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1. In Acrobat, choose Tools > Prepare Form.

2. Choose Create New, and click Start.

Save the PDF: In the upper-left corner of the Acrobat window, click the Save icon, choose the location where you want to save the file, name the file, and then click Save.

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3. Click Add Text in the toolbar, and type wherever you want to add text or any other information in your form.

4. To add a logo or image in the form, choose the Add Image tool in the toolbar, select the image, click OK, and then place it at the desired location. Adjust the size or location of the image as appropriate.

5. To change existing text or images, click Edit in the toolbar. All the text and image fields are enabled for editing.

6. Add fields using the form field tools in the toolbar. Delete, resize, or arrange the fields as needed. To add a field:

In the toolbar, click the tool corresponding to the field type, or right-click anywhere in the form and then choose the tool.
Click on the desired location in the form to place the selected field.
Set the field properties. The field properties vary by form field type.

While you’re adding fields, click Preview to see how they look. Click Edit to come back to the editing mode.

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7. Once you have completed adding form fields, save the form.

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1. Open the Combine Files tool

Open the Combine Files tool using the shortcut in the right pane or from the Tools center, accessed at the top left.

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2. Add files to combine

Choose from a variety of file types — multiple PDF files, Microsoft Word documents, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, jpg images, other images, emails, and more — to merge into one PDF.

Select Add Files and navigate to the location of the files you wish to add. You can add files or a folder from your computer, or add content directly from a scanner, web page, or your Clipboard.
Select one or more files to add.
Click the Add Files button.

Repeat these steps as many times as necessary to include all of the content you’d like to combine into your final PDF. Alternatively, you can drag and drop files you want to combine directly from your desktop or file system.

3. Preview document contents

Once you add all of your PDF files and other documents, you can hover your mouse over one of the file thumbnails and click the magnifying glass to see an enlarged preview.

Click the X in the upper right-hand corner to close the Preview.

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4. Arrange pages in multi-page documents

You can expand multi-page documents by clicking the expand icon that appears at the top right of the file thumbnail when you hover your cursor over it. When you click the expand icon, you will see thumbnails of each page in the file so you can verify which pages you want to add to the combined PDF.

If desired, you can rearrange individual pages in a document or around other documents in the Combine Files dialog box.

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5. Delete pages

To remove unwanted pages or files, click the file or page preview, then click the Remove trash can icon.

Note: Use Shift + click to select a series of pages to remove. Use Cmd (Mac) + click or Ctrl (Win) + click to select specific pages to remove. When you select pages, they are removed only from the combined PDF file. The original file remains intact.

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6. Reorder pages

To reorder pages, click the page thumbnail and drag it to its new location. A blue line indicates where the page will be placed once you release your mouse.

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7. Click Combine to merge the files

When you’re finished, click Combine. Acrobat automatically names the new merged PDF file (e.g., Binder1.pdf) and opens it once it finishes processing. From here, you can save, rename, edit, and review the new document as necessary.

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You can rotate all or selected pages in a document. Rotation is based on 90° increments. You can rotate pages using the rotate tools in the Page Thumbnails pane or using the Rotate option (described below).

1. Open the PDF in Acrobat DC, and then choose Tools > Organize Pages or choose Organize Pages from the right pane.

The Organize Pages toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar.

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2. In the secondary toolbar, specify the page range on which you want to apply the rotation.

You can choose Even Pages, Odd Pages, Landscape Pages, Portrait Pages, or All Pages, or you can enter the page number you want to operate on.

3. After specifying the page range, for Direction, select either counterclockwise 90 Degrees or clockwise 90 Degrees .

4. You can also apply the page rotation on a specific page by clicking the counterclockwise or clockwise rotation buttons displayed in the page thumbnail view.

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To temporarily change your view of the page, choose View > Rotate View > Clockwise or Counterclockwise. The original page orientation is restored the next time you open the PDF.

Extraction is the process of reusing selected pages from one PDF in another PDF. Extracted pages contain not only the content but also all form fields, comments, and links associated with the original page content.

You can leave the extracted pages in the original document or remove them during the extraction process—comparable to the familiar processes of cutting-and-pasting or copying-and-pasting, but on the page level.

Note: Any bookmarks or article threading associated with pages are not extracted.

1. Open the PDF in Acrobat DC, and then choose Tools > Organize Pages or choose Organize Pages from the right pane.

The Organize Pages toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar.

2. In the secondary toolbar, click Extract.

A new toolbar appears below the secondary toolbar, containing commands specific to the Extract operation.

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3. Specify the range of pages to extract.

You can choose Even Pages, Odd Pages, Landscape Pages, Portrait Pages, or All Pages, or you can enter the page number you want to operate on.

4. In the new toolbar, do one or more of the following before you click Extract:

To remove the extracted pages from the original document, select Delete Pages After Extracting.
To create a single-page PDF for each extracted page, select Extract Pages As Separate Files.
To leave the original pages in the document and create a single PDF that includes all extracted pages, leave both checkboxes deselected.

The extracted pages are placed in a new document.

Note: The creator of a PDF document can set security settings to prevent page extraction. To view the security settings for a document, choose File > Properties, and select the Security tab.

