See individual parts after merging PDF?

Say you have 10 PDF documents and merge them into one.
Can you later take the document that was a result of the merge and see the individual parts that went into it and maybe delete one or two from it?

If you merge the files the they become a single document and you can't see
from which files it was created anymore. Of course, you can always delete
pages from the Pages panel, or create a portfolio instead of merging the
files.

Similar Messages

PDF file size after merging

I use Preview to merge PDF files. I have noticed that the resulting files are a lot larger than the sum of the single PDFs. An example: I have 3 files with the following file sizes: 70 KB, 120 KB, 1.3 MB. The resulting PDF after merging those files in one is over 5 MB.
Does anyone know why this is the case and how I can avoid it?
Any help is highly appreciated!
Tobias

Yes, I also have this problem.
Several PDFs with a combined size of ~13 MB, when merged are over 40 MB, making it unsendable by e-mail.
Very annoying!
This results from using Preview's "drag and drop" onto the sidebar to merge PDFs. DOn't know why.

How to download & how to merge pdfs into one pdf file?

Hello everyone!
I hope someone can help me, because I am SO frustrated right now! I want to create an electronic document of a 40-page thesis I wrote. I no
longer have the original computer files, so I took digital photos of each page.
Then I converted all the jpegs into pdf files.
Now I want to merge these 40 jpegs into one pdf file.
I read that this is possible with Adobe Acrobat 8 or 9. So, yesterday I downloaded the trial version of what I thought was Adobe Acrobat 9. Well,
two whole hours later, all I could find on my computer was Adobe Reader 9, which would not allow me to merge any pdfs.
So, today, I again reinstalled the Adobe Acrobat 9. Now, after waiting another two hours, there is NOTHING on my computer--no Adobe Reader, no Adobe Acrobat, no desktop icons, nothing in the "All Programs" list when I press the Start menu, etc.
What happened? How could something that took so damned long to download be totally invisible on my computer now? I do see Arcsoft, but that is for photographs. Is it possible to merge pdfs together using Arcsoft?
I have SO much other work to do, and I am so disgusted that I have lost two days on this project, just trying to merge pdfs together! Please, if
you have any suggestions as to how to get Adobe Acrobat 9 as a trial version an/or how to merge pdfs, please answer this post!
Thank you very much for your help.
Courtney

Hi. Yes, that is the link from which I downloaded Acrobat 9. I now have this file on my computer: AcroPro90_efg.exe
Yes, I did install it, but one of the times it hanged at 99.96%. Do you know what that means?
Thanks in advance.
Courtney

Acrobat 8.0 Merging pdfs to one pdf, first pdf of different size

I have about 60 jpegs that I would like to convert to single pdf file.
When I try to make one pdf from these files, a binder is made without any errors but when I open this binder, the first pdf is of original size and all rest are of 25% size of the original. I tried converting each jpeg to pdf individually and then merging into one, results in same story.
Can anyone see whats going on here? I am using default settings at every point.
Many thanks in advance.

Are you sure it really is 25% of the original size? It's possible the image is of different sizes, and while in a binder, they will show them in relation to the other pages, not of their actual size.

Which product do I purchase???? - Creating a merged PDF report from excel with cover page

Hi Guys,
I work in the BI field and have created a pdf document using PDFCreator and another third part scripting tool called jpdfbookmarks.
We have delivered something to the client but the quality of the output ( not the best) and the time it takes to cycle through each page ( when being viewed) within the merged
pdf document takes a little time...
So my boss as asked me to explore something within the Adobe suite of products BUT.... i have no idea which one i should choose.
My requirements are as follows:
To deliever this report to the client the program needs to be able to do the following:
1) convert excel files to pdf
2) take these individually created converted excel to pdf converted files and and merge them into 1 document
3) within this merged document have the abilty to be able to bookmark each page
4) have a cover page with hyperlinks
5) and finally but most important of all to be able perform steps 1 to 4 above programatically through scripting language vb script / vba
nice to haves:
6) abilty to email each merged doc to list of email address
7) abilty to edit document to add in hyperlinks etc
Need to get an understanding of costs ie
1) how much per licence
2) what product with have all the features above and how much
Can anyone please be kind enough to point me in the right direction as to what product would be best suited?? Being able
to scipt a solution together is key.
Cheers
Shockwave

You can do everything except the cover page with Adobe Acrobat (Standard or Pro). There are demos on our website that you can install and try out. You will need the SDK documentation and sample code to learn how to automate/program.

