Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard

Add custom cover sheets to PDF packages

Each PDF package includes a cover sheet, which appears each time you open the file. Typically, the cover sheet provides instructions or information that is helpful to users reading the package. The default cover sheet is the Adobe template, which briefly discusses viewing PDF packages.

The cover sheet does not appear in the list of component PDFs. However, you can go back to the cover sheet by clicking the Cover Sheet button  in the PDF package navigation bar.

  1. Using the authoring application of your choice, create the cover sheet.
  2. In Acrobat, choose File > Combine Files, and proceed as usual to select files, folders, and pages, and to choose a conversion option, and click Next. Be sure to include your custom cover sheet as one of the files, and then click Next.
  3. Select Assemble Files Into A PDF Package.
  4. Select the custom cover sheet source file, and drag it or click the Move Up button until it appears at the top of the list.
  5. Under Select Cover Sheet, choose Use First Document, and then click Create.
  6. When the conversion is complete, click Save and specify and location and name for the PDF package file.