Automating Batch Processes in acrobat pro 9

Hello,
I have a relativly large directory of of PDF documents that I need to add a footer too. I set up the appropriate batch proceess sequence to do this. The problem that I am running into is that Acrobat brings up the footer dialogue for every document. Is there a way to have the sequence run without dialogue or have the entire sequence run as a background process? I'd rather not have to hit the enter key several thousand times to insert the footer, the only workaround i can find is to weigh down the enter key with something, which is less than optimal...
I've checked the documentation and Padova's tomb, but have been unable to locate an answer. I'm running Acrobat Pro 9.3.2
Regards,
dm

I'm not sure what options I need to set to turn off the dialogue, clicking the edit button just brings up the add footer and header window. This is the same window that pops up for each document in the batch, and I'm trying to process upwards of 10,000 of these. Each time it pops up, my setting are all there and ready to go, but I need to figure out if there is a way around this window completely when the sequence is running.

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