Combine Files

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
November 22, 2024
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Hello everyone,

I have what seems to be an unusual issue happening. I have two editable PDFs, each with different content. I am trying to combine them into a single two-page file. However, every time I add the second page, it duplicates the content of the first page.

Any help in solving this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Evan

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try67

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The fields in the two files have the same names, so when you combine them they become duplicates of one another.

Your options are:

- Flatten the form fields before merging, or

- Rename the fields in one file before merging, or

- Combine the files as a Portfolio.

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Evan3880833697q7Author

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I did read online about fields having the same name. I tried using two different PDFs with different information, but it still duplicated whatever was on the first page. Some fields will indeed have the same name because the PDFs are being sent to the same client.

Also, a Portfolio isn't an option as that is not how our client wants the forms.

I should also add that this just started happening, it hasn't happened in the past.

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Evan3880833697q7Author

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The issue is not the values of the fields, but their names. If you have a field called "TechName1" in file A with the value "John Doe" and "TechName2" in file B with the value "Jane Smith", they will retain their values when you combine them. But if the fields are both named "TechName1" then they both will have the same value (either "John Doe" or "Jane Smith") in the merged version. And this works on a field by field basis. If some fields have identical names they will become duplicates; Others, with unique names, will not.

Okay, I understand now. However, that doesn't seem to be the case with what is happening to me. I have attached some screenshots. You will see that 99% of the fields have different content. But, when I combined them (screen 3) it still duplicates whatever is on screen 1 in all fields.

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