Questions tagged [acrobat]

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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Adobe "Save as" dialog boxes - MapPoint Excel VBA

I am trying to interact with an external Acrobat dialog window through VBA. I am using MapPoint to generate maps and then save them as PDF files. Everything is controlled through VBA. I am using the "PrintOut" method of the maps to save them. …
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How to extract pages without comments in acrobat pro 10

I have been searching for this in many places. Tried PDFSam but not working for me in this situation. I would like to extract pages without comments or sticky notes or pencil mark in Acrobat as a separate pdf to check why these pages were not…
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close document action() level in pdf javascript

I am trying to show an alert when user close the document, i added this code to Tools>Javascript> Set document action>document will close I am trying to show this alert app.alert("this document will close, have a nice day"); in adobe acrobat…
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Acobat X1 FindText and then GetPageNum

The automation code below worked in Windows XP and Acrobat 8 & 9, where the GetPageNum would return the page number that the text was on. In Windows 8 and Acrobat 11, it always returns the first page. Is there any alternative way to get page number…
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How to use Acrobat plugin from C++ application with InterAppCommunication

My app needs to open a pdf in Acrobat and apply a plugin. I searched the internet for solutions but I didn't find at least one example. What I did: I managed to develop the plugin, integrate it in Acrobat and open pdfs in Acrobat. Now I just need to…
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Javascript: is there a way to reverse a hyperlink?

I am working with pdfs in acrobat and want to be able to execute javascript from a button that I place into the document. I want the button to return the view to focus on the last hyperlink clicked in the document. For example: Let's say there is a…
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Excel to PDF but dynamic form not static

I am able to convert excel to pdf and have pdf recognize the fields for form purposes. However, acrobat xi saves the form as static and not dynamic. How do I save this form as Dynamic form?
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How to add an updateable header/footer with iTextSharp/C#

I want to be able to add a 'Page x of y' footer with iTextSharp that can then be updated and manipulated using the Header & Footer options in Adobe Acrobat. After the pdf is generated, users may still manually add or remove some pages, so I want…
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Save specific xml using word macro

I have got a problem with saving xml via word macro. I have fill-in form created in adobe acrobat reader with functionality to export data. Everything is fine as long as I edit xml exported via this form, using for example notepad. I came up with…
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Dynamic Stamps with fill able fields

I'm new to this scripting code in acrobat. and I wanted to create a dynamic stamp where the users inputs various data e.g company name / account number / approved by / date (generates todays date) / pay bill (which would say"approved, N/A,) from…
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PDF (javascript) - How can i detect a global change on the form

My pdf form contain editText fields and a verification checkbox. is there any way to detect changes in the editText fields ? (evry change will uncheck the checkbox).
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Acrobat Forms: Enforcing 'Display Value' into Flattened PDF Field

I have an Acrobat Forms document (PDF) which contains a combo box with export values associated with each entry (annotation aka display value). When I flatten the PDF, the combo box automatically gets replaced by the export value of the selected…
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Is there any way to skip the next activity using JS?

For example, I have an action like this: Run external JS => Save file => Run External Bat The problem is, is there any way in the JS to skip the save file activity? What I would like to do in the JS is: if (some condition) { //Skip the save…
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Ghostscript - using a font in a form makes it unavailable

I'm seeing some weird behaviour in Ghostscript 9.06 and am wondering whether it's to do with my PS structure or something else. We have an embedded font defined and then attempt to setup a form and use it as below. Underneath I also have some lines…
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PDF Signature gets rotated when e-mailing from iPad

I'm generating a PDF document using iTextSharp within an ASP .net application. My users are opening the PDF on an iPad, and adding a signature [drawing], then e-mailing the signed document. The signature looks right on the iPad, but once it's…
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