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‎Mar 03, 2023
06:08 AM
@amal - regretfully that did not work. @Luke Jennings3 Just for good order's sake, this is the idea. On the left you see pages being purple Then "Tools" > "Print Production" > "Output Preview", uncheck colours only leaving "Process Black" checked. Result is on the right. Now it looks fine, but as said, the next step is, how to save the document like that, or print as a new document, or how to achieve the same in Print > Advanced? Thanks. p.s. note that I am not familiar with things like 'preflight profile' - I add above and below screenshot, so as to avoid misunderstandings on what I am trying to achieve.  
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‎Mar 03, 2023
05:40 AM
Thanks for the feedback. I forgot to mention: I am using Acrobat Pro 2020. The file is 250 pages. Is there no way then to print the document to a new PDF using the above settings? That would mean that I get the right 'Output Preview' but would not be able to actually create a new PDF like output preview..? I went back and forth in the Print > Advanced dialog. I might use grey scale but don't get the white background as like above. Hence asking here.
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‎Mar 02, 2023
10:26 PM
I have a PDF document with pages that are all some kind of purple. Am seeking a way to print it to a new PDF as black and white. In "Print Production" > "Output Preview" I may check 'Simulate black ink' and check 'Process Black' So far that looks fine then. However, whilst having the Output Preview on screen, what is the next step? If I close that panel (Output Preview) the settings won't stick, i.e. it changes back to purple. Have no idea how to proceed. Appreciate help on this. Thanks!
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‎Feb 18, 2023
01:02 AM
Ah, right... Super. Thanks a lot! That went fine indeed. Need some organizing (250 pages, scanned in 6-7 batches of roughly 30-40 pages or so, so they needed to be resorted in in parts). Anyway, this are now 'sorted out' 🙂 Thanks again!
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‎Feb 17, 2023
11:28 PM
I know there are solution to reverse all pages within a PDF file. I have been scanning documents and need to reverse a (large) number of pages within the document. Grabbing / moving them one by one is quite a workload. I wish I could select a number pages, say 10 pages or so, have them reverse sorted and have them move to the right position. Probably impossible, but nonetheless asking. 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained'. This probably is just a one-off thing, it makes no sense to resort to paid solutions. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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‎Feb 12, 2023
05:52 AM
Acrobat, open file - then: r-click the open file, Document Properties > tab: Description, click on Additional Metadata > Select Advanced The following will may show up (Example A) How to copy the pdf:CreationDate-text ino the 'Created' field - in this case empty. Are there any Windows utilities that can update the modified date-time stamp of files based on the pdf-CreationDate. Files may show xmp:CreateDate there. When updating date-time stamp of files, based on this entry (xmp:) the files are correctly updated. (Example B) In short: is there a way to make use of the 'pdf:CreationDate-Text:' entry? Thanks
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‎Feb 10, 2023
01:48 AM
Thanks. For the uservoice, one needs to create a new account? Or can the forum credentials be used?
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‎Feb 09, 2023
08:18 PM
Indeed, SumatraPDF is the way to go. Whilst open in SumatraPDF you may even copy-paste text from the contents of the PDF so as to use it for F2 File renaming. SumatraPDF is free and even available as portable. If you are using a configurable Windows Explorer replacement, such as Total Commander, or Directory Opus, you might add a shortcut/button, reading like: "X:\Path-To-Directory\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" -new-window "%1" Anyway, it is remarkable and difficult to explain that sometimes free tools are able to do things that expensive applications aren't. Ah, well, maybe not so difficult to explain: probably these 'feature requests' do not get the attention they deserve and developers even may not be aware of them, or do not consider them to be important.
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‎Feb 07, 2023
01:39 AM
Hm... it strikes me that bookmark view is only in case of PDF files attached to an email (Outlook) Any suggestions on that? .
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‎Feb 05, 2023
12:26 AM
Thanks a lot! This seems to look like having a toothache. You go to the dentist, no toothache anymore. Or you hear some weird sound in your car. You go to the dealer, the sound has gone. I tried a number of times just now, but cannot reproduce this behaviour of Acrobat. Checked out above settings. Seems to look okay. Again, thanks. At least now I know where to look should it happen again... 🙂
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‎Feb 04, 2023
06:35 AM
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When double clicking a file (Windows Explorer) the file opens in bookmark view. I need to [Close] that view to get to the 'normal' view. This started just recently and initially I was a little confused. I do not remember having changed something within the settings. In fact, I would not know whát exactly to change in order to get this bookmark view by default. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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‎Jan 28, 2023
09:27 PM
Hi a28141201y7vc Many thanks for your elaborate reply. Really appreciated. I am aware of the existence of Autohotkey and have used it for 1 specific case a verrry long time ago. As for Acrobat, combining files as such is not so much of a problem, but actually it is about all the steps after files have been combined so as to OCR the file, i.e. running text recognition. In my previous post, all steps after step '2.' Let's say a kind of -new- context menu item 'Combine and OCR files in Acrobat'. It would be nice to have this as a native solution... I am just a simple end-user and have no knowledge at all of programming, but it seems to me that should be feasible for the Acrobat developers: combining the steps into 1 module and add that to the existing Combine Files. Maybe, one day, they will do that, Anyway, thanks again!
