Creating a muli-page pdf from several single page pdfs (in a specific order)

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I am using Acrobat Pro 20023.008.20458 on a mac. My team regularly creates bigger pdf books of sinlge pdfs, they are NOT supposed to be in alpha order and the pages look identical at thumbnail size so organizing them at that size is a nightmare.
My machine can "insert from file" and click the pages in any order while holding the Command (apple) key, they insert in the exact order I clicked them. My team mates running the same Mac OS and Program versions are forced to insert in Alpha order, what prefrence setting am I not finding that is allowing me to do this and not them? This has been a feature in Acrobat for years and I'm flummoxed on why it only works for me.

try67 · Answer

The best way to do that consistently is to use a script to combine the files in the desired order.

I've developed a (paid-for) tool that can read a text file with a list of file-paths and combine them in that exact order, each time. It's easy to generate such a file automatically from a Command Prompt or Terminal window.

You can find it here: https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-combine-files-to-pdf-from-a-list

PS. I moved your post from the Acrobat Online forum, where it didn't belong and wasn't seem by many people.

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