How to merge fillable pdf forms?

Hi...
I had a 40 pages pdf document ...which i divided into 8 parts and converted each of these 8 documents into fillable pdf forms using Life Cycle Designer...
Now How can I merge these 8 files together.?
When I was trying to merge these files thru Acrobat...its giving me an error saying "adobe xml files cannot be merged" .
Thanks....

Bernd Alheit wrote:
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In Adobe Acrobat use File > Create PDF > From Multiple Files...
Won't work with files created in Designer. You'll just get the same error as the OP.
A PDF package is the only option available for Designer forms.
(although you WILL get that option after you let "create from multiple documents" fail.)

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