We have a deposition next [day=Thursday] with three witnesses; the notice, exhibit list, and selected exhibits live in…
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 there is a problem with the original files or with Acrobat itself. It is a common issue. To fix it, try saving each source file again using 'Save As' before combining. This often refreshes the file structure and helps Acrobat process them correctly.
The 'Combine PDF' API is a way to combine files into a PDF using computer code, without opening Acrobat manually. You should use it when you need to combine many files often, or as part of a larger automated process. For example, if your company creates daily reports from many sources, the API can combine them automatically every night. It supports up to 20 files and specific page ranges.
No, if your original files already have page numbers printed on them, combining them will not make those numbers continuous. Each file will start its page numbering again from 1. To have continuous page numbers across the whole combined PDF, you will need to add new page numbers after you have finished combining all the files.
Combining files rarely makes the PDF smaller. Usually, the new combined PDF will be about the same size as all the original files put together, or sometimes even a little larger. If you need a smaller file, you should combine all your documents first, and then use Acrobat's 'Compress PDF' feature after the combining process is complete.