Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

Organize PDF collections

You can manage PDF collections in the Organizer window.

Add a PDF to a collection

 Do any of the following:
  • Right-click/Control-click the collection, choose Add Files, select one or more PDFs, and click Add.

  • Right-click/Control-click the PDF in the files pane, and choose Add To A Collection > [collection name].

  • Drag a PDF from Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder to the collection in the categories pane.

  • After selecting a subcategory in the History, My Computer, or Favorite Places category, drag a PDF from the files pane to the desired collection.

  • In Acrobat, open the PDF and choose File > Organizer > Add To A Collection. Then either select the collection to which you want to add the PDF or click New Collection, type a name, and click Create.

    You can open any PDF from a collection by using the Open button  in the Organizer window or by choosing the PDF filename from a submenu directly in Acrobat. To open a PDF from a collection in Acrobat, choose Collections > [collection name] > [PDF filename] from either the File > Organizer submenu or the Organizer menu  in the File toolbar.

Edit the collection folders

  • To rename a collection, right-click/Control-click the collection name, choose Rename Collection, and then type the new name.
  • To delete a collection, right-click/Control-click the collection name, choose Delete Collection, and then click Yes in the confirmation dialog box. The PDF files within the collection aren’t deleted from their original locations.
  • To create a new collection, click the Create A New Collection button  in the Organizer window. Or, in Acrobat, choose File > Organizer > Create A New Collection. Type a name for the collection.

Move a PDF to a different collection

 To move a PDF from one collection to another, select the collection that contains the PDF, right-click/Control-click the PDF file in the files pane, and choose Move To Collection > [collection name].

Remove a PDF from a collection

 To remove a PDF from a collection, select the collection, right-click/Control-click the PDF in the files pane, and choose Remove From [collection name].