Help! How can I recover PDF saved as Package Cover Page

[leon...@adobeforums.com]

hello,

I created a PDF Package in Acrobat 8. I chose to use the first document (a complex form)as the cover page. I did not realize that the default cover page would have told users that they need to use or upgrade to the free Reader version 8 which I've had to send a separate e-mail to inform them.

Subsequently we made substantial upgrades and saved the package several times over. Now it seems that the form exists only as a cover page and can't be accessed as a separate PDF.

For example, I deleted all files but the cover page and saved the package PDF with only the now "cover page" within. I then attempted to add the package PDF to a new package hoping that the cover pages would revert to a separate document but it doesn't work. I cannot free my much changed form from the status of "cover page" to a distinct PDF document.

Help!

[William_...@adobeforums.com]

Anything you save in AA8, particularly with AA8 only features will not be backward compatible. Previous versions may be able to read the document, but do not expect all of the features to be there.

If AA8 Pro is like AA6 and AA7 Pro, you can use FILE>Reduce File Size or Advanced>PDF Optimize to save to a previous version. However, any AA8 only features will be lost or approximated (maybe) with a variation of the prior version.

[leon...@adobeforums.com]

William,

thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, neither method had any effect. The Advanced > PDF Optimize fails as the "Cover Page" is apparently backward compatible to all versions of Acrobat.

I still end up with a Package containing only the form "cover sheet" and no separable PDF document. I've saved all the way back to Acrobat 4 compatible but still I am unable to add the form to a new PDF.

I've tried to save the "cover page" to Acrobat 4 compatible form. Then combine it with a blank page PDF document but I et nothing but the blank page as a result.

The File > Reduce File Size is not in Acrobat 8. I will try to install Acrobat 7 on another computer and see if it has the Reduce File Size command. But I fear that the "cover page" designation is not accessible by normal means.

Anyone with any experience with this?

[William_...@adobeforums.com]

You are sending the other PDFs along with the cover, aren't you? They should probably be set to be backward compatible also.

[Aandi_...@adobeforums.com]

Once you saved back to an older version the file cannot be a package
any longer. Your packaged PDF files MIGHT be available as attachments,
unless you had the PDF optimizer option set to remove attachments, in
which case it has gone.

In general, a package opened in earlier versions of PDF might make the
package elements available as attachments.

Aandi Inston

[Leonard_...@adobeforums.com]

use Document->Extract Page to extract the "cover page" to a new PDF.

Leonard