Replacing pages in Acrobat 8

When replacing a PDF page on a fillable form in Acrobat 8 with a page from another flat PDF form also created in Acrobat 8, a letter may be dropped from the middle of any given word. Has anyone else experienced this problem and is there a fix?

I'm having the exact same problem, and I am not about to
redo all of the links. Did you ever receive an answer on this? I'm so beyond frustrated right now.

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'Replace pages' not modifying form element positions - is there another way?

PDF form design in InDesign, bring pdf into Acrobat to add field validation JS. All good.
Modify form in InDesign, 'Replace pages' in Acrobat to get new design changes in without losing JS.
Good, except Acrobat won't bring across any altered positions of form elements, only non-form elements like text and images.
Adding the JS to the PDF created by InDesign each time the form changes is time consuming. Tried adding the JS in one go via "Edit All JavaScripts" but Acrobat won't retain. It seems to want each form field's JS added to it individually.
Is there another way? Thanks.

Gilad D (try67) wrote:
That is exactly the point of the Replace Pages command. It replaces the underlying page while maintaining the objects on top of it in their place.
If you want to insert a page with all of its objects in tact then you should delete the old page and then use the Insert From File command (under Tools - Pages) to add the new pages. I believe that will do what you're looking for.
The 'Insert From File' I expected would lose any script I've applied to an element previously on the page, which would be totally understandable. I guess the form elements are in a tricky position, being both an intrinsic part of the design (InDesign) and Interactivity (Acrobat).

Can't Replace Pages (via drag and drop in Pages panel) in Acrobat 9 Pro

I'm running OS X 10.5.8, Acrobat Pro 9.1.3, PPC G5 PowerMac.
I'll have two PDFs open and I'll want to replace certain pages from document A with certain pages from document B. Rather than using the Replace Pages command from the Document menu, I prefer to visually see what I'm changing. For this reason I've always preferred the drag and drop method, where one selects a page thumbnail from one document and drops it onto a page thumbnail in another document. This only seems to be a problem in Acrobat 9. This works fine in Acrobat 7.1.1 and 8.1.6. Drag and drop will allow one to insert pages but the replacement of pages is not working. As described in Acrobat Help, under "Replace pages using a page thumbnail," I try to drop the page thumbnail onto the page number as prescribed but the page to be replaced never highlights like it should. It will only give the insertion highlight between each page, indicating that it is about to insert a page.
Other macs exhibit the same behavior -- it always works in Acrobat 7 and 8 but not 9.
Thank you for your assistance.

I'm using the Windows version of Acrobat Pro 9 and found this thread with the same problem. (Key command to replace on Windows is: Ctrl + Alt).
Anyway, to answer the how to disable the warning, go to the Acrobat Preferences. In the General category under "Warnings", check the setting "Do not show edit warnings". There should be a similar setting on the Mac version.
(Now I wish replacing pages didn't require a key command like in previous versions.)

Replace pages in a PDF with acrobat

Please help me find a solution for my problem, i believe there are many good Applescript gurus here, i´m not one of them!:)
Basic needs:
i have a pdf coming from a text and picture system and i want it to merge to a templet with buttons and functionality.
same amount of pages to replace every time.
If i do this in Acrobat 8 i just open my template, i go to Document->Replace Pages, selected replace from 1-24 and execute.
Is this possible in applescript? i can se the argument in the Acrobat Library, but i don´t know how!
Please post a solution if you can.
Best regards
Inge

Hello Inge Eidem,
If I'm not much mistaken about your intention, the following script may help.
A few things.
• I'm not sure but you seem to be deleting the template 'ipdfmal.pdf' every time the folder action is triggered and I presume that it's probably not your intention, so I modified the code a bit. (It would now delete the finished source files, that are dropped files in the folder where the folder action is attached, when you enable the corresponding lines which I currently commented out)
• The tempalte file is to be found at templateFdPath and the finished files are to be saved in finishedFdPath.
• The script is NOT tested, for I don't have Acrobat Professional v8.
• You can find some essential documents at Adobe's site:
(See p.161 of 'Interapplication Communication API Reference' for 'save' command syntax and example)
* Acrobat Developer Center : Interapplication communication
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/interapplication.html
* Interapplication Communication API Reference
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/iacapireference.pdf
Good luck,
H
-- SCRIPT
on adding folder items to thefolder after receiving theAddedItems
set rootFdPath to (path to desktop folder from user domain) as string -- # root folder path
set templateFdPath to rootFdPath & "template:" -- # template folder path
set finishedFdPath to rootFdPath & "finished:" -- # finished folder path
set templateName to "ipdfmal.pdf" -- # template file name
set templateFile to (templateFdPath & templateName) as alias
repeat with i from 1 to (count theAddedItems) -- note that theAddedItems is generally a list of aliases
set addedItem to item i of theAddedItems
-- get source file name
try
set oldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {":"}
set addedItemName to last text item of (addedItem as text)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelims
on error errs number errn
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelims -- always guarantee to reset ASTID
error errs number errn
end
tell application "Adobe Acrobat Professional"
-- activate -- avoid this, if possible, in such processes launched in background as in folder action
-- open source
open addedItem
-- open template
open templateFile
-- merge source pages to template
replace pages document templateName over 1 ¬
from document addedItemName starting with 1 number of pages 25
-- close source document
close document addedItemName
-- save merged template as new file named after source file
save document templateName to file (finishedFdPath & addedItemName)
-- close renamed template document
(* in case template document name is set to new name in previous 'save as' *)
close document addedItemName saving no
-- (OR) close template document
(* in case template document name is NOT set to new name in previous 'save as' *)
-- close document templateName saving no
end tell
-- delete each finished source file
-- tell application "Finder" to delete addedItem
end repeat
-- empty trash
-- tell application "Finder" to empty trash
end adding folder items to
-- END OF SCRIPT
Mac OS 9.1.x

