Open multiple pdf's in one acrobat window

On my new Vista OS, I can't figure out how to set my adobe reader 8 back to where it opens multiple pdfs into one window so you can just click between them rather than multiple windows.

Hi Richard,
Due to technical limitations, MDI was dropped with the Acrobat 9 release:
http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/mdi_vs_sdi_in_acrobat/
-David

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How do you get Adobe Acrobat X Pro to open multiple pdf's in one window
I just got upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit and had to update to Acrobat X Pro.
I was using Acrobat 8 Pro on my XP machine and this was nice since i usally have muliple files open at the same time

Hi Richard,
Due to technical limitations, MDI was dropped with the Acrobat 9 release:
http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/mdi_vs_sdi_in_acrobat/
-David

Preview; How can I open multiple PDF's in one window with Preview?

How can I open multiple PDF's in one window with Preview?
I have gone to Previews preferences and selected 'Open groups of images in the same window' and have tried every setting imaginable and nothing works. What am I doing wrong?

Hi, a few ways..
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.info/Freeware/CombinePDFs.shtml
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.info/Freeware/CombinePDFs.shtml
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060327192826493&lsrc=osxh

Unable to open multiple PDF files in Acrobat 9 Pro - Vista

I have a staff member that is unable to open more than one PDF at a time. If a PDF is currently open and another one is selected the program will crash and close. It gives a message stating the program has crashed and must be closed and also gives an option to check online for a solution. Has anyone else seen this issue or know a fix for it? Thanks in advance.

No. Starting with Acrobat 9 it is no longer possible to open multiple PDF files in the same window.

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I have about 20 password protected PDF's that I would like to open in one instance of Acrobat X, instead of 20 different windows. Is there a way to do this.
I've tried merging them, but they're secured with the FileOpen plugin, and even though I have my the username and password, it won't allow a merge. Hoping to find a solution. Thanks.

No. Starting with Acrobat 9 it is no longer possible to open multiple PDF files in the same window.

Open Multiple PDF files from Production order/Routing

Hi Everyone
We are in ECC 6.0 environment. We have a scenario where multiple documents were attached to single operation and also at multiple operations. But when I was trying to open these PDF documents, only the last file was getting opened and closing the previous file. How can I open multiple PDF files at one time from Production order or Routing?
Any help is appreciated.
Regards
Prasad

Hi Prasad,
from DMS standard I regret but such a functionality is not available. In the standard originals can be opened only one after another.
I think for realising this functionality an individual modificatoin is necessary.
Best regards,
Christoph

Open multiple pdfs in one acrobat window

There are many things annoying about Acrobat, but the one that really gets me is that the option to open multiple pdfs in the same window, rather than splattering them all over the toolbar, apparently has been removed in the latest versions. I have been using Foxit for pdfs for the past few years and am only now returning to acrobat because we've purchased a piece of software that requires a plugin that works only in acrobat.
Tabs are the proper solution. How long ago did Firefox shake up the browser community with tabs, 15 years ago? Where was Acrobat? For a while, they bodged together a preference that would keep them all in the same window (no tabs however), but even that is gone.

You can make a feature request here:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:15 PM, whatsamattau <[email protected]>

Cannot open multiple PDFs in Acrobat Reader X

Ever since upgrading to Acrobat X, I cannot open multiple PDFs. With all previous versions over recent years, up to version 9, I could select multiple PDF files in Windows Explorer, hit Enter, and it loaded them all. Then I could Ctrl+F6 to switch between the documents. Quick and Easy.
Now, if I try this with just 2 PDF files, it loads one and then locks up, almost stalling the PC, with each session of Acrobat taking about 40-45% of processor power. I have to crash out of it.
Help!
[P.S. As an aside, I don't like this floating toolbar that only appears if you happen to move the mouse over the bottom part of the screen. I suppose it's a "neat idea" from one of the programmers trying to be clever. Well guys, it is not user friendly. As a former Software QA and Product Manager, one of my design adages was "DON'T MAKE ME GUESS". Please think again.]

