I have trial-balance exports from three [subsidiaries] and the auditors want a consolidated packet by [deadline=9am]. …
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' operation in the Adobe API is a tool for developers. It lets computer programs automatically put up to 20 different files into one PDF. You can also choose which pages from each file to include. This is useful for building systems that create many combined PDFs without a person needing to click buttons.
No, if your original files already had page numbers, the combined PDF will likely restart the numbering for each new file. To fix this, you will need to add new continuous page numbers to the combined PDF after you create it. This ensures all pages have a single, flowing number sequence.
The order of files is important because Acrobat combines them from top to bottom based on how you arrange them. If you want your final document to flow logically, you must drag the file thumbnails into the correct sequence before you click 'Combine'.
In Acrobat, 'merging' and 'combining' PDF files mean the same thing. Both actions put multiple separate documents or pages into one single PDF file. The terms are used interchangeably to describe this process.