Preview and creating PDF's

Hello All,
I recently got a new iMac with Snow Leopard installed.  My old computer was a G5 iMac with Leopard.
I am trying to create a single PDF from several individual PDF's on my new computer using Preview.  This used to be a very simple operation with dependable results using Leopard and my old computer.
Well, I am having all sorts of problems with Snow Leopard and it's version of Preview.
I open Preview with one PDF and then add 3 more by dragging them to the sidebar.  Then I can rearrange as I want.  The probem occurs with I attempt to save the new document.  It will only save the page that is highlighted.  I tried to highlight all the pages but that still does not work and only 1 page gets saved.  I finally worked around it by highlighting all the pages in the sidebar and then used "Print selected pages" to create the pdf.  This is not an easy task depending upon how many pages are in the new PDF. Luckily today I only needed to merge 4 pages.
Does anybody have any suggestions as to do this in the version of Preview that comes with Snow Leopard? 
Thanks for your help.
Sue

The problem isn't with what Acrobat is discarding, but what Mac Preview is doing with the data available. The problem is with Preview. You cannot make a silk purse with a sow's ear. If Preview is doing a terrible job rendering a perfectly fine pdf, that Reader displays appropriately, there is nothing Adobe can do.

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