I have [N=5] department Word and PDF reports arriving at different times and the leadership meeting is [deadline=Frida…
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 is a way for computer programs to automatically merge multiple PDF files into one. It's part of Adobe's online services for developers. This means you can write code to combine documents without manually opening Acrobat. It can handle up to 20 files at once.
No, if your original files already have page numbers, they will restart with each new document in 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 with page 1. To fix this, you will need to add continuous page numbers to the combined PDF after you merge it.
The order matters because 'Combine Files' merges your documents from top to bottom. The file you place first will appear at the beginning of the new PDF, the second file after that, and so on. This means the final document's structure directly depends on how you arrange the thumbnails.
Merging files rarely makes the PDF smaller. If your combined PDF is very large, you should compress it AFTER you have finished combining all the files. Acrobat has a 'Compress PDF' feature that can reduce the file size without losing too much quality. Do not try to compress each file before combining, as this might cause issues.