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Subject:Re: Merging PDF Files? From:Walter Hanig <wdh -at- NETMANAGE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 23 Jan 1998 10:51:03 -0800
At 12:43 PM 1/23/98 -0600, Schweda, Christopher wrote:
>Is it possible to merge two PDF files into one, single PDF?
>
>I have a document created in Word Perfect and an appendix created in
>Pagemaker 6.5.
>
>I'd like to print to the PDF writer for both documents, and then I'd
>like to merge the PDF files into one PDF file.
>
>Is this possible?
>
Not only possible, but easy.
1. Create thumbnails for both/all PDFs.
2. Display both PDFs with their thumbnails.
3. Drag a rectangle to select the thumbnails for the source PDF.
4. Drag the selected thumbnails to the desired location in the destination PDF. Be careful not to replace thumbnails in the destination. (An "R" appears if Acrobat thinks you're replacing.)
5. If desired, save the destination (combined PDF) with a new name.
fyi, there is a utility called Compose that is excellent for concatenating multiple PDFs into one. Worth the $ if you do this often. It also has a tool that automates bookmark creation.
Walter
Walter Hanig
NetManage, Inc.
12651 High Bluff Drive
San Diego, CA 92130, USA
