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Stinky The Clown

(67,808 posts)
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 06:19 PM Mar 2013

Does anyone know Acrobat X 10.1.6? I can *not* figure out how to flatten a file.

I often mark up PDFs with handwritten notes, my signature, etc. When saved, all these annotations are individual elements that can be moved, copied, some even edited.

I want to be able to "flatten" them into the underlying file so they are the same as if the file were scanned in. That is to say, so no one can change my notes.

I used to be able to do this on previous versions, when Adobe installed a printer driver and you were able to "print" to PDF. This is no longer possible, as you know. Now we can only save as a PDF. This is true whether you try to print from the program or if you try to print from the standard Mac printer dialogues.

I have tried exporting as an image file and then printing that, but the image degradation is unacceptable.

H.E.L.P ! !

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