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Re: avoid automatic (?) rotation when combining multiple files into 1 pdf

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:39:06 GMT

Some additional info:

main issue: how to avoid files to be rotated during combining? The rotating is not the real issue - however when applying the stamp using Ctrl-C => Ctrl-V the apllied stamp seems to track the original position of the file .... Amazing however: when adding a stamp with Adobe acrobat the "common" way the orientation of the stamp is OK !!
Also: files to be combined do not always have same original size (A3 - A1 - A0 sometimes also A4 or A2 !!) so I do quite often have to re-size my stamp. Do realize I can probably solve this by printing the "binder"document to a pdf first - with setting A3 paper size. I'll try it first !
Would be nice to be able to insert a stamp on each sheet of the binder-document with 1 action (Macro ?) and - importatnt - have the stamp located at same position on each page. Would still require a check as draughtsman don't always leave free space available at same location (if any at all )

Re: avoid automatic (?) rotation when combining multiple files into 1 pdf

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:39:34 GMT

Yes I am. Select all required files and right hand click gives option in the pop up. By the way: Acrobat has all available updates installed but I don't think that will have anything to do with it ...

Re: avoid automatic (?) rotation when combining multiple files into 1 pdf

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:42:54 GMT

Do you use "Combine files in Acrobat..." ?

avoid automatic (?) rotation when combining multiple files into 1 pdf

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:46:47 GMT

As I do often have to mark up (stamp) and print large number of single A3 size pdfs (converted dwg files) I am combining them (explorer) into 1 new pdf. Thus enabling just 1 print job instead of 50-100 !

So far no problem - combining works fine & all drawings are even landscape.

However when applying custom stamp on each sheet (first time all the way in acrobat - all next sheets with copy - paste because:

much faster
often resizing required
sometimes even rotating required.

Seems originally not "landscape" orientated files were (at least in the view) re-orientated causing the applied stamp to be 90 - 180 or -90 degrees offset

When I manually remove the stamp on this page and insert a new one via Acobe Acrobat (not copy paste) the orientation is ok. Rather amazing.

Got some more related questions but think 1 step at the time is more convenient.

As often 50-100 dwg's are involved the copy-paste method (after resizing once) turns out most efficient till now.

How can I control / avoid the automatic rotation or anticipate on the (obviously) rotating stamps ?

I will have to move the stamps anyway because I can hardly ever put a stamp at the same position on a drawing.

[It turns out to be almost impossible to get draughtsman to leave an empty space on each drawing ...]

Once again thanks in advance for any suggestion !