How to Merge PDF Files. In this Article: Article Summary Online On Windows On Mac Community Q&A This wikiHow teaches you how to combine two or more PDF files into one file. You can do this on any computer using a free online PDF merger called PDF Joiner, or you can use a free app called PDF Creator on Windows or the built-in Preview program on Mac.
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a widely used format for finalized electronic documents, interactive forms and documents that are going to be commercially printed. The format can be viewed using any basic PDF reader. PDF content cannot be changed easily, but tools exist to provide assistance, The popular PDF creation software Adobe Acrobat not only can create individual PDF documents but also can merge multiple PDFs into one single document.
Adobe Acrobat 9
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Click the 'File' menu. Select 'Combine,' then 'Merge Files into a Single PDF.'
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Click the 'Add Files' menu. Select 'Add Files' to merge individual files or 'Add Folder' to merge all the files in a single folder.
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Browse your computer's files and select the folder or files you want to add. Press 'Control' to select multiple files at once. Click 'Add Files.' The files you select will be added to the list of files.
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Rearrange the sequence of the files by clicking and dragging a file to a new position in the order. Choose the file size you prefer at the bottom of the window. Click 'Combine Files.' Wait while Acrobat converts the files into one single PDF.
Adobe Acrobat 8
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Click 'Add Files' to merge individual files. Browse your files and press 'Ctrl' while selecting multiple files. Click 'Add Files.' To merge a folder, click 'Add Folders,' select the folder you want to add, then click 'OK.' The files will be listed in the 'Combine Files' window.
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Rearrange the order of the PDFs by selecting and dragging a file to a new position. Select the file size and conversion setting you prefer. Click 'Next.'
Select 'Merge files into a single PDF.' Click 'Create.' Wait while Acrobat completes the merging process. Click 'Save.' Enter a filename for the new merged PDF and select a destination folder for it. Click 'Save.'
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Q: I would like to create a PDF document from a document that is in different file format. Is it possible to do so in PDF Studio?
A: Yes, there are many ways to create PDF documents in PDF Studio.
Creating a Single PDF
In PDF Studio, look under Create PDF -> Create PDF. You will find various options to create a PDF document:
- Create a new PDF from a Blank Page (and start writing or drawing on it)
- Scan Paper Documents into PDF
- Convert Images (gif, png, jpeg, tiff format) to PDF
- Convert Word Documents (.doc and .docx) to PDF
- Convert Excel Worksheets ( .xlsx) to PDF
- Convert Text Documents (.txt) to PDF
The various file formats are converted on the fly to PDF using our proprietary conversion technology and the resulting PDF is then opened in PDF Studio, where it can be annotated, edited and saved as any other PDF can.
Converting Multiple Files to PDF
Using the Batch Convert function, it is possible to select multiple files of any supported format and convert them to PDF files with a single click.
Converting and Merging into a Single PDF
Look under Create PDF -> From Multiple File to convert and merge multiple files into a single PDF (or user the Batch Merge function).
PDF Studio does not provide a PDF printer driver because there are many free and quality PDF printer drivers and save as PDF options available for Windows, Mac and Linux.