Improving the Combine in Adobe Acrobat function

Question

Lately I've been using Acrobat to combine scanned pages (saved as png. files) to one PDF file. Unfortunately, the Create PDF from Multiple Documents window doesn't allow in the Files to Combine dialog box to sort the files according to their Last Modified date (or any other standard Windows detailed listing). Therefore I find myself manually moving groups of files up and down as I'm clueless as to which algorithm Adobe uses for the initial sort order, but it is a real mess as it doesn't go according to the file name or file date. I'm using Acrobat Pro. 7.0 but as far as I read in the Product Support Knowledgebase, this hasn't been improved in 8.0. Please let me know if I'm wrong--and I'll upgrade!

Answer 1

To extend this Combine feature improvement request, it would be very helpful if the Combine function would allow you to save and maintain a reusable index of the files in a package, their order, and the location on which they are stored. The Index/Catalog building feature already has something like this, which lets you rebuild an index for a set of files without having to recreate it each time.
It should also be possible to edit the structure and change the files in an existing package, or to update a saved configuration file & use it to rebuild a package. At the moment, I can't add, change, or reorder files in an existing package; I must create the package from scratch, and re-add and re-order all the files with the move up / move down buttons each time.
I am still using Acrobat Pro 8, but from reading about the Portfolio feature in Acrobat Pro 9.0, I do not get the impression that it allows you to modify an existing package (Porfolio) or rebuild it if you have updated files.
Cheers!
Marta Cepek