Acrobat 8 Replace Pages Doesn't Work???

I am having a strange issue with Acrobat 8 Pro 8.1.6 on Tiger (10.4.11)...
Why is it that when I save a PDF after using Acrobat's Replace Pages feature, the "new" page disappears and the "old" page reappears when doing either a Save or Save As to the PDF??? Upon saving the PDF, it's as though I never made the change to begin with.
This is happening on every PDF I have.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Jon

You need to update the application software as well.

Using Acrobat Pro X on windows 7. The replace pages feature does not work. Is this a known issue? Is there a fix?

Using Acrobat Pro X on windows 7. The replace pages feature does not work. Is this a known issue? Is there a fix?

Hi Todd,
I haven't heard other reports of this (though there was an issue quite some time ago where deleting pages on this combination of Acrobat/OS was challenging).
Can you please tell me what happens when you try to replace pages? Do you get an error message? Are you able to manipulate pages otherwise (delete, extract, and so on)? Is this issue unique to one file, or does it happen with all PDF files?
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Best,
Sara

Problem Replacing pages in Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro

I have a 130 page PDF document with hundreds of links, all of which work and display in their proper position on all pages in original document. I have generated new pages to replace most existing pages & I'm having a problem with the links. Both the original 130 page document & the replacement pages are in landscape 11 X 17" format. When executing a Document|Replace pages command, the page is replaced but the links in the original document are rotated 90 degrees clockwise as if the command thinks I'm dealing with a portrait document. See below:
The above image shows the problem. The new page has replaced the original page but the original page links are rotate 90 degrees clockwise as I attempted to show with the crude red arrow. The box I'm pointing to should have remained at the lower left corner of the displayed page. I could, of course, removed the links and started all over but I'm hoping there is a simpler solution. I don't look forward to replacing over 1300 links.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Pete K.

I'm having the exact same problem, and I am not about to
redo all of the links. Did you ever receive an answer on this? I'm so beyond frustrated right now.

Acrobat 9 Pro: Message "An error exists on this page. Acrobat may not display page correctly.

Hi everyone,
I posted this in September: "Over the past week, I have received pdfs from 2 different graphic design contractors that do not open correctly in Acrobat 9 Pro. There is an error in the document and when I scroll to the page where the error is, I get: "An error exists on this page. Acrobat may not display the page correctly. Please contact the person hwo created the PDF document to correct the problem." I did this, and the contractor remade the pdf 3 times, and I still couldn't open it. This contractor is already using CS5. For the problem today, I haven't asked for it to be remade yet--decided to see if I could find out if anyone else is having the same problem. The second contractor is using CS4. The only thing that I have done differently at my end over the past week is upgrade CS4 to CS5. I already had Acrobat Pro 9 so I didn't update it when I updated my CS5 products. Should I have upgraded Acrobat 9 anyway? Somehow, it doesn't feel right that this is the problem. Any info on this would be appreciated."
I got one response from that posting, suggesting that the pdf was corrupted over email. That wasn't the problem.
What I didn't say above is that whenever I got an error message upon opening the pdf and clicked OK, I got another message: "Insufficient data for an image." I found that one or all of the images in the pdf were missing. Upon further investigation, the contractor and I found that sometimes the error message pointed to a specific font used--that being a Helvetica Bold font. Once we substituted it with a Helvetica Neue LT Std Adobe Opentype font, we no longer had an issue.
However, the problem rose it's ugly head today--what, 6 months later! I'm talking about 2 different pdfs this time.
For PDF#1, I got this error message about the font: "Cannot extract the embedded font 'JNAGNS+HelveticaNeueLTStd-Bd'. Some characters may not display or print correctly." When I click OK, I get another: "Insufficient data for an image." The images don't show up in the pdf. What I don't understand about this pdf is that this is one of those that was fixed in September. The only changes made in the document was to paragraph text--none to the text in the images. When I opened the revised pdf today, I am getting the same message again. This makes no sense.
I returned to my September blog to see if any further advice had been posted, but nada--not even anything from Adobe about it. I goggled until I found where someone suggested running a "Report PDF syntax issues" analysis in Preflight. I did that and even though the analysis showed the pdf passed, I checked the fonts in the list and saw that the one pointed to in the error message showed that a long list of glyphs were missing on both pages of the pdf. I have asked my contractor to replace her font with a new one, in case it has gotten corrupted. Haven't a new pdf to open yet.
Then when I opened PDF#2, I got the message: "An error exists on this page. Acrobat may not display the page correctly. Please contact the person hwo created the PDF document to correct the problem." When I ran the "Report PDF syntax issues" analysis in Preflight, I found got this warning: "Invalid operand(s) for operator (1 match on 1 page)". I clicked through and under "Page Description Errors/Invalid operand(s) for operator", it identifies Operator Name, Stream State, Operators Read, and Traversal Path. Under "Trigger Values" is says "Invalid operand(s) for operator: is true". None of this means a thing to me so I can't figure out what the problem is.
Let me say this: Both the contractor and I are using CS5 and Acrobat Pro 9, on Lion. If it helps, the contractor also sent one of the problem pdfs back in September to my boss who is running Acrobat Pro 9 on Windows 7 and she got the same messages.
Does anyone out there have a suggestion for us? PLEASE HELP!!!!

