Have you tried Kodak's software?
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/dpq/site/TKX/name/CaptureSoftwareLite_Product
It looks like that has PDF support. I'm no expert on Acrobat, but have found it to be a bit temperamental on less demanding tasks than you're trying to use it for. The professional version is a bit more robust, but still has major issues. Trying to edit slightly off-spec PDF's often makes it bomb. It also gets unstable if I load too many PDF's in series without closing the program then opening it again, though it doesn't seem like it has a problem with memory leakage...
Does the linked software fit the bill? There's also a commercial version that has more features
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