How to make combined pdf pages the same size.

[nfotx6708]

I have combined several pages into one pdf Binder.  Although all the pages were built on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, inside the combined pdf they are different sizes on the scree.  How can I achieve continuity between all the page sizes?

[Luke Jennings · Accepted solution]

You can do this with Acrobat Pro.

Go to Tools> Print Production> Prefilght> FixUps (blue wrench icon)> Pages.

Select Scale pages to specified size

Go to the little fly-out menu and duplicate the prefilght, give it a new name.

Click on Edit, to change the desired final trim size and the method used to get to this size (scale, white border, etc.)

Click on Fix to apply the change.

[tome44283010]

Hello everyone,

I've tried to search for an answer to this question, but I'm having no luck.  I'm hoping someone in this community might be able to point me in the right direction.

We have 2 different PDF files, each with 100 pages - numbered from 1-100.  I'm trying to merge the document, but keep the sequence.  So we would have page 1 from the first PDF, followed by page 1 from the 2nd PDF file and so on. 

I know how to combine files, but when combining it would put all 100 pages in together.  We have a really painful work around in Indesign, but I'm thinking there must be an easier method?  I'm only using 100 pages as an example, I could manually drag them into place - but if we had 5000 pages that would take forever.

Look forward to your feedback - thank you!

[try67]

Are the pages in order in both files? In other words, does one file contain the even pages from the merged file and the other the odd pages, in sequential order? If so, then you can use this (paid-for) tool I've developed to merge them with ease: http://try67.blogspot.com/2008/12/acrobat-combine-even-odd-pages.html

[autochthon]

I converted an old, disintegrating scrapbook into digital images, with the goal of turning it into a PDF.
Because of the size of the project, it seemed best to break the task into creating three 'Section' PDFs and then combine them all into one Master PDF. 
It took me several tedious hours to painstakingly, manually number the pages in the three Section PDFs, this particular way:
Section 1 PDF is numbered thusly:
Picture of of page 1
Page 1 item 1
Page 1 item 2
Picture of page 2
Page 2 item 1
Page 2 item 2, etc.
Section 2 PDF is numbered thusly:
Picture of of page 3
Page 3 item 1
Page 3item 2
Picture of page 4
Page 4 item 1
Page 4 item 2, etc.
Section 3 PDF is numbered thusly:
Picture of of page 5
Page 5 item 1
Page 5 item 2
Picture of page 6
Page 6 item 1
Page 6 item 2, etc.
etc.

But when I try to append the Section 2 and Section 3 PDFs to Section 1, the Section 1 numbering is retained only up to the end of Section 1 ("Page 6 Item 2"). After that, Sections 2 and 3 manual page numbers get destroyed: all the rest of the appended section pages are renumbered to, "Page  6 item 3, Page 6 item 4, page 6 item 5" etc. ad infinitum to "page 6 item 24".

What am i doing wrong...?

[Document Geek]

You've mentioned

• Page
• Picture
• Item
• Section

But in the Page Label (page numbering) dialog box, there are only Pages and sections.

I don't know know what you mean by items or pictures. A screenshot would really help. Or even better yet, several screenshots, one of each of your three "Section" PDFs.

[Armadel]

Originally I wanted to know how to make a Javascript to combine page 1 from document 1, with pages 1-2 from from document 2, and so on, to the end of the respective files, but I've found my situation is more complicated.

My organization is basically a large retail supply organization, we receive hundreds to thousands of orders on a daily basis. There is one Transfer Order document, and 3 copies of the Release Document.  As it stands, the system we use generates the TO's separately from the RD's, and people manually combine them after they're printed using a Delivery Number that is on each document. When the documents are generated, there is an archive file of TO PDF's, with a maximum of 200 pages per file, and there is an archive of RD PDF's, with a max page count of 400(the system only generates 2 of each release doc, we get creative with the print properties to get 3 of each).  We typically combine the TO PDF's together, then in a separate process combine the RD PDF's for validation purposes. One of the main issues we run into is that there isn't always a TO for an RD, and there isn't always an RD for a TO, so automatically combining the smaller PDF files results in mismatches. 

What I want to know is: Is it possible to automate the combination of the TO file with the RD file and have it match the pages using the Document Number, dumping any unmatched documents into their own file?

[try67]

It's most likely possible, yes, but it's almost impossible to say for sure without seeing the actual files.

Also, this kind of thing requires the development of a completely custom-made tool, which is not a simple task.

If you're interested I'm happy to have a look at your files and let you know if I think it's doable, and if so how much it will cost to develop it.

