Combine three assessment spreadsheets and the slide deck into one deliverable, reorder pages so the executive summary …
Open Adobe Acrobat.
Go to the Tools tab and select Combine Files.
Click Add Files and select the PDFs, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and image files you want to combine.
Best practiceYou can select multiple files at once by holding down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (macOS) while clicking.
Arrange the files in your desired order by dragging and dropping them within the Combine Files window.
Best practiceReorder files before combining to control the sequence of pages in the final PDF.
If you want to include only certain pages from a file, click the file's thumbnail and select the specific pages.
Click Combine to merge all selected files into a single PDF.
Save the new combined PDF to your desired location.
You can drag and drop files of different types directly into the Combine Files window to add them quickly.
This runs in the Acrobat app - there is no separate API for this task.
This can happen if there is an issue with the internal structure of your original source files. Acrobat might struggle to process them correctly, leading to a repeated first file or the process freezing. It's like a corrupted file preventing the full merge. Saving each source file again using 'Save As' often refreshes its structure and resolves this problem.
No, if your original files already have printed page numbers, Combine Files will not make them continuous. Each new file added will start its page numbering again from page 1. You will need to add new, continuous page numbers to the combined PDF after the merge is complete to have a single, flowing sequence.
In Adobe Acrobat, 'merging PDFs' and 'combining files' often refer to the same action: taking multiple separate documents and putting them together into a single PDF. The term 'Combine Files' is the specific feature name in Acrobat that lets you bring together various file types, not just PDFs, into one new PDF document. It's the overarching function for creating a single packet from diverse sources.
You should keep your original files for a few days after combining them because you might need to re-merge them. If you find a mistake in the combined PDF or need to make a small change, it is much easier to start over with the originals than to try and edit the merged document.