In my case: v10.1.1 would not open more than one pdf at a time on a user workstation (although mine did) so I tried disabling protected mode and made sure the large image display setting was correct.
To no avail. Reinstalled version base version 10, checked the same settings...no joy
Also tried repairing the install and re-updated from the base v10...still no love
Solution for me: Opened reader X, under Help-->Online Support, there is an option to generate a system report which availed the following:
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Version: 7.15.10.9685
Check: Not Supported
And of coarse the most recent driver was already present. Had to go back to v9.4
All good now. Hope this saves someone a few hours!

Opening multiple PDFs outside of browser in Acrobat 9 Std/Pro

Just got off the phone with Adobe's TS and was unhappy that they took the functionality of opening multiple PDFs outside of the browser and have it be contained in ONE window from Adobe 9. Unless someone else can tell me how to set this option up again, I'm sticking with 8 until there's an update to this.

I believe this was a permanent change. See the following link and conversation thread:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5f77b/7
"Atin Wadehra - 2:39am Jul 30, 08 PST (#9 of 16)
Aandi,
The failure reason suggested by you provided me the solution for getting my my code to work. There is a setting in Acrobat to either open the each document in separate window or to share Acrobat's window.
The setting is Edit->Preferences->Documents->Open Settings section "Show each document in its own window (requies restart)"
Thanks for the help again
Post Reply
Leonard Rosenthol - 6:16pm Jul 30, 08 PST (#10 of 16)
However, that preference is NO LONGER present in Acrobat/Reader 9. In version 9, we ONLY operate in SDI mode. So even with that fix for Acrobat/Reader 8 - you will STILL break in version 9.
You MUST rethink your code...
Leonard"
Sabian

Hang when opening multiple pdfs: Reader 10.0.1 (Win Server 2008 x64 SP2)

I have recently updated Adobe Reader to the latest patch update 10.0.1.
Previous to this update, I was able to open multiple pdfs at once and had no issues with the Adobe Reader software. After updating to 10.0.1 I've noted that when I attempt to open more than one pdf at a time, Reader hangs (Windows indicates a "Not Responding" error has occurred). After a series of minutes, the second (or third, fourth etc) file opens, and Reader appears to function as per normal..
I'm running Adobe Reader 10.0.1 on a Windows Server 2008 x64 (SP2) box, and didn't have this issue with the 10.0.0 release..
Does anyone else share this issue, and if so, is there an update planned to solve the issue? I would also be happy to provide more diagnostics/specs if these will provide info for developers to chase down the issue here..

I also have Reader 10.0.1 (Win 7 Home Premium x32). I can open several large PDFs (including one over 100 MiB) satisfactorily and then have the whole thing hang. As I am trying to work with these documents, I have not been patient enough to wait for minutes. I just have to terminate Reader and relaunch it.
I have removed some of my DLLs to stop Reader wasting my time preparing a long document for reading, which I do not need . (It would really help if Adobe would provide a setting to turn this off, instead of my having to hack it. )
I never had any similar problems with Reader 9. Did anyone test Reader X before releasing it? I have read elsewhere that turning Protected Mode off may help but...

Opening multiple pdfs

When I am opening multiple pdfs, after opening the 3rd pdfs, the active window goes back to the first pdf. Trying to switch back to the 3rd pdf by the Windows menu, and selecting the 3rd pdf and the active window still goes back to the first pdf. Anyone has any idea?

I believe this was a permanent change. See the following link and conversation thread:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5f77b/7
"Atin Wadehra - 2:39am Jul 30, 08 PST (#9 of 16)
Aandi,
The failure reason suggested by you provided me the solution for getting my my code to work. There is a setting in Acrobat to either open the each document in separate window or to share Acrobat's window.
The setting is Edit->Preferences->Documents->Open Settings section "Show each document in its own window (requies restart)"
Thanks for the help again
Post Reply
Leonard Rosenthol - 6:16pm Jul 30, 08 PST (#10 of 16)
However, that preference is NO LONGER present in Acrobat/Reader 9. In version 9, we ONLY operate in SDI mode. So even with that fix for Acrobat/Reader 8 - you will STILL break in version 9.
You MUST rethink your code...
Leonard"
Sabian

How do I: put multiple PDF pictures into one PDF page?

