How do I add an attachment to my PDF document?

Open your PDF in Acrobat. Go to 'Edit' > 'Link'. Choose 'Add/Edit Document Link' and draw a rectangle. In the link properties, select the option to attach a file and choose your document.

What kind of files can I attach to a PDF using Adobe Acrobat?

You can attach many types of files, such as Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, images, and even other PDFs. Acrobat allows you to embed various file formats directly within your PDF document. The attached file's content will be accessible to anyone who opens the PDF and can view attachments.

Unverified Sentencing Attachments in Adobe Acrobat — How-to & AI prompts

AI prompts

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CDecide — “help me choose”The sentencing hearing ended and I have the judge-signed order, but the certified packet needs…+

The sentencing hearing ended and I have the judge-signed order, but the certified packet needs arrest reports and payment receipts that are still in two different desks. I can't certify the final order until every required attachment is present. Tell me whether I should certify with a continuing note and collect attachments later, or pause certification until everything is physically assembled. Say who I should escalate to if the attachments don't arrive by noon and give the short escalation line.

when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

How to do it

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Open the PDF file you want to audit in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
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Go to the View menu, select Show/Hide, then choose Navigation Panes and click Attachments to display all file attachments.
NoteThe Attachments pane lists all files embedded in the PDF.
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In the Attachments pane, manually review and note each attachment or use the options menu to export or save the list if needed.
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Go to the Tools pane and select Action Wizard.
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Create a new action and add a step to execute JavaScript.
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Insert a JavaScript to iterate through all links in the document and output their destinations; for example, use: for (var p = 0; p < this.numPages; p++) { var annots = this.getAnnots({nPage: p}); if (annots) { for (var i = 0; i < annots.length; i++) { if (annots[i].type == 'Link') console.println('Page ' + (p+1) + ': ' + annots[i].URI); } } }
Best practiceYou can copy the console output to a text file for compliance documentation.
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Run the action to generate the list of all links; review the output in the JavaScript Console (open via Ctrl+J if not visible).
NoteThis process lists all web and document links but does not export them directly to a file.

In the appWith the API

You can use the JavaScript Console to extract and review all link destinations in your PDF for auditing purposes.

This runs in the Acrobat app - there is no separate API for this task.

Glossary

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AttachmentA file that is added inside a PDF, so it travels with the PDF.ExampleThe email included an attachment of the full contract, which opened as a PDF.

SanitizeTo remove sensitive or private information from a document before sharing it.ExampleRemember to sanitize the document by redacting personal details before sharing it publicly.

Link rectangleA clickable area you draw on a PDF that can open another file or webpage.ExampleWe drew a link rectangle over the company logo in the PDF to open their website.

The real tasks

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Sentencing paperwork is ready but I can't certify until attachments are verified

FAQ

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Open your PDF in Acrobat.
Go to 'Edit' > 'Link'.
Choose 'Add/Edit Document Link' and draw a rectangle.
In the link properties, select the option to attach a file and choose your document.

Adding a link creates a clickable area that can open another file or a webpage, but the linked file is separate. Attaching a file, however, embeds the file directly into the PDF. This means the attached file travels with the PDF, making it self-contained. It is important to know this difference because attached files increase the PDF's size and must be sanitized if they contain sensitive data before sharing.

It is very important to sanitize attachments because they become part of your PDF. If the attachment contains private information, like personal details or confidential data, sharing the PDF will also share that sensitive information. Sanitizing means removing this data to protect privacy and prevent unintended disclosure, ensuring only necessary information is shared.

If you attach a large video file, your PDF's file size will increase significantly. This is because the video file is embedded directly into the PDF, making it part of the document. A larger PDF can be slower to open, send, and download. Consider linking to large files instead of attaching them if file size is a concern, or compress the video before attaching.

You can attach many types of files, such as Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, images, and even other PDFs.
Acrobat allows you to embed various file formats directly within your PDF document.
The attached file's content will be accessible to anyone who opens the PDF and can view attachments.

Unverified Sentencing Attachments

When to use it

AI prompts

How to do it

Glossary

The real tasks

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FAQ

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