Combine 2 PDFs page by page (like shuffling a deck of cards)

Hello. I'm always reviewing PDF proofs against the PDF proofs sent out for printing. I've tried the compare function it Acrobat but it never seems to work right. What I would like to do is combine the PDFs in a way that the first page from PDF B  comes after the first page of PDF A, and so on... so it would look like this :
A1 B1 A2 B2 A3 B3 etc...
That way i can just page through the document and see if anything changes. I current lay the 2 PDF windows over each other and use a windowshade function to compare them.
the combine functions currently allow for only one full document to be followed by the other full document.
Any advice would be great. Mac 10.9.5 running latest CC apps. Mike.

Hi mikejasinki,
Unfortunately, there is no such preference in Acrobat in which first page from PDF A is followed by first page of PDF B.
You can combine both PDFs using 'Combine Files into a Single PDF' feature and then simply drag and drop the pages from 'Page Thumbnails' option on the left hand side of the PDF file.
Regards,
Anubha

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