printing combined PDF package

Actually, they do print in the order they are listed in the package. What you see on the screen, can be different from this order because of the display sorting options. Sort by Modified date to list them in the order they are stored in the PDF.

OK, my files in the package are not printing in order, but they are not printing in date order either. I can't figure out WHAT the order is. Seems like the order they SHOULD print is the Index number order.

If you are using the PDF package for a policy & procedure manual whose sections get updated at different times, seems like the index number is the most important.

I am trying to print my PDF portfolio in the specific order that I created the layout. I added a Sort Order column and numbered it 1 - 20 for each PDF, and tried printing it. However, the pages did not print in the Sort Order I created - it seems to have printing the PDFs alphabetically. How do I get it to print in the order I requested by adding the Sort Order column?

I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro v. 8. In the combined files function, I do not see a column listing of modified data, so when I add PDFs to the combined files function, they come in as sorted by name. My only option that I can see is to use the move up/down arrow. This is very time consuming and I have several hundred files I would like to combine into a single PDF.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

If the files are in the right order in the navigation panel on the left, highlight them in the panel and print them under 'print selected documents' option (file > print > print selected documents), they will print in the order you have put them in this way.

A tutorial on this very site describes how to create a PDF package to 'control the user experience.' You create the PDF package, and order the files the way you want them viewed. But no matter how you order them, when you print them out using 'print all documents', it reverts to alphabetical order. This causes a great deal of confusion to the recipients, and extra work in collating, especially PDF packages that contain many files. So, the question that has still not been answered is; When we have put the files in a particular order, for example chapters in a book, how does the recipient, without going through all these work arounds, simply print all documents and get them in that same order? This should be a completely transparent process, and should not require the recipients to know any tricks. I have put the documents in a certain order in the package, and they should not only appear that way to the recipient, but print in that order as well.

I was sent several files by a client. They included more than one Porfolio with numerous separate files inside each portfolio. I am trying to combine all portfolios and have the option to date sort ALL files. How do I accomplish this?

Has anyone answered keithb's post? I have the exact same issue. The portfolio is a great way to assemble a report and the recipient should be able to print the report in the order it was created. Why is this so difficult to accomodate? Even when the creator goes to the trouble of sorting by an index, the print order does not follow the index numbering either. It shouldn't be this hard?