Compare docs (pdfs) in Acrobat 9

I am trying to get some users back to the expectations they have of the compare pdf feature.  The pdfs they showed me started with 2 1-page pdfs.  In Acrobat 7 this creates a new pdf file with a page of summary in the upper left, a basically blank page in the upper right.  The bottom two are the two original pages marked up with the changes.
They want the same thing out of Acrobat 9.  However, this creates a 2-page pdf.  First page was the summary, with added links to original docs.  The second page is the new original doc marked up.
Is there anyway to have Acrobat 9 do what Acrobat 7 did?  They tell me they are required to send these old style compared pdfs to one of our "auditors".  I haven't seen the exact specs of what is required I'm just trusting the users.
Thanks for the help.

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