Inserting PDFs into existing PDFs using Preview

Previous to the 10.6.6 update I was able to insert a PDF document into an existing PDF document by dragging the new PDF into the sidebar within Preview.
Now when I try this, instead of adding the document, it opens the PDF I have just dragged in, in the same window.
Is this a setting that I have missed somewhere? Have check document security permissions, preferences etc...
Thanks
Message was edited by: griffs

Preview (in Snow Leopard) can display more than one multi-page PDF in one window. If you drag pages from document 2 into the space at the end of the sidebar of document 1, they will remain as separate documents. Drag them on top of the pages of document 1 in the sidebar. Document 1 will highlight and you can position the pages as desired. It is easier to do it than to explain it.

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