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April 19, 2021
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Can you combine different templates into one file to be sent, filled in and signed?

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I am brand new to this format. I have figured out how to make templates for forms that we use. The purpose is to send the template to an employee, have them fill in the blanks needed, sign and date it and return it. We have like 5 different templates of forms that I have created in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. Is it possible to combine the already finished templates into one combined file or do I have to send them individually? Was hoping to have the employee receive only one email with it all in there. Is there a way to do that? Or do I have to start all over and put them into one template to do that?  I see how to combine files but there are no options to use template files. Hope that makes sense. Thanks! 

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try67
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April 19, 2021

What do you mean by "template files", exactly?

Generally speaking, sure, you can combine PDF files, unless they are already signed or secured. In that case you can combine them as a Portfolio.

However, if those files contain form fields with the same name those fields will become duplicates of one another in the merged file.

Jody5E98Author
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April 19, 2021

By Template files, I mean I made a form and made it into a template so I can easily send it to different people without having to add all the fillable blanks in on each form every time. It is located under Documents and then under templates. Does that make sense? I guess it does have form fields because they are entering information onto the form. I'm a little dense on all this. Just learning. Thanks! 



try67
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April 19, 2021

OK, that's just a form. A template means something very specific in the PDF world, and that's not it.

Anyway, what happens when you try to combine these files?