Can You Revise a Contact Sheet that was Saved as a PDF in Bridge?

Question

I created a contact sheet using Adobe Bridge CC.  I added image files, set up the page template and save the resulting file as a pdf.   the resulting pdf had three pages of thumbnails.   I would like to go back and modify that contact sheet --add some additional images and remove/rearrange some existing ones.  Is there a way to do that using Bridge or must I recreate an entirely new contact sheet from scratch.  If I try to open the PDF in Bridge using the Output workspace, it puts the entire pds file into one cell on the contact sheet layout., which is not what I want.  I need each image to go back into an individual cell of the contact sheet and then be able to move/delete those images and insert others.

gary_sc · Accepted Answer

Bridge is showing the entire Output sheet as a single file because once it is generated, it is a single file. If you printed it off your printer, it would be a single, multipage document. It is no longer a fully editable file.

Lumigraphics is correct that you "can" fix this in Acrobat Pro. However, it will not be worth the time if you're trying to make any major changes. Acrobat Pro is NEITHER a Word Processing application nor a Page Layout application, and major editorial changes are very challenging, if not impossible.

Your best bet is to recreate your Output layout and do it again. Sorry.

One other option is if you have InDesign, you can create a file that can be adjusted and manipulated over and over until you get exactly what you want.

Lumigraphics · Answer

You can edit in Acrobat Pro or recreate the pdf.

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