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Combine, Sort & Group

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2007-03-21 14:17:26
willies99
Registered: Mar 21 2007
Posts: 2

We have a need to combine three pdf files into one (grouped by account #). The account # appears in a different location in each of the files, but is in the same numerical format. Once combined and grouped by account #, we would like to sort by page count (i.e. all 3 pages sets, all 4 page sets, etc.) and then print by page count grouping. Is there a plug-in or application that can help us with this task?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows
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2007-03-26 11:12:18
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
This is a fairly specific set of actions. I've never heard of a plug-in that would do all of these things. There is a workflow tool that may help, Switch from [url=http://www.gradual.com]www.gradual.com[/url]

You could also accomplish this with an automation JavaScript in Acrobat.

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2010-01-14 13:23:02
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hospital1
Registered: Jan 14 2010
Posts: 1
I am trying to combine 15 .PNG files and am finding that it doesn't sort as expected. It requires me to re-order the files in the Combine Files window. The default sort is ssf1.png, ssf10.png, ssf11.png, ssf12.png, ssf13.png, ssf14.png, ssf15.png. ssf2.png. etc. Is there a setting in Adobe Acrobat 8 that would force the default sort to be in true 'numeric' order or even in creation time order? I do this a lot and it's getting kind of old to re-order each one!
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2010-03-30 09:25:36
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dzurn
Registered: Aug 24 2006
Posts: 4
Obviously, you could rename ssf1.png to ssf01.png and then it should sort correctly.

I found in Acrobat 9 that clicking on a heading in the Combine Files dialog box will sort the files in that order. So you can do your "date modified" sort easily in 9, I don't know about Acrobat 8.
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2010-04-07 00:32:22
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mattbeals
Registered: May 10 2007
Posts: 40
using a script in Enfocus Switch we can do that.
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