Combine Files

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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

Braniac

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.

try67

Braniac

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.

You're still not getting it. You're looking at the contents of the fields instead of the underlying field names. Open the files again and go to Prepare Form mode. You'll see there's a label with text at the center of each field. That's the field's name, and that is what matters here.

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