I have just installed Adobe Acrobat Pro Ver 9 - so this apllication and its associated SDK are the only applications available to me for use.
Adobe Acrobat was chosen because of its AutoCAD capabilities (when AutoCAD is not present). i.e. Using Acrobat & AutoCAD's plot configuration files & Pen / colour selection table ensures the output has correct line thicknesses (sometimes colours in CAD are used to represent a line's thickness) - this is preserved when using Acrobat.
The generated output is fantastic. However, when I try to print the output via Excel / Word (used for layout) - my perfect output is reduced to imperfect results.
So: is it possible to layout multiple PDF pictures inside one PDF entity for printing purposes such that the original output is not distorted?
I have in the past put pages in front or behind other pages but cannot find any references or code that works with Pro 9 nor indeed the manual way to insert PDF pages at any location on a single PDF Page?
I'll try and explain. My template coud consist of 6 boxes on a single A4 page thus:
My base PDF Page (can be thought of as a template - ideally it wont be printed - but even if it is - it wont be printed on any media material) has 6 areas (any number of areas up to 100) on it. In each area, there is a box. It is within these boxes that I wish to place a PDF Picture. Not all pictures will be the same. How can I do that? Ideally I'd like some example C# code - though doing it as a user will suffice, for now.
Is there a way of programmatically selecting each of the above boxes on the base PDF Document?
I do know of one manual method (though it seems long winded) and it is not accurate enough in that (even though the layers are deselected) - the hidden layers are subsequently outputed too - not good!
Uses a button icon over each box.
All the current Adobe help for the SDK refers to Pro 8 and previously - which all seems to have now been replaced in Pro 9
This question will be placed in the Developer & User Forums - as it pertains to both.
Thankyou in advance for anyone that either knows any workarounds or any ways to affect a solution.

Picture of what I want to see:
What I get, and don't want to see is:
The PDF was generated using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 from an AutoCAD LT (DWG) file without AutoCAD being present but making use of a plot configuration (PC3) file & pen table (CTB) file. The resultant file [WhatIWantToSee.pdf] is perfect - all the lines are the right thickness & colour and are perfect vectors (with no construction / proofing layers visible). When you view that file in Acrobat and show the "Layers" property box, you see that the correct number of layers whilst are still present are indeed turned off.
However, when I add a forms-button to one of the rectangles (please refer to initial post - where there are 6 rectangles), and display same file as icon display. The resultant view is the one shown above named [ What I get and don't want to see]. It seems the saved layer settings are all ignored?
I generated the PDF file through Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 Menu | File | Create PDF | From File (Files of type Autodesk) | Options | Selected Layers | Layout | Last Active Layout.
Rectangles are regular content elements - not fields (in the general meaning of form-fields).

How i can combine multiple pdf files in one file using a macbook air

how i can combine multiple pdf files in one file

The application Preview.
Preview Help.
Save combined PDFs
Open the PDFs you want to combine.
In each open PDF, choose View > Thumbnails to display the pages of the PDF in the sidebar.
Drag the thumbnails you want to add (Command-click to select noncontiguous pages) to the thumbnail sidebar in the other PDF.You can add pages to the end of the document or between pages in a document. Drag thumbnails to reorder them. You can also add a PDF file before or after another PDF document.
Choose File > Export to save a new PDF containing all of the combined pages, or choose File > Save to replace the original version of the destination PDF with the version containing the combined pages.

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I am trying to bind multiple PDF documents into one single document can anyone please help me?

You would need Adobe Acrobat to do that. Reader doesn't have the ability.

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How do you merge multiple pdf's into one document?

Hi pharmovative,
You can use the Combine PDF feature of Adobe PDF pack to combine multiple PDF files into one document. (Or, if you have the full version of Acrobat, you an do it there as well by choosing Create > Combine Files into a Single PDF.)
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