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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' operation in the Adobe API is a way for computer programs to automatically merge multiple documents into a single PDF. It's useful for developers who want to build applications that can create combined PDF packets without manual user input. This operation supports combining up to 20 files and allows for specifying page ranges from each source document.
If your original files already had page numbers, combining them will likely result in those numbers restarting with each new document. To fix this, you should add continuous page numbers to the entire combined PDF after it's created. Acrobat has a 'Header & Footer' tool that allows you to add new, sequential page numbers across all pages of your merged document, overriding any previous numbering.
You should keep your original files for a few days after combining them. This is because if you need to make changes or re-merge the documents for any reason, you will still have the source files available. Deleting them immediately could cause problems if the combined PDF needs to be updated.
No, merging files rarely makes the PDF file size smaller. In fact, it might even make the file larger because it's bringing all the different file types and their data into one document. If you need a smaller file, you should compress the combined PDF after you have finished merging it. Acrobat has a 'Optimize PDF' or 'Reduce File Size' feature for this purpose.