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PDF - put location of the PDF on the PDF.

I deal with thousands of PDF's and often have a hard time remembering exactly where I saved one.
Is it possible to put the location of where the PDF is stored on the actual PDF?
Thank you,
Richie

Joe Winograd

Hi Richie,
I'm confused by your question. If you have a hard time remembering exactly where you saved one, how did you find it in order to open it?! In any case, if you've managed to open the PDF, its location may be displayed via File>Properties>Description. But if you're talking about putting its location on the PDF itself, that depends on how you create the PDF. Some PDF creators/printers allow specification of fields in the header and footer, one of which could be the fully qualified file name. Regards, Joe

ramramcat

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Hi Joe,
Thanks for the reply.
The PDF is created by Acrobat 10.0 standard.
Do you know if this header / footer accommodates the file location?
Richie

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ramramcat

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Hi Joe:

Your help has been priceless.

Thank you,
Richie

Joe Winograd

Hi Richie,

You're very welcome. Happy to help. I submitted the following to Nuance:

Subject: Enhancement request for Bates Numbering feature of Power PDF Advanced

One of the Macros in the Bates Numbering feature of Power PDF Advanced is File Name, which places only the file name/file type. I'd like to see a new Macro that places the fully qualified file name/file type, i.e., with the drive/path. I recommend calling it Full File Name. And, if you want to be comprehensive (and consistent with the Component Object Model - COM), you could add a Macro for File Path, with the relationship that Full File Name is the File Path followed by the File Name (assuming that File Path ends in a backslash - if not, have a File Separator macro).

Regards, Joe