Display the organizer window, Resize the organizer and its panes, Sort the files pane list – Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended User Manual

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USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED

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Last updated 9/30/2011

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Display the Organizer window

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Choose File > Organizer > Open Organizer.

It isn’t necessary to open the Organizer window if you want to open a PDF in a collection, create a new collection, add
an open PDF to a collection, or open a PDF from your history of opened PDFs. Choose File > Organizer or File >

History to access commands that let you do all of these things.

Resize the Organizer and its panes

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To resize a pane relative to the other panes, drag the vertical bar that separates two panes.

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To resize the Organizer window, drag the left, right, or bottom edge of the window.

Sort the files pane list

1 If necessary, select a subcategory or folder in the categories pane to display PDFs in the files pane.

2 In the files pane, do any of the following:

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To sort the list of PDF files according to a particular property, choose a property from the Sort By menu.

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To change the sorting direction, click the Ascending Sort Order button

or the Descending Sort Order button

to the right of the Sort By menu.

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To view the location of the selected PDFs, right-click, and choose Show In Windows Explorer.

Organize PDF collections

You can manage PDF collections in the Organizer window.

Add a PDF to a collection

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Do any of the following:

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Right-click the collection, choose Add Files, select one or more PDFs, and click Add.

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

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Drag a PDF from the Desktop or a folder to the collection in the categories pane.

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

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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

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To rename a collection, right-click the collection name, choose Rename Collection, and then type the new name.

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