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Adobe Acrobat is a family of applications developed by Adobe in order to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF).

Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF).

All members of the family, except Adobe Reader (formerly Acrobat Reader), are proprietary commercial software, while the latter is available as freeware and can be downloaded from Adobe's web site. Adobe Reader enables users to view and print PDF files but has negligible PDF creation capabilities.

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Bootstrap 3 accordion panels will not print

I've tried various css combinations but I'm only going to live so long and I'd rather someone help me then spend the rest of my life on this problem! I have accordion panels on a page but client wants me to provide a .pdf file of the site and…
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Julia: How can I write to a specific page of an acrobat pdf?

I am stuck trying to create an acrobat pdf of more than one page in Julia I am currently using the following code to create a table of plots: t[1,1] = p1; t[2,1] = p2; t[3,1] = p3; t[4,1] = p4; file(t,"Daily.pdf"); But the file function squeezes…
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How to confirm a TrueType PDF font is missing glyphs

I have a PDF which renders fine in Acrobat but fails to print during the PDF to PS conversion process on our printer's RIP. After uncompressing with pdftk and editing I've found if I replace the usage of a certain font it will print. The font is a…
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How can I OCR two different languages in Adobe Acrobat?

I got a scanned menu from a hongkong restaurant, and I need to make the .pdf file searchable or in plain text format. I tried Adobe Acrobat OCR, it worked perfectly however the menu is in traditional Chinese and English, for Acrobat OCR I can only…
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How to convert batch i.e huge pdf files to text using Adobe Acrobat Pro?

i am having 1000 valid and working pdf files. followed the below steps to convert a pdf to text file in Acrobat Redear Pro Open Adobe Acrobat Pro Tools -> Action Wizard - Create New Action - Add the files to be converted -> Go to More Tools -…
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pdf error: "expected a dict object" on IE9 and IE10

I am not sure if this is an Adobe Acrobat/Reader or IE issue, but I can't seem to get any information from either Adobe support or its user to user forum, so I thought I would see if any IE users can help. What is happening is some users are…
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What do I need to do to make this transparency work

I have a PDF, I know it has transparency but Acrobat pro renders the transparent portion solid. If I view it in chrome it looks right. And if I do an output preview and change the "Show" option to "Not DeviceCMYK" it previews the transparency, but…
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PDF metadata to open document in Actual Size (100%) view

I am generating a PDF document using jsPDF. Is there a way to store metadata in the PDF document that will force Acrobat to open it in 100% view mode (Actual Size) vs sized to fit? In other words does PDF document specification allow that to specify…
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How do I detect the difference between Adobe Acrobat versions higher than 8 in non-IE browsers with JavaScript

I know that starting with version 8, the name of the Adobe Reader plugin was changed to "Adobe PDF Plug-In for Firefox and Netscape", and does not include any version information. However, the version information does appear in the "Plugins" tab…
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How to automate extracting pages from a PDF using AppleScript and Acrobat Pro?

I'm new to AppleScript, but I am trying to create a script that will go through all PDFs in a folder extracting the pages into separate files. My plan is to use a combination of Automator and AppleScript. My AppleScript so far is: tell…
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How Do I Detect the Adobe Acrobat Version Installed in Firefox via JavaScript

I know this can be done in IE by creating an ActiveX object, but how do I do it in FF. The navigator.plugins['Adobe Acrobat'] object lets me know if it's installed or not, but it doesn't contain the version number. Any ideas?
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itextsharp vertical align text in PDF multiline field

How can I set the vertical alignment to center in a PDF field when using iTextSharp? I have already set the field to vertical align center within Acrobat, but when I write text from my application to the PDF it aligns top. If I uncheck the multiline…
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Applescript: Wait until "Print" dialog closes in Acrobat X

A total noob in Applescript, please bear with me… We have a process where we use System Events to control the Print dialog in Acrobat X. This works fine; we can "click" the Print button. Now, we have to wait until the document is printed. While the…
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Android how to open pdf at specific page from code

I have coded to open a pdf in Android, passing the file name via a uri and Acrobat reader displays the file succesfully. I have found details of parameters that can open Acrobat reader from a command line and tell it which page to display but I…
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How to get fillable PDF to prompt for required fields when user saves?

I've created a fillable PDF form using Acrobat 10. I see where you can set form fields to be required, but all that does is outline the fields in red. How can I get a prompt asking users to enter data in the required fields when they hit save?
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