How can I create a multi-panel pdf from multiple files

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December 14, 2022
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I would like to create a pdf file made up of 4 image panels generated from 4 existing pdfs, e.g. Fig1.pdf on the upper left-hand side, Fig2.pdf on upper right, etc.

In Adobe, the options Create > Combine Files into Single pdf will merge Fig1.pdf through Fig4.pdf into a single pdf, but in linear order, giving me no control over position, size, etc.

Is there a straightforward way to create a multipanel figure (single pdf file) from multiple pdfs in the way that I describe in Adobe Acrobat?

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try67

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Combine them to a single PDF and then print it out (Windows only) to the Adobe PDF printer using the Multiple (2x2) option.

For a finer tuning a script can also used to do this.

bebarth

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Hi,

You can add watermarks from your 4 pdf files on a single page.

So you can manage the size, the position, etc.

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Max27577456kh95Author

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Where do I find the "add watermark" option? Presumably, for this to work, I need to first create a single blank pdf document and then import the 4 figures of interest as watermarks? Surely, there must be some more efficient way of merging pdfs into a single file with some control over their relative position. If Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow this, is there another Adobe tool that may be better suited?

bebarth

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In the Edit PDF tools then Watermark and add...

But Acrobat is not a page layout software as InDesign.

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