You can split one or more PDFs into multiple smaller PDFs. When splitting a PDF, you can specify the split by the maximum number of pages, maximum file size, or top-level bookmarks.

1. Open the PDF in Acrobat DC, and then choose Tools > Organize Pages or choose Organize Pages from the right pane.

The Organize Pages toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar.

2. In the secondary toolbar, click Split.

A new toolbar appears below the secondary toolbar, containing commands specific to the Split operation.

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3. In the Split By drop-down list, select the criteria for dividing the document:

Number of Pages - Specify the maximum number of pages for each document in the split.

File Size - Specify the maximum file size for each document in the split.

Top-level Bookmarks - If the document includes bookmarks, create a separate document for each top-level bookmark.

4. To specify a target folder for the split files and filename preferences, click Output Options. Specify the options as needed, and then click OK.

5. (Optional) To apply the same split to multiple documents, click Split Multiple Files. In the Split Documents dialog box, click Add Files, and choose Add Files,Add Folders, or Add Open Files. Select the files or folder, and then click OK.

You can use page thumbnails in the Navigation pane or the Document area to copy or move pages within a document and to copy pages between documents.

1. Open the PDF in Acrobat DC, and then choose Tools > Organize Pages or choose Organize Pages from the right pane.

The Organize Pages toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar, and the page thumbnails are displayed in the Document area.

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2. Select one or more page thumbnails.

3. Do one of the following:

To move a page, drag the page number box for the corresponding page thumbnail,l or the thumbnail itself,f to the new location. A bar appears to show the new position of the page thumbnail. The pages are renumbered.
To cut or copy a page, right-click and choose Cut or Copy. Click between the page thumbnails where you want to paste the page. A blue horizontal marker shows the selected location where you want to paste. Right-click and choose Paste. You can also paste the pages into another PDF.

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Note: You can also perform the above operations in the left navigation pane by clicking the Page Thumbnails button.

1. Open both PDFs and display them side by side.

Note: Choose Window > Tile > Vertically to display the PDFs side by side.

2. Open the Page Thumbnails panels for both PDFs. Alternatively, go to Tools > Organize Pages on both the PDFs.

Note: Click the Page Thumbnails button in the left navigation pane to open the Page Thumbnail panel.

3. Select the page you want to cut or copy. If you want to select more than one page, press Ctrl and then select the pages. Right-click the page thumbnail and select Copy.

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4. In the page thumbnails of the target PDF, click between the page thumbnails where you want to paste the page. A blue horizontal marker shows the selected location where you want to paste. Right-click and choose Paste. The page is copied into the document, and the pages are renumbered. You can also paste the pages into another PDF.

Alternatively, you can also drag the page thumbnail into the Page Thumbnails panel of the target PDF.

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Note: You cannot undo the Delete command.

1. Choose Tools > Organize Pages or choose Organize Pages from the right pane.

The Organize Pages toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar, and the page thumbnails are displayed in the Document area.

2. Specify the range of pages to delete.

You can choose Even Pages, Odd Pages, Landscape Pages, Portrait Pages, or All Pages, or you can enter the page number(s) you want to delete.

3. In the secondary toolbar, click Delete Pages, and click OK to confirm.

You cannot delete all pages; at least one page must remain in the document.

The page numbers on the document pages do not always match those that appear below the page thumbnails and in the Page Navigation toolbar. Pages are numbered with integers, starting with page 1 for the first page of the document. Because some PDFs may contain front matter, such as a copyright page and table of contents, their body pages may not follow the numbering shown in the Page Navigation toolbar.

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You can number the pages in your document in various ways. You can specify a different numbering style for a group of pages, such as 1, 2, 3, or i, ii, iii, or a, b, c. You can also customize the numbering system by adding a prefix. For example, the numbering for chapter 1 could be 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, and so on, and for chapter 2, it could be 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, and so on.

Note: Using the Number Pages command affects only the page thumbnails on the Pages panel. You can physically add new page numbers to a PDF using the headers and footers feature.

1. In the left navigation pane, click the Page Thumbnails button to open the Page Thumbnails panel.

2. Choose Page Labels from the Options menu.

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3. Specify a page range. (Selected refers to pages selected in the Page Thumbnails panel.)

4. Begin New Section - Starts a new numbering sequence. Choose a style from the pop-up menu, and enter a starting page number for the section. Specify a Prefi, if desired.

Extend Numbering Used In Preceding Section To Selected Pages - Continues the numbering sequence from previous pages without interruption.

With Adobe DC, the possibilities for creating a PDF are endless. Above, we've provided you with the most common questions. In this area, you will find additional links to useful resources for creating a PDF.

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»Adobe Tools and Resources

Adobe DC - Create a Form From Scratch

Acrobat DC - PDF Accessibility

Adobe DC - How to combine files into a PDF

Adobe DC - How to Rotate Pages in a PDF

Adobe DC - How to Extract Pages From a PDF

Adobe DC - How to Split PDFs into Multiple Documents

Adobe DC - How to Move or Copy Pages in a PDF

Adobe DC - Copying Pages Between PDFs, using page thumbnails

Adobe DC - How to Delete Pages, Using the Delete Command

Adobe DC - How to Renumber Pages in a PDF

Adobe DC - Additional Resources