Assemble the signed receipts, approval emails, and delivery notes related to [invoice=998] into one timeline PDF for t…
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.
Keeping 'Preserve Bookmarks' on is very helpful. It makes each original receipt a top-level bookmark in your new combined PDF. This means you can easily navigate through the long document. Instead of scrolling, you can click a bookmark to jump straight to a specific receipt. This saves time and makes the document much easier to use.
Merging files rarely makes the PDF smaller; it often stays the same size or gets bigger. If your combined PDF of receipts is too large, you should compress it AFTER combining. Acrobat has a 'Optimize PDF' or 'Reduce File Size' tool you can use. This will make the file smaller and easier to share, without losing important details.
Yes, you can automate combining signed receipts using Adobe's PDF Services API. This is for developers or users who want to write code to handle many files at once. The API lets you combine up to 20 files in a single operation. You can also specify which pages from each file you want to include. This is very useful for regular, large-scale tasks.
If your original receipts already had page numbers printed on them, these numbers are part of the content of each file. When you combine them, Acrobat sees each file as a new start. To fix this, after combining, you can add new, continuous page numbers to the entire combined PDF. This will override the old, restarting numbers.