Buttons not sticky???

It's possible that the problem pages have a different geometry than the other pages, size and/or rotation.

Were any of these pages imported from a different source than the main document? or did all pages come from the same original document?

Thom Parker
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One of the pages is certainly of a different size, as it quite a bit wider than the rest, but that page has the Menu button in the right place. The other pages all seem to be the same size, regardless of whether the Menu button in in the right place, the wrong place, or missing.

The document was created by assembling a collection of about 8 documents, with an index page document, and then merging them into a single document. The missing buttons are located in a few (but not all) pages in two of the merged documents.

I tried to create the Menu buttons using the duplicate function, but what appears to be the same set of pages don't get a duplicate button, although most pages do. I also tried to manually create a button on those particular pages, but that also does not work.

I tried to add a button to one of the original pdf documents to see if I could put a menu button on one of the "bad" pages there. I can but a button on the page in the original document, so it appears that something has happened after I merged the documents.

You've probably found a bug in Acrobat. It's interesting that you can't manually add a button to the pages that have a problem. It seems to indicate there there is a massive problem with the internal geometry of those pages. You may be able to fix the issue by running one of either the Optimizer or Preflight options, but I couldn't say which one.

Another option may be to place the buttons on the pages before they are assembled into a single PDF.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]