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Open Adobe Acrobat.
Go to File > Combine Files.
Click Add Files and select the PDF files you want to merge.
Arrange the files in your desired order by dragging and dropping them within the list.
Click Combine to merge the selected files into a single PDF document.
Save the new combined PDF to your preferred location.
You can preview and reorder files before combining to ensure the final PDF is in the correct sequence.
This runs in the Acrobat app - there is no separate API for this task.
The 'Combine PDF' API is a way for computer programs to automatically merge files into one PDF without someone manually clicking buttons. You would use it if you need to combine many files often, or if you want to add this function to your own software. It saves time and makes the process faster and more consistent.
No, if your original files already have page numbers, they will likely restart in your combined PDF. To fix this, you will need to add new, continuous page numbers to the combined PDF after you merge the files. This ensures a smooth page count across the entire document.
Combining files rarely makes the PDF smaller; it often keeps the original size or makes it slightly larger because it's adding more content. To reduce the size of your combined PDF, you should compress it after you have finished combining all the files. Acrobat has a 'Optimize PDF' or 'Reduce File Size' feature for this.
Merging files top-to-bottom describes how the content of the files is put together. The first file you add will be at the top, the next below it, and so on. Arranging them with thumbnails is how you control this order. You drag the small pictures of your files to decide which one comes first, second, and so on, before the actual merge happens.