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1. jrt-tn,

Apr 12, 2012 8:04 AM in reply to Community Help

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Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro - I want to flatten or merge layers. The help says "Click the Layer Button". Well WHERE IS IT OR WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE??? I get so frustrated that the help says something like that and doesn't give any clue where it is or what it looks like. A search for Layer Button doesn't help either. I've been turning toolbars on and off and searching for an hour to try and find the elusive Layer Button. Frankly I think your help files are just horrible.

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2. Bernd Alheit,

Apr 12, 2012 8:07 AM in reply to jrt-tn

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View > Navigation Panels > Layers

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3. Dave Merchant,

Apr 12, 2012 8:45 AM in reply to Community Help

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No need to go anywhere near the menus - it's on the sidebar:

You can control which panels are available by right-clicking the sidebar.

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4. geek-girl-,

Dec 11, 2012 5:11 PM in reply to Dave Merchant

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Thank you for the clarification!

I agree with jrt-tn that the embedded help is lacking in visual clues.

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5. KDel3,

Dec 21, 2012 12:04 PM in reply to Community Help

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in Acrobat Pro XI I found the layers button finally, but it's greyed out-- I have a stamp and text boxes-- are they not layers? If not, how else to flatten without printing to pdf--or is that the only way, as cumbersome as it is?

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6. Test Screen Name,

Dec 21, 2012 1:07 PM in reply to KDel3

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They may or may not be on layers. Everything in a PDF can be on a layer potentially.

Confusingly, flattening in a PDF can be at least three different things. Flattening layers is really nothing but removing the names of layers. Then there is flattening transparency, and flattening comments.

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7. George Johnson,

Dec 21, 2012 4:40 PM in reply to KDel3

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For a simple way of flattening annotations (which includes form fields), you can use this handy free JavaScript-based tool: http://www.uvsar.com/projects/acrobat/flattener/

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