Suggestion: Please make the Combine Files dialog modal to the Acrobat application instance.

I often combine files into a PDF with Acrobat (XI). It is annoying that the main Acrobat window is shown while the Combine Files dialog window is open. I often review other PDF files during the process of selection for later combination. It happens far too often, that I accidentally close the Combine Files instance main Acrobat window during the process and subsequently lose the already specified file selection. I would suggest to make the Combine Files dialog modal for the Acrobat instance so that users would have to close the Combine Files dialog first, before closing the instance. I would appreciate this in a future update. Thanks a lot.
Acrobat installé : C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 11.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe
    Version : 11.0.03.37
    Date de création : 2013/05/11
    Heure de création : 12:37:32
Cartes graphiques : NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
    Version : 9.18.13.2018
    Vérification : OK
Détails d’Acrobat :
   Sandboxing : Désactivé
   Captive Reader : Non
   Lecteur multiple sur un bureau : Désactivé
Détails de l’affichage :
   Largeur d’écran : 1920
   Hauteur d’écran : 1080
   Nombre de moniteurs : 1
   Nombre de boutons de la souris : 3
   Possède une roulette : Oui
   Possède un stylet Windows : Non
   Jeu de caractères codés sur deux octets : Non
   Possède un éditeur de méthode d’entrée : Oui
   Dans l’environnement du lecteur d’écran : Non
Détails de la session :
   Type de démarrage : Normal
   En cours d’arrêt : Non
   Réseau : Disponible
   Dans l’environnement Citrix : Non
   Dans l’environnement VMWare : Non
   Session à distance : Non
   Contrôle à distance : Non
Détails du compte :
   Droits utilisateur : Standard
   Contrôle de compte d’utilisateur : Par défaut
   Intégrité du processus : Non défini
   Type de profil : Aucun
Détails sur Windows :
   Tablet PC : Oui
   Starter Edition : Non
   Media Center Edition : Oui
   Ordinateur lent : Non
Dossier temporaire :C:\Users\Emploi\AppData\Local\Temp\
Dossier Windows :C:\Windows
Fabricant du système d'exploitation :Microsoft Corporation
Fuseau horaire :Paris, Madrid
Mémoire physique disponible :1783552 KB
Mémoire physique totale :3669304 KB
Mémoire virtuelle disponible :1922544 KB
Mémoire virtuelle totale :2097024 KB
Messagerie par défaut :Microsoft Outlook
    mapi32.dll
    Version : 1.0.2536.0 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Date de création : 2010/11/20
    Heure de création : 23:29:12
Moniteur :
    Nom :NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
    Résolution :1920 x 1080 x 59
    Bits par pixel :32
Navigateur par défaut :C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
    Version : 10.00.9200.16521 (win8_gdr_soc_ie.130216-2100)
    Date de création : 2013/07/10
    Heure de création : 10:54:20
Nom du système :PRIVÉ-WT
Nom du système d'exploitation :Microsoft Windows Vista
Nom d'utilisateur :Emploi
Paramètres régionaux :Français (France)
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Taille de la page :4194303 KB
Version BIOS :A_M_I - 9001119
Version du système d'exploitation :6.1.7601 Service Pack 1

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