? how do I duplicate a page I am working on in A Pro X1?

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Adobe Employee , Jun 05, 2018 Jun 05, 2018

Hello Jamesjolly,

Sorry for the delayed response and inconvenience caused. As per the description above, you want to copy/duplicate a PDF page using Acrobat Pro DC on Mac machine, Is that correct?

As correctly mentioned by Gilad D, you can open the Page Panel, and click the page and drag it while holding the CTRL key(for Windows).

For Mac: hold down the fn+option keys and click and drag the page you want to duplicate.

You can also copy a page within a PDF using page thumbnails:

  • Open the PDF in Acr
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Jun 02, 2018 Jun 02, 2018

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Open the Pages panel, make sure the zoom level is such that the entire page is visible, click the page and drag it while holding down Ctrl. When you drop it a copy of it will be added to that location.

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really appreciate the help, but no, doesn't work, Im using A DC on a mac.

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Jun 02, 2018 Jun 02, 2018

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i have ONE page done and I'm trying to simply duplicate it as a second page

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May 13, 2020 May 13, 2020

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On a mac, click "option" and then drag the file beside itself

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Community Expert ,
Jun 02, 2018 Jun 02, 2018

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Care to elaborate? What happens when you try to do it?

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Feb 26, 2020 Feb 26, 2020

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Also, ensure your document is not Secured.

It will show (SECURED) in the header. If the document is secured, most likely you won't be able to duplicate the page. 

I faced this issue today as I tried to duplicate a page (because i wanted to print double-sided) and didn't realize that the document had been protected.

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Adobe Employee ,
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Hello Jamesjolly,

Sorry for the delayed response and inconvenience caused. As per the description above, you want to copy/duplicate a PDF page using Acrobat Pro DC on Mac machine, Is that correct?

As correctly mentioned by Gilad D, you can open the Page Panel, and click the page and drag it while holding the CTRL key(for Windows).

For Mac: hold down the fn+option keys and click and drag the page you want to duplicate.

You can also copy a page within a PDF using page thumbnails:

  • Open the PDF in Acrobat DC, and then choose Tools > Organize Pages or choose Organize Pages from the right pane.
  • The Organize Pages toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar and the page thumbnails are displayed in the Document area.

Document area changes to display page thumbnails.

  • Select one or more page thumbnails.
  • To copy a page, Ctrl-drag the page thumbnail to a second location.

For detailed information, you can refer to the following Adobe article Rotate, move, delete, and renumber PDF pages in Adobe Acrobat

Let us know how it goes and share your findings.

Regards,

Anand Sri.

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New Here ,
Mar 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021

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This doesn not work. As someone else has asked, why on Earth would the duplicate page button be gone? It was so easy, and such a necessary command. ARG!!!!!

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Community Expert ,
Mar 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021

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A duplicate page button was never available in Adobe Acrobat.

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New Here ,
Mar 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021

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I have Adobe Pro and am using Windows. 

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Community Expert ,
Mar 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021

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Can you post a screenshot of the button?

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New Here ,
Aug 07, 2021 Aug 07, 2021

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Why?  Its first level in its importance and functionality. 

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Community Expert ,
Mar 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021

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I also don't recall such a button ever existing in Acrobat, but it's possible to add it to the Tools panel (and later the Quick Tools toolbar) or the menu bar using a script.

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Oct 19, 2022 Oct 19, 2022

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I was having the same issue and this post was a great help.  I especially love that it looks like Anand Sri used the release notes to showcase exactly where we could have learned about the change in the first place.  Bravo to you! 

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New Here ,
Sep 22, 2022 Sep 22, 2022

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why is adobe so freaking complicated? Every time you want to do something simple one is required to follow some torturous set of steps.   All we want to do is copy a page out of a pdf and transfer it to an email (in this case, using Macbook).  You sit there for an hour trying to figure out which 8 steps you need to copy one page.  Its not counter intuitive, its non intuitive.  Ridiculous.  Does anyone know if there is an alternative to Adobe?

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Sep 22, 2022 Sep 22, 2022

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You can drag and drop the page.

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LEGEND ,
Sep 22, 2022 Sep 22, 2022

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But you can't drag it to a mail. Use the file as an attachment in the usual way. 

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