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‎Jan 24, 2023
08:08 AM
Sorry for the delay. Thanks for the replies, I'll get back on this soonest possible.
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‎Jan 24, 2023
12:10 AM
1 Upvote
Up front: I have no idea whether the below is at all possible. I vainly searched, maybe I overlooking a feature, maybe there isn't, I don't know. Acrobat 2020 Pro I have a 180 pages document. On each page there is a date. Pages have been scanned. At some points the sequence isn't in order, e.g. between year 2004 pages, there are some year 2007 pages. Is there a way to: a) sort selected pages only, not the entire document or b) is there a way to select pages containing a specific text e.g. I may search on -2005, but only can go from one page to the other. I do not know a way to select all pages based on (in this example) -2005 I might consider to extract those pages to a new PDF document, sort that document, this for all years and then re-combine them again but with proper sorting. Maybe there are easier or better ways? Thanks.
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‎Jan 18, 2023
12:50 AM
1 Upvote
Ah - super - thanks a lot! Indeed, just simply copy the layers and create a smart object then. That went fine. Thanks again!
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‎Jan 17, 2023
11:42 PM
Up front, I am not an expert. I've read about how to create a smart object from multiple layers. However, as far as I can see, it will also remove the 'source' layers (11). I prefer to leave the source layers and make them invisible. Next time I could make changes to those source layers, create a new smart object, whilst deleting the existing one. Q: Is there a way to create a smart object from layers, whilst leaving the source layers in place? Thanks!
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‎Jan 01, 2023
04:40 AM
Hello to you, Thanks for the reply. I added some screenshots to my first post. Not sure what other screenshots you need, please let me know. I am using Acrobot 2020 Pro (non-DC) on Windows 10 x64. Thanks again.
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‎Dec 27, 2022
12:50 AM
In short this is the scenario: r-click a file (e.g. a jpg) and select conver to PDF Acrobat opens and shows the file (as PDF) then I start OCR this file (Created an action and added it as button to the toolbar) Action is to handle the 'Current open file' However, running my 'OCR this file'-button prompts me to save the open file first: the 'Files to be processed:" box remains empty. Maybe.. because the converted file needs to be saved first(?) Could not figure out how to have : a. Convert file to PDF automatically save the file (alongside the source) - after converting CTRL-S still prompts for file name b. have the file in the 'Files to be processed' box Any suggestions? FWIW I have added some screenshots. Thanks!
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‎Dec 01, 2022
05:34 AM
Really sorry for not getting back on this - I am really sorry. It slipped my mind and also this combining files I do it just once in a while. As said, right now I proceed as follows: Explorer, go into sub folders, select a number of files (image files), then 1. r-click and "Combine files in Acrobat 2. click "Combine 3. click "Tools" 4. click "Scan and OCR" 5. click "Recognize text" 6. click "In this file" 7. click "Recognize Text" again 8. click "Close" 9. click "Save" a prompt shows up allowing me to add the name I am seeking a way that steps 2 uptil and including 8 are "automated" - so I do not take click-click-click through all the steps, a kind of batch combine that ends up with a file name prompt. What do you think? Not possible I guess, unless at expensive costs. Best regards and again, deeply sorry for not responding!
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‎Nov 08, 2022
10:52 PM
In Explorer context menu I have an item "Combine files in Acrobat". This basically results in a binder1.pdf going thru a number of steps. Q: Is there a way to edit this context menu, so : a. it can be triggered using a hotkey and b. the binder file is stored in the same folder as source file All this 'no questions' asked. Thanks. (p.s. likely there are paid plug-ins / tools, but frankly, that is not something I am looking for)
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‎Nov 08, 2022
06:57 AM
Thank you so much for your quick reply! Truly appreciated. I just discovered something I have never used so far and quickly wanted to delete my post, but a reply was already there. Tools > Scan and OCR > Select folder It works fine.
