Widgets for Adobe® Acrobat®
Our work with Adobe Acrobat often leads to the creation of scripts and plugins to extend or modify the features of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader. On this page we've collected together some of the most popular widgets for you to download. All are free to use, subject to the terms and conditions on each page.
InDesign Fixups
A free scripted add-on for Acrobat to remove the nesting of PDF layers (OCGs) when an InDesign file is exported to PDF using the "Create Acrobat layers" option, and clear unwanted entries from the layers tab. Compatible with Acrobat 7 and later.
Video Player X
A replacement for the inbuilt video player widget in Acrobat 9 and X. Adds several new features and a much-expanded scripting API, so document-level commands can control video playback, load content dynamically, and react to events within the video itself. Compatible with Acrobat 9 and later.
Selective Flattener Tool
A free scripted add-on for Acrobat to selectively flatten different types of comment, markup and form fields. Compatible with Acrobat 7 and later.
Miscellaneous
Some very simple scripts and tips, referenced from our blog and forum posts:
New Doc Script
A simple JavaScript to add a "New blank PDF" menu to the File menu in Acrobat. Compatible with Acrobat 8,9 and X.
Remove xmpMM data
Adds a menu item to "Edit" or "Document Processing" that cleans all the XMP Media Management metadata from a PDF file. The xmpMM tags often contain private information about the history of a file which should not be made public. Compatible with Acrobat 9 and X.