How to make only part of a PDF document editable?

I'm looking to see if there is a way to make only part of a PDF document editable. My problem is, I have pieces of collateral that some of our channel partners need to be able to add their logo to and then edit the contact information on them, but we don't want them to be able to change any of the main copy on these documents. The only thing I've been able to come up with as a solution is to create outlines of the text that I don't want editable, but I need the copy to be able to be read by computer systems for disability purposes. Does anyone have any ideas on something I could do for this? Or has anyone dealt with anything like this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi vward26,
You can use Acrobat to make only part of a PDF document editable.
Kindly refer this FAQ:http://tv.adobe.com/watch/acrobat-x-tips-tricks/how-to-convert-just-part-of-a-pdf-file/
Regards,
Florence

Merge PDF documents into one PDF document

hi expets
I have got an question. I have several different PDFs.
Four main PDF and 20 PDFs which are ment as attachements.
Via ABAP code i would like to chose dynamicaly several of those attachement PDFs and merge them within one of the main forms.
So as result you will have one pdf which you can see in the print preview and send as one to the spool.
But is this possible?
Kindly hear from you!
Anton Pierhagen

Hi *,
Add below parameter values in report program in FP_JOB_OPEN function module.
SFPOUTPUTPARAMS-BUMODE = 'M'.
SFPOUTPUTPARAMS-PREVIEW = ' '.
Call different adobe forms without using FP_JOB_CLOSE.
It will merge pdf files.
At the end, call FP_JOB_CLOSE.
and then get the merged pdf as FPFORMOUTPUT-pdf.
Thank you.
Chandler Bing

Merging PDFs and then saving them as one file in Leopard

Would someone please tell me how I can merge PDF files into one PDF file. I have been able to drag and drop them together in Preview. I would love to be able to save the merged files into one file. Any ideas. I have read a lot online about this possibility in Snow Leopard, but I can't seem to save the dang file.
Help.

Open the first PDF. Open the tray so you can see the file on the left. Drag the other PDFs onto the first file in the tray. You can't just drag into the tray window anymore, you have to drag onto the file itself to merge. Save the file with new name.
Macmost has a good podcast on this subject that came out about a week ago. Shows other PDF tricks with Preview as well.

Merging PDF files - Each file name to be added as bookmark

Hi,
Assume i have pdf file with file names as follows
Intrduction.pdf
Lesson1.pdf
Lesson2.pdf
Lesson3.pdf
After Merging in to a single pdf file i want the file names to be added as bookmark and when i click the
a. Lesson1 bookmark it should go to the Lesson1 first page
b. Lesson2 bookmark it should go to the Lesson2 first page
Please let me know how to achieve this.
Thanks.

Combine the files as usual via File - Create - Combine files into a Single PDF, just click on the Options button in that window and make sure that the "Always add bookmarks" box is ticked.

How do I export only part of a pdf?

how do I export only part of a pdf?

Hi eannablack,
The only way to export part of a PDF is to remove the pages that you want to export. And to do that, you need Acrobat. You are welcome to try Acrobat for free for 30 days. For more information, see www.adobe.com/products/acrobat.html.
Best,
Sara

Merge PDF Documents

Hi,
I have Adobe Acrobat XI
I have a PDF Cover Letter, containing recipients, created from Word mail merge and using Excel as the datasource. One recipient details per page.
I have another PDF Legal letter, that cannot be edited, and cannot include an address or the normal method of PDF merges, hence the requirement for a cover letter.
Can I create a new merged PDF document, for each recipient / page in the cover letter, and add the Legal letter after each cover page?
Cover_Letter.pdf Legal.pdf
Page 1 - Recipient 1 6 Pages
Page 2 - Recipient 2
Page 3 - Recipient 3
New.pdf
Cover Letter - Recipient 1
Legal Pages
Cover Letter - Recipient 2
Legal Pages
Cover Letter - Recipient 3
Legal Pages
etc!
Many thanks
Larry

Hi Bill
Many thanks for your reply. The Insert option is available, but by the looks of it, it cannot insert the document multiple times. Having to do this manually for the 10 recipients in my test doc is painful enough. The usual recipient list can be 100+!
Cheers
Larry

Help!! what do I need to merge pdfs?

