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Merging Multiple PDFs into One through Automation

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2007-05-16 17:14:11
md16
Registered: May 16 2007
Posts: 8

Hi All,

Is there a way to merge multiple PDF files into one through some kind of automation and also a naming convention for those files? Automation like java script or command line function?

So for e.g. if I have 200 PDF files, with some naming convention of 10 each, can I create just 20 files with 10 files combining into 1 (with some naming convention link)?

Would really appreciate your help in this matter.

md16

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2007-05-16 20:18:11
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pdftrainer
Expert
Registered: Dec 14 2005
Posts: 180
The easiest thing to do is to use the "Combine Multiple" command and then manually rename the file.

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2007-05-18 03:27:31
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Merlin
Acrobat 9ExpertTeam
Registered: Mar 1 2006
Posts: 766
If you're using Mac OSX you can do this easily with an Automator process.

;-)

abracadabraPDF.net

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2007-05-18 10:28:24
#3
md16
Registered: May 16 2007
Posts: 8
Hey Guys,

Thanks for the reply.

pdftrainer: I would highly appreciate if you can explain more on this combine multiple command?

THanks,
md16
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2007-06-01 12:56:52
#4
[email protected]
ExpertTeam
Registered: Sep 24 2005
Posts: 252
Merlin,

It's the second icon from the left in the toolbar ....

Jon

PS - it's a shame Adobe did not place COMBINE FILES in the Batch Processing section - this might have been very powerful ...

I've been using Acrobat since v1.0 and still get amazed by its power. An Acrobat ACE since 1999

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2008-01-18 11:38:23
#5
momtoian
Registered: Jan 18 2008
Posts: 2
Hello, All
I am hoping you can help with a question on combining reports into one .pdf.
I am workingin MSAccess to create reports. I create pdf files using VBA by printing the report on my pdf printer. I have Adobe Acrobat Std 6.0.
I would like to be able to print multiple reports from Access (again via VBA) to a single pdf file.

If I cannot do this, I would like first print the required pdfs and (using VBA) combine these into one pdf. Then finally delete the origingal files so I end up with only one file.

Any help you can offer to help accomplish this task would be appreciated.
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2008-01-23 08:52:59
#6
momtoian
Registered: Jan 18 2008
Posts: 2
Thanks for your help, but I need to know how to do this with automation. I use VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) inside of MS Access. Pushing a button on a toolbar won't get me where I need to go. I would like to know more about the Combine Multiple method though. Is this available in Adobe 6.0 Std?
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2010-06-29 14:04:19
#7
R0b1nM
Registered: Jun 29 2010
Posts: 1
Hi there,

Is there a way to merge two PDF files so that the pages of document 1 alternate sequentially with the pages of document 2? The final merged document would be: page1 of document 1, page 1 of document 2, page 2 of document 1, page 2 of document 2, page 3 of document 1, page 3 of document 2, etc. Both documents are close to 1,000 pages each.

Thanks!
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