Combining Files Duplication

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
March 13, 2018
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Good Morning,

I've been trying to combine a set of 34 files from interview evaluations, but every time I select all the files and click "Combine Files", it dishes out 34 copies of the first one selected. I tried combine just two, and started from a different file, but it still duplicated the first file over and over. Help!

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Correct answer ~graffiti

Adobe Reader (the focus of this forum) can't combine files.

At any rate, when you combine files that have identical field names, all fields will be populated with the same data. This is by design.

Depending on what software you are actually using, there is a chance you could flatten the files first essentially removing those fields but leaving the data. After that, you cold combine them.

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Billy5C57

Participant

Having similar problem, but using the Adobe function within windows explorer to combine files, all with similar names, but each with a suffix _1, _2, etc... It is as if Adobe is looking at all the files and thinking they are the same name. I moved the files from our network drive to my desktop and it would only work for 4 photos maximum, it would not allow me to combine any more. File size is ~3 Mb each. Is there a file size limit to the combine file app?

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

There is no limit when you use Adobe Acrobat.

~graffitiCorrect answer

Legend

Adobe Reader (the focus of this forum) can't combine files.

At any rate, when you combine files that have identical field names, all fields will be populated with the same data. This is by design.

Depending on what software you are actually using, there is a chance you could flatten the files first essentially removing those fields but leaving the data. After that, you cold combine them.

criceisniceAuthor

Participant

Hi! I'm using Acrobat, but didn't see that as an option when trying to post about my issue, so chose Reader instead. All the file names are unique, since I knew that was something to be wary of. I'll try flattening, though!

~graffiti

Legend

I'm assuming that all of these eval forms you are combing are the same form (only with different information in the fields). That would mean you would have multiple copies of the same field, therefore, not unique and that's why they get filled in.

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