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‎Nov 08, 2022
06:35 AM
I have quite a lot of image files, in many different folders, all within 1 parent folder. These image files often contain text. I can go into each individual folder, select each file, convert them to PDF, perform OCR. However, I would like to automate that: create a single PDF's of each single file, perform OCR on theat PDF and store it alongside the source file, using the same file name as the source. So, like this. X:\JPG\JPGFolder\FolderA\SomeJPGFile name.jpg X:\JPG\JPGFolder\FolderA\SomeJPGFile name.pdf (OCR'd) Any suggestions? Thanks!
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‎Nov 01, 2022
12:14 AM
Tried to convert a Word document (.docx - Officed 365) to PDF and got a security warning. - Microsoft Office has identified a potential security concern. Microsoft has blocked macros from running because the source of this file is untrusted. The Security level is set to High. Please run the application which created this document, in the 'Security Warning' dialog select the check box 'Always trust macros from this source' and enable macro's created by Adobe Systems Inc. - Checked out forum posts but could not sort this out. Have added the Acrobat folder to Trusted Locations in Word Options (Options>Trust Center>Trust Center Settings>Trusted Location) No idea what else to try. The following is a 'long shot': in the past I did not encounter this error. Just very recently I uninstalled my '3rd party' AV software and Windows is now protected by the native AV software (Windows Defender). Could it have something to do with Windows Defender?? It is running in default settings. Thanks!
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‎Oct 18, 2022
08:54 PM
Sorry for the late response here. Reasons for this question was that 1. the shutdown of my PC was slow (normally about 10 seconds or so, but for a couple of weeks well over a minute, with quite some SSD activity) 2. The Windows event log showed quite a number of warnings/errors referring to either one of the above services and a specific .dll of my (3rd party) AV-software 3) Disabling all non-Microsoft software resulted in the usual 10-seconds shutdown. That said, I wasn't sure about the effects of disabling services. Anyway, I completely uninstalled the AV software and resorted to Windows native Defender, being quite capable nowadays and is ranking amost other top AV software in AV-test.org. The event log errors are gone and the shutdown is fast again. Matter solved. (Sad though for my 4-PC AV license, valid uptil 2027: I would have to go thru all kinds logging and of debugging things. Right now I am not sure whether I want to do that all)
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‎Oct 07, 2022
07:37 AM
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Sorry for the delay. THANK you so much! You are right, of course you are right. I was on the wrong track/thinking the wrong way/confused, whatever. I still do not understand how I managed to keep on not understanding it ... 🙂 Thanks again. Matter solved.
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‎Oct 06, 2022
11:02 PM
As there no replies, I'd like to delete my post What is the impact of disabling startup services? - Adobe Support Community - 12906829 How am I to proceed? (If at all possible) I might go into "Account settings", select the post and click on 'Unfollow' but I suppose the post will not be deleted then(?) Thanks.
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‎Oct 05, 2022
01:13 AM
Thanks. I believe pages will be extracted to separate files then(?) Similar as to under "Page Thumbnails". What I meant is to have some sort of "extract"or "copy" or "move" (whatever) a one, single new PDF, not to separate .pages.
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‎Oct 05, 2022
12:08 AM
I have a large PDF and would like to -select- a range of pages and save them to a new PDF. Then delete the source. Or -extract- to a new PDF. My current 'workaround': Create New from file - use whatever availabe file (e.g. some image) Then drag pages from source to the new one Delete this '1st page (i.e. the image) Delete pages from source I know I can extract pages to single files, but have not found a way to save selected pages as a new (single) PDF. Maybe I am overlooking a feature though? Thanks!
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‎Sep 25, 2022
07:17 AM
Super! Thank you so much. Truly appreciated! I will give that a try. For a moment I was wondering whether files could be linked one way or the other, but assumed, whilst being nice, the chances would be remote so I did not 'investigate' it any further. Thanks again.
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‎Sep 25, 2022
06:33 AM
Up front: I am far, I mean far from being an expert! I have created two photoshop files, both having a number of layers. One is a kind of 'stamp' with wishes, the name of my wife and that of mine, and an adjustable date. The other one is a birthday card. Right now, to get the stamp on the birthday card I update the date, take a screencapture with a screencapture tool and import that into the birthday .psd, then adjust size, rotate, etc. In the end I again take a screencapture of it all and email the card. I agree..., this is the 'starting amateur' way. I wonder whether it is possible to combine the stamp file into the postcard, with all the layers an all. Thanks! Later... matter solved. As a test I dragged the layers from on psd into the others, selected them and created a smart object. Probably this is the solution? Regretfully I can not delete my post.
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