Combine related documents for a requester: merge the [contract], [billing form] and identification scans into one PDF,…
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.
This can happen if the original files have hidden problems or old structures. Acrobat might struggle to process them correctly. To fix this, try opening each original file and saving it again using 'Save As' to refresh its internal structure. Adding files one by one can also help Acrobat process them better and avoid errors.
If your original files already have page numbers printed on them, these numbers will restart with each new file you add to the combined PDF. For example, if you combine two files, each starting at page 1, your combined PDF will have two sections that both start at page 1. You will need to add new, continuous page numbers to the entire combined PDF if you want them to flow from start to finish.
No, combining files rarely makes the new PDF smaller. Usually, the size stays about the same or even gets a little bigger. If you need a smaller file, you should combine the documents first, and then use Acrobat's 'Compress PDF' feature after the combining is done.
No, the Adobe PDF Services API for combining PDFs has a limit of 20 files per operation. If you need to combine more than 20 files, you would have to combine them in smaller batches. For example, combine 20 files, then combine the resulting PDF with another 20 files, and so on, until all files are merged.