Single page PDF issues! Please fix!!!

When sending or receiving a PDF single page file, my iPad changes the format to something other than a PDF. This make it very difficult to do business with non Mac/iOS users. I know that this is not a hardware issue, it is an operating system issue. I need this fixed in order to have a successful experience.

For all intents and purposes you are trying to do more with Acrobat than designed. Pitstop might do the trick as well as other plug-ins. But the obvious method is to import the scans into ID and do your page numbering there. If you want increased capability try the Adobe request/wish form:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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We have reports that are generated using Sql Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 and are distributed to users by email as a PDF attachment. This worked fine in iOS 7 but ever since users have updated to iOS 8 the single page PDF is missing even though it has the paper clip icon indicating there is an attachment with the email. If the PDF is multiple pages then the PDF icon would appear but there seems to be a problem with the single page pdf that is embedded on the mail app in iOS 8.
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Can you check your email headers, I have also noticed this for reports that are generated using Sql Server Reporting Services 2008 R2. It could to be due to the Content-ID header I believe.
As a single page attachment on iPad will try and display inline, the Content_ID header is possibly affecting this and showing a small blank square as the image instead. Although this isn't defined as inline within the Content-Disposition header and will appear as an attachment on Outlook.

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Hello billsbs,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that when you add a PDF to mail you see its entire contents, but when you add two or more pages Mail shows them as a document icon. To change this behavior for that specific email, please follow the instructions in the attached article.
Mac OS X Mail: About PDF attachments
Have a great day,
Joe

AS) export single page PDFs from multi-artboards

I'm not exactly sure where my new problem lies. I'm trying to save out single page PDFs from an Illustrator CS4 document with multiple artboards. Each artboard should become a PDF. I can get a multi page PDF, but when it saves single page files, I get white PDFs with error messages on them (I think it is saving .ai files with a .pdf extension).
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This script appears to work in as far as I get 3 files with just one artboard showing when I open the files in Adobe Reader. Problem is when I open them in AI, I can see all the artwork is still there and even more stranger is the fact that the numbers are still 1,2,3 whereas in Reader it's just page i showing as page 1 each time.
This could be a problem when the application I'm writing generates an image structure from the files if it sticks the excess data onto the GPU (not sure if it will or not). If it includes all the data, also it just makes the Application footprint bigger by a 8 MB or so of unnecessary baggage. An issue for a 'light weight' app.
I noticed the export ExportArtboardsPhotoshop.jsx script has this line:
psdExportOptions.saveMultipleArtboards = true;
It works in that context but in PDF context it only works in terms of what Reader shows not what exists in the files. Good one Adobe… Makes me wonder what the Multiple art boards method did before AI had multiple art boards. How was AI dividing the objects?!
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This is truly a painful exercise!

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I have set up a template with Place holders for the pdf to be placed in, then to place the pdf all i have to do is click inside each of the place holders and wala they are there.
So on my 8up template i have all my required items ie: colour bars, crop marks, and guides all on their own layers, and the 8 boxes on their own layer, I import the PDF loading my curser, click on a box and artwork is placed exactly where I need it to be.
You are right about step and repeat being one way of doing this, but I think my way if I can work it out will be even faster, no mesurements to remember no typing just 8 quick clicks.
If by any chance I need more then 8 up adding a page is no problems the boxes are on the master page and I just release the objects on the artwork layer and its ready to go again as many times as I need it.
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I'm trying to create a single page PDF that, when attached to
email, will not show up as the single page itself, but only as the
Acrobat icon (until it is clicked on and opened). I realize if I
made the PDF two pages it would only show up as the icon. But is
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Acrobat icon rather than just appear as the single page PDF when
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Thank you for your posting. These forums are specific to the
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cover the Acrobat family of desktop products. Please visit the
following forums for any questions related to the Acrobat family of
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I have been having the same problem... Here is how I solved it.
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I need to combine elements of two different PDFs into one, single page PDF.
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Unfortunately, another $700 software purchase is not in the cards and I can’t wrap my mind around why it should be necessary. It seems so nonsensical to me that Acrobat has all these advanced functions for editing, combining, making portfolios etc., yet can not perform the simple task of cutting and pasting between two documents.
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In my current project, the pdfs are all the same size as the ID document page size.
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Al

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(btw, a similar script for illustrator artboards would be very useful too!)
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scott zanelli made one years ago. does a fantastic job.
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Hi,
I'm using InDesign 5.5.
My goal is to export a multipage InDesign file into single page PDFs but each single PDF must be uniquely named.
For example;
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InDesignFileName_734876882.00.pdf
...and so on.
I've spent a great deal of time searching online and the closest I have found is software called Output Factory which works fine.
The way Output Factory works is by placing a script label within a textframe on the master page in InDesign. Then whatever is typed into the text frame on each the separate pages defines the file name of each separate page.
However if I can solve this problem without any investment costs my boss will be very happy
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S

Thanks Peter but but I don't think this is what I'm looking for.
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How do I prevent single-page PDFs from appearing inline in the email body?

When someone sends me a multiple page PDF, the email contains an attachment icon. When I click on the icon, the PDF is opened full-screen. When I click on the screen, icons appear including a box with an arrow pointing up. Clicking on this icon, lets me send the PDF to other applications such as iBooks.
When someone sends me a single-page PDF, the PDF is displayed inline in the body of the email and I do not see a way to send the PDF to other applications. Is there a way to view the PDF full-screen and thus send the document to other applications?
I have the new iPad (v3) running iOS 7.

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Hi there,
Your discussion was moved to the Acrobat Forms forum: the folks here should be well suited to answer your question.
Best,
Sara

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