Replacing pages from other PDF files

Every now and then in editing a PDF document, you come across a situation where you need to replace just certain pages in the file. Keep in mind when you’re replacing an original page with an updated version that only the text and graphics on the original page are replaced by those on the updated page. All interactive elements associated with the original page remain and carry over to the updated page (this could potentially cause problems if the links carried over from the original page no longer match up with buttons or linked text in the updated version).
As with cropping pages, Acrobat offers you two different ways to replace a page or pages in a PDF document. In the first method, you open just the document, select the page or pages to be replaced, and then use the Replace Pages command to specify the PDF document (which doesn’t have to be open) and the page or pages in it to replace the selected pages. In the second method, you use a variation of drag-and-drop, where you drag a thumbnail of the replacement page from its Pages palette onto the page it’s replacing in its Pages palette (of course, to do this, you must have both documents open, tiled side by side, with both of their Pages palettes selected). Use the first method when you’re sure (without looking) which pages in what PDF document to use as the replacements for the currently selected pages. Use the second method when you want to have a visual check as you make the replacements in your PDF document. The steps for using the first method with the Replace Pages command are as follows:

1. Open the document that has the page or pages that need replacing in Acrobat 6; make sure that all changes are saved in the file. If you’re not sure if the changes have been saved, choose File➪Save.
2. Open the Pages palette in the Navigation pane and select the thumbnail( s) of the page or pages that need replacing (Shift+click to select multiple pages).
3. Select Replace Pages on the Options menu at the top of the Pages palette. The Select File with New Pages dialog box opens.
4. Open the folder and select the file icon of the PDF document that contains the replacement pages, and then click the Select button. The Replace Pages dialog box opens.
5. Check the page numbers that appear in the Replace Pages and To text boxes in the Original section of the dialog box to make sure that they represent the one(s) you mean to replace.
6. Enter the page number of the first page of the replacement range in the With Pages text box. Acrobat replaces the same number of pages from the replacement PDF as are designated in the Replace Pages range.
7. Click the OK button.

The Acrobat alert dialog box appears, asking you to confirm the replacements.
Click the Yes button to make the replacements.