Merge Files In Single PDF

I have Acrobat 9 Pro (Windows XP) and am new at using the progam.
I had merged a few jpegs into a single PDF file but the originals did not remain in its original location in my computer.
Would someone be able to tell me if this is normal for this program?
Is there a revert feature to get the originals back?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
jean

I added files to the "Merge files into single PDF" menu and then clicked "Combine files". Went back to check in computer file and noticed the originals were not there. Would "combine files" mean deleting them? as I did not click any other button.
I was able to retrieve my jpegs from the single PDF file by exporting them back to its destination, as Bill said, so I have my originals back.
Thanks for your help.
jean

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Hello again. I took the long weekend off, so haven't replied for a while.
While trying to set up a few documents out of the package I wanted to create, I discovered that there
is only one file that is causing the problem.
The biggest problem is that it is a confidential financial file, and I'm loathe to put it up on the web.
I'm going to try to re-create the file without the confidential part, then send it to this forum. I can't
figure out why it should cause problems when all the others don't and they have all been created by
the same person with the same version of Office.
So thanks for your help so far. I really appreciate the quick response from a couple of you. I will get back to you.

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Setup
Windows XP SP3 + Office 2007 Pro
Also, tested on Windows 7 64x + Office 2007 Pro
Same Issues.
The steps used are:
1) Open Adobe Acrobat 9.0
2) Click File
3) Combine
4) Merge Files into a single PDF
5) Add Files (select the required files)
6) Combine Files (which then processes and creates single PDF)
Results:
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Expected results:
A single PDF with the same formatting and layout as the original files.
I can not post screenshots of this issue for sercurity concerns but here is an example.
From my word document / or pdf (either way)
Drawing Contents
Fabrication Notes
Bill of Materials
Assembly Notes
Top Assembly Drawing
Bottom Assembly Drawing
Schematics
After the Merging of the files
Drawing Contents
Fabri ation ote
Bi of Materia
A emb y ote
Top A emb y Drawing
Bottom A emb y Drawing
S hemati
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Message was edited by: Bitzan

Thanks for the response.
I have checked though the Word documents that were used in the most recent merge. They don't have any spaces at these areas or strange formatting. I turned on the Show/Hide option to confirm if there was anything odd but I could not see anything. The formatting (Ctrl+D) shows the default font Arial, Regular, font 12.
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******BUG******
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An intermitent issue is occuring when merging multiple files into a single PDF in Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Standard, the resulting PDF file has gaps inbetween the letters of actual words. For example the word "document" may appear in part of the PDF as "doc ument". This seems to affect various parts of the final PDF file.
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Hello again. I took the long weekend off, so haven't replied for a while.
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