Ok...I feel a little silly by asking this, but can't find the answer anyone else. I'm needing to combine pdf's into a single file. Right now I only have the reader so I know I need something else. Honestly, the cheapest with this ability is the way I want to go. Is the cheapest software Acrobat Standard? And if so, is this an upgrade from the Reader....because the upgrade is all I see available. And yes, I'm clueless...and need help. All I need it for is for merging pdf's....what are my least expensive options???

Buy Acrobat Standard. It isn't a upgrade from Adobe Reader.

Problems merging PDF's with Preview

Hi there,
I'm on 10.8.5, with Preview Version 6.0.1 (765.6). I have followed all of the steps to merge pdf's. In the title bar of the document it says there are two pages. Then I save (there is no save as command) and it only saves one page. Is there something I'm missing or is this a bug?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks
Shaynee

"Try showing them as thumbnails, then Edit/Select All, and then Export as PDF.
Tried this several times as well as every other export/save option. View as thumbnails in two separate documents and successfully see 1 document with 2 files listed in the left pane.
And though the export displays a completed progress bar just before it disapears and the file is created where I pointed, there is still only the bottom page of the the two thumbnails in the newly created file.
Running a Macbook Pro (see image below for details.)

How do I merge PDFs into one. I have the PDF pack. iOS

I bought the PDF pack so I could merge PDFs from my email together with an excel page. I seem to missing something to be able to get a complete PDF without having to print and scan. Any ideas?

Hi AFO77515,
When you use Combine Files to PDF, Adobe PDF Pack stores just the combined PDF file, not the files from which it was created.
Click Combine Files To PDF.
Click Select Files.
Select one of the files that you want to combine.
Click Open.
Click Add Files and select additional files to combine. Click Open.
(Optional) Click the arrows next to the files you’ve selected to change the order in which they are added to the combined PDF.
Enter a name for the combined file, and then click Combine.
Note: You cannot combine PDF files that are secure, password protected, 3D, or part of a PDF Portfolio.
If you are unable to follow the above mentioned steps then please let me know the error you get.
Regards,
Rave

Merge pdf - Empty page

Guys,
I am trying to merge some pdf files into one file. This is my code
- (BOOL) concateFiles:(NSArray *) filePaths {
    PDFDocument * outputDocument = [[PDFDocument alloc] init];
    NSUInteger pageIndex = 0;
    for (id file in filePaths) {
        PDFDocument * inputDocument = [[PDFDocument alloc] initWithURL: [NSURL fileURLWithPath:file]];
        for (NSUInteger page = 0; page < [inputDocument pageCount]; page ++ ) {
            [outputDocument insertPage: [inputDocument pageAtIndex:page] atIndex:pageIndex++ ];
    //BOOL done = [outputDocument writeToFile: @"/Users/bubuzzz/test.pdf"]; // does not work
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSString * filePath=@"/Users/bubuzzz/test.pdf";
    NSData * data = [outputDocument dataRepresentation];
    BOOL done = [data writeToFile:filePath options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:&error]; // does not work either
    NSLog(@"Write returned error: %@", [error localizedDescription]);
    return done;
There is no error during run time. However, the created file only has empty page, though the number of page is correct. The only thing I find out is using CGPDFContextClose to close the context to make it work fine, since it is stated in the document
After closing the context, all pending data is written to the context destination, and the PDF file is completed. No additional data can be written to the destination context after the PDF document is closed.
However, I have no idea how to integrate the CGPDFContextClose into my code. Any suggestion, please?

Just change the above code to do a page by page vopy like yours and it works
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <Quartz/Quartz.h>
int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
    @autoreleasepool {
        // insert code here...
        PDFDocument * inputDocument;
        PDFDocument * outputDocument = [[PDFDocument alloc] init];
        NSUInteger pageIndex = 0;
        NSURL * pdfFile = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:@"/Users/frank/Desktop/Hold/TX-SR304_En_0124.pdf"];
        // open old PDF
        if ((inputDocument = [[PDFDocument alloc] initWithURL: pdfFile]) == NULL) {
            NSLog(@"error opening");
            return 0;
        // copy old PDF to new PDF
        //outputDocument = inputDocument;
        for (NSUInteger page = 0; page < [inputDocument pageCount]; page ++ ) {
            [outputDocument insertPage: [inputDocument pageAtIndex:page] atIndex:pageIndex++ ];
        //write new PDF
        [outputDocument writeToFile:@"/Users/frank/Desktop/Hold/testCard.PDF"];
    return 0;
When this is done testCard.PDF has the contents of the input file.

See individual parts after merging PDF?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for