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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.
It's important to keep your original files for a few days even after combining them. This way, if you find a mistake or need to make a change, you can easily re-combine them without having to recreate the source documents. It saves time and prevents rework.
The 'Combine PDF' API is a way for computer programs to automatically merge multiple files into one PDF without someone having to click buttons in Acrobat. It's useful for tasks that need to combine many documents regularly, like generating reports or processing large batches of contracts. It can handle up to 20 files and even lets you choose specific page ranges from each source document.
No, if your original documents already had page numbers, they will likely restart with each new document in the combined PDF. To have continuous page numbers across your entire new document, you will need to add new page numbers to the combined PDF after you have finished merging all the files.
Combining files rarely makes the new PDF smaller. Usually, the size stays about the same or even gets a little larger because it's holding more information. If you need a smaller file, you should compress the combined PDF after you have finished merging all your documents. This will reduce its file size.