<2.) Would any part of your answer change if I said it was just for my own purposes?>
No. You'd still need to use the SDK to do this, or some 3rd party utility.
<3.) When you say "full version of Adobe" should I refer to their forums to define that or do you feel sure enough to say whether Acrobat Standard is adequate or not?>
From my reading, the Standard version should do what you want:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html<4.) Can you name or describe where one should be 'at' before deciding to emark on that project?>
I'm not sure what you mean, but if you're referring to skill levels, then I'd say that if you're a "drag-and-drop" programmer (i.e. you use a lot of macros, use the wizards to build your forms and such, use very little if any VBA code) then you'll have quite a bit of difficulty doing this. If you're comfortable working with objects (i.e. declaring them in code, working through the intricacies of foreign object models, etc) then you should easily be able to implement this. The Adobe forums are a wealth of information, and the SDK includes quite a complete set of examples. Note also that while you may be working in Access, most VB code will translate directly over.
