Converting larger documents

I have downloaded Adobe ExportPDF and it seems to work when I try it on a single page. Then when I try to convert a 9 page document to Word in will not complete the upload, even after an hour or more. DHow do I get it to work on multi-page documents?

Hi William,
How are you trying to submit files to the service? Are you using Reader or the ExportPDF website (http://exportpdf.acrobat.com) ?
-David

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S_Atwood wrote:
Hello!
I just started a position with a company that has a number of catalogs full of the widgets they sell. Previously the catalog work was outsourced to a company that uses Quark, and the first thing I did when I started was to convert them to InDesign using a 3rd party plugin.
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So, to boil it down to a few questions:
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