Thanks to all for posting suggestions. As it turned out, the contractor who was having a problem reinstalled Acrobat 9. She works from home and is emailing the pdfs to me. Things were running smoothly until this past week, when the problem started again. Whenever I get a pdf that won't open properly or print, I asked her to zip it and it is no longer a problem. Last week, I had the same problem start with a contractor in Florida and she also zips the pdf when there is a problem. Now I am thinking the problem might be at my end. I wonder if something is happening to them when they come through our firewall at work. I asked IT about it before but they didn't have a clue what the problem might be. Right now, zipping is the answer...who knows how long that will continue to work.

How do you drag pages from one PDF to replace pages in another?

In Acrobat Pro CS2 for Macintosh you could drag one or more pages from one PDF, and choose whether to insert them into another PDF, or replace pages in the other PDF.
To insert them you dropped the dragged pages between two pages in the Pages panel.
To replace pages in the other PDF you dropped the dragged pages onto a page in the Pages panel.
I recently upgraded to Acrobat CS5, and this no longer seems to work. All you can do is insert.
Of course I can then delete the pages I wanted to replace, but it's now much less convenient, and there's more opportunity for error.
Am I missing something, or has this feature really been removed between CS2 and CS5?

You still can but you have to press command + option when you cursor is hovering over the page you want to replace. A blue border will appear around the page.
So select the new page you are bringing in, drag it over to your main document, keeping the mouse pressed down. Hover over the page you want to replace and press command + option. A blue box will appear around the page. Let go of the mouse and you will get your confirmation message. Press OK, and you are good to go.

Drag/replace pages from one document to another?

Hello,
I've recently upgraded from Acrobat 7 to 9, and a feature I've used for years (since Acrobat 5) doesn't seem to be there anymore... I have a product manual I'm editing, and have a couple of replacement pages with new/updated content. I have them side by side on my screen, and each one as the "Pages" sidebar open, and I'm trying to drag one of the replacement pages from one document, over the corresponding page in the other document.
In earlier versions of Acrobat, I was able to drag the replacement page directly over another page in the other document, and it would simply replace it. All I seem to be able to do in Acrobat 9 is insert it before or after the the "target" page, and then delete the page I want to replace.
Am I missing something here? I hope so, as the way that feature used to work was a lot more convenient! Any help is much appreciated.

Strange how they kill a good feature.
to replace the contents of a page in a Pdf with a replacement.
open PDF you want to alter.
next go to Edit menu > Replace.
when window is open select the new page (PDF) choose replace.
Especially with forms, the form info will stay put while the background info will change.
(Please note information is given by an Experienced User of Acrobat. I am not an employee of Adobe.)

Replacing pages text but preserving «form» pages... A real problem of (wasting) energy and time?

Section A: a bunch of pages with text that are having a lot of changes.
Section B: a bunch of pages with forms already approved.
(Of section B have a already a PDF file with fields, buttons, links, etc, absolutely perfect)
Problem: change in section A a lot of pages.
Two ways: one, is replacig in the new PDF —now with many changes in section A — just the PDF section B pages already right.
In this procedure pages are indeed changed but field are lost...; the second way (I am using against any logic as time and energy are related) is copy-paste all the fields and buttons from the «good» PDF of section B to the new PDF with changes already made in section A.
What's wrong?
Why the file gets sick and does not allow to do this?
Going back to export as IDML is not enough.
Inserting the perfect pages of section B in the new PDF (either removing before or later the inadequate pages) damages the TOC in the new PDF and the hyperlinks related no page numbering get dead.
And inserting/replacing new section A in the old section B claims again for a loss of links as the PDF file has been made up of two parts. (?)

