Combining form files

I have 286 separate pdf form files that I need to combine to one pdf file so that I can export the text into a spreadsheet. Problem is that when I combine the files, Acrobat replaces the data on the forms with the data from the first file. For example, one of the fields is 'Name'. When i combine the files, Acrobat fills in the name from the 1st file to all 286 pages of the combined pdf. Obviously this is a big problem. Does anyone know of a remedy for this problem?

Thank you so much! It looks like this function SHOULD do exactly what I need it do; but, there is a bug in the function. When I run it, it only enters the name of each file in the spreadsheet. Adobe is looking into it and gave me a case# to check back for a fix in 24-48 hrs. Hopefully they can fix the issue. Thank you again!

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Anybody could help please ?? (sorry for my english... I'm a French native speaker)

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