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Merging/Combining PDF's into one PDF

I have a user with Acrobat 7 installed on a replacement laptop which has Win7.

He says on his old machine he could select 2-3 files in Windows Explorer, right click, and he would have an option to merge of combine into a single PDF.

Is that an option that is set somewhere in Acrobat 7?

IKtech

Do you have this registry key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Adobe.Acrobat.Context Menu with DWORD value: {D25B2CAB-8A9A-4517-A9B2-CB5F68A5A802}

If not then create it manually.

If you would rather not mess with the registry i think you can do the same thing by opening adobe first choose File > Create > Combine Files Into A Single PDF.

Also google pdfsam. It is free software that will allow you to combine pdf files.

captain

I think the problem is that it is Acrobat 7 and Windows 7. Whilst that sounds good it is 10 years apart and Acrobat 7 simply is not compatible with Win7, I suspect that the old PC was XP hence the shell integration worked but the Win 7 is not there.

I am not sure if the above hack will work and before you embark on that journey I would want to get reassurance that this hack has been proven to make Acrobat 7 work with Win 7...

I doubt that it is a Acrobat 7 solution as I don't recall the File>Create being a A7 menu option, but I may be wrong. It is a long time since I played with A7.

I think realistically your user should upgrade to 9 at least but this now no longer officially sold so it would have to be either your friendly auction site or via a retailer that still stocks this.

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snyperj

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Thanks- we need to upgrade we have learned.-

Joe Winograd

You're welcome. I think upgrading is the right decision. Regards, Joe