No, is not at all a problem related to maintaining forms.
All the contrary.
Please be kind and read again the post, is a problem with links, with the integrity of the file, with anomalies in behavior, just with many things far beyond the user that can not be reduced to that known resource:
http://indesignsecrets.com/designing-forms-with-indesign-acrobats-replace-pages-feature-is -at-your-service.php

Using Replace Pages in accessible PDF's

Hi - Brand new to this forum. Hoping someone can help... I have an existing tagged and accessible PDF - needed content update, so did that in Word, created a new tagged and accessible PDF, and used Replace pages to insert the new pages into the existing PDF. Acrobat Help says when you replace pages in a PDF, Acrobat adds the tags from the incoming pages to the end of the tag tree... and keeps the tags for the replaced pages. That didn't happen - the tags from the incoming pages are not there and, in fact, the tags that were in the existing PDF are not there anymore either - now it just says "Warning, empty page". Any ideas?

Hi kvd,
I guess my nomenclature may be presumptive. All I should have said is that the most appropriate method I have discovered for retaining tagging and all other accessibility functionality has been the Combine command. Replace Pages sometimes works and most of the time (lately) is doesn’t. My experience with Insert Pages has not been consistently successful either.
What you mean by a workflow I don’t fully understand. Do you mean an automated action? Unless you consistently use the same page numbers in every document, I don't know how you could automate it. Also, I have not been able to find specific process treatment about combining tagged PDFs. This has been a result of testing and experimentation.
Let me know if you have any other questions.

Replacing pages in accessible PDF's

Hi - Brand new to this forum. Hoping someone can help... I have an existing tagged, tested and accessible PDF - needed content update, so did that in Word, created a new tagged, tested and accessible PDF, and used Replace pages to insert the new pages into the existing PDF. Acrobat Help says when you replace pages in a PDF, Acrobat adds the tags from the incoming pages to the end of the tag tree... and keeps the tags for the replaced pages. That didn't happen - the tags from the incoming pages are not there and, in fact, the tags that were in the existing PDF are not there anymore either - now it just says "Warning, empty page". Any ideas?
Thanks greatly!

Hi Bill@VT,
Thanks for your response. Presently, I have AA Pro XI and Word 2007. I am confused - it seems the Adobe help material is saying different things - my pages say the new tags will come with the new pages, and your pages say not?
I am suspecting some of the problem may be coming from the fact that these documents have been created over many years using various versions of Word and Adobe Acrobat - since I got Pro XI, some pdf's that used to work OK for our people using screen reader technology suddenly don't read correctly anymore. I need to repair anything not working, and I need to create a new workflow process for myself to create accessible Word documents from the start. I'm thinking it may be cleaner to just start over and create all brand new Word documents with accessibility, maybe in Word 2010 or 2013, and then run them through Adobe Acrobat "Make Accessible" function and checker.

Can't replace pages...ideas?

On Acrobat 8 ProfessionalI created a word doc, converted it to a pdf. I then turned it into a form and edited it in Live Cycle 7. Now, I cannot replace pages, the option is shadowed out in the menu. No security is turned on. Can you help with why?

NO it is not the same.
AcroForms was the form structure developed by Acrobat and is more text based while LiveCycle Designer was developed by JetFroms using the new XML format, which could be placed within a PDF wrapper and displayed by Acrobat/Reader and the XML form has a limited Acrobat JavaScript interface.
You have to use Acrobat's AcroForm Toolbar to add and modify form fields if you are going to replace the underlying pages.

Shortcut Method for Replace Pages dialog box

What is the keyboard shortcut method for bringing up the Replaces Pages dialog box. I use Replace Pages function a lot in preparing PDF documents and need a faster method than using Mouse on Tools right sidebar. I note that shortcut key for inserting pages is Cntrl-Shift-I -- what is shortcut for Replace Pages. In previous Acrobat 9, I could use alt-DNR, which brought up Replaces Pages dialog box via the menu, but there no longer is a Document item in the menu bar -- it has been removed. Please, this is VERY important to me. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your quick reply. You have confirmed my worst fear. But anyway -- going forward ..... in your opinion, what is the best way to get information to Adobe on ideas for improvement so that future version or maybe even an update for this version could have something like what I need, that is, shortcut key for Replace Pages -- or ability to access customized quick tools via keyboard, etc. Is there someone keeping a list of these things that I can write to? Thanks again. (And don't worry, I won't extend this discussion past your hoped-for reply.)

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