I can also help you sort the issue of having just two RD pages instead of three, by duplicating one of them automatically.

You can contact me at try6767 at gmail.com to discuss it further.

[default8vo4p5pjo1xl]

I have a user that has an old freeware that will take 2 documents and shuffle them together automatically.

Example

Document A has 200 pages

Document B has 200 pages

Combine the documents but it will take Page 1 of document A, then page 1 of document B becomes page 2, Page 2 of document A, then becomes page 3 and so on until the end.

We don't want freewares in our environment.
I gave him an Acrobat Pro license to see if it has the functionality but I'm not seeing it.
Anyone have ideas?

[Document Geek]

Acorbat does not have that feature built in. But there is a paid for script that will do it: https://try67.blogspot.com/2008/12/acrobat-combine-even-odd-pages.html

[Luke Jennings3]

Here is a work-around, the object is to get all of the pages from documents A & B in alphabetical order, which will allow the tool File> Create> Combine files into single pdf, to preserve the page order.

Move the two documents into separate folders and give them the exact same names, i.e "Doc"

Tools> Organize> Extract (with all pages selected)> Extract as separate pages, do the same to both files.

Select all of the pages in one of the folders and duplicate them, while still selected, move the duplicated pages into the other folder of pages, the page order of the combined folder will be Doc 1 copy, Doc 1, Doc 2 copy, Doc 2, Doc 3 copy, Doc 3 etc.

File> Create> Combine files into single pdf, navigate to the combined folder. 

You can make a feature request here to add shuffling combine to a future update:

https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac

[calebl51863045]

Hello, I am looking to combine two PDF files, but I need them to be alternating pages. So the order would be page 1 of the first document, page 1 of the second document, page 2 of the first document, page 2 of the second document, and so on. Is there an easy way to do this?

[Bernd Alheit]

Read this:

https://acrobatusers.com/forum/general-acrobat-topics/combining-odd-and-even-pages-one-document/ 

[calebl51863045]

Thanks for the response 🙂 The problem here is that it omits pages. So two 3 page documents should result in 6 pages total. This method results in 4 pages total. Am I wrong?

[Bernd Alheit]

Why does you need a script for two 3 pages documents?

[calebl51863045]

This was an example. We will be dealing with larger documents.

[Thom Parker]

How skilled are you with Acrobat JavaScript?  This not a terribly difficult task if you have some programming skills.    

Loop over the pages in the shortest doc, inserting pages into the document with the largest number of pages. Then save to a new name. 

[try67]

I think I mentioned it in the thread linked to above (although that link is broken), but I've developed a (paid-for) tool that allows you to do just that, and it can handle both files with the same amount of pages (ie, the result file has a even number of pages) or when there's a different of one page between them (ie, the result file has an odd number of pages). You can find it here: http://try67.blogspot.com/2008/12/acrobat-combine-even-odd-pages.html

[John_2021]

I scanned my notes and and combined all pages (scanned images) using right click contextr menu and made pdf.

I opened that pdf in acrobat pro later and replaced a page (organise pages > right click on page > insert page >selected page image)

Issue - Why this replaced page size is larger than other pages (see attachment) ? 

I want to fix this. Please tell me how to do that.

[I checked the properties of pages below it and the pixel resolution is same 2040*2807]

[I made the pdf file of that single page and then inserted it but still it's larger]

Thanks & regards.

[Test Screen Name]

PDF pages don't have a pixel resolution, so I don't know what you checked. They have a size in "inches" or "mm", though they may not be that size on screen. Hover in the bottom left of the page and it will show you the size - and show you that these are wildly different. That will tell you what page size you need to make for the replacement page.

[try67]

You can use the Preflight tool to scale all pages to the same size.

[John_2021]

Where to go in preflight menu ?

Can you elaborate ?

[geoff-222]

I am making a .pdf in Acrobat DC from combined .jpg images of documents photographed with an iphone. How can I format the .pdf so that all the pages are letter size?

[Luke Jennings3]

You could use an Acrobat preflight fixup to specify the page size (Tools> Print Production> Preflight> Fixups (blue wrench icon), type "scale" in the search field. You can also duplicate and re-name the existing preflight and then edit it to access more options.

Another option would be to create a multipage InDesign file, place the images into each page, cropping and re-sizing as needed, then export to a new PDF.

[Darren38643215nptv]

Is there a way to remove the resizing that happens in combine files to make them all the pages the same size. The 'print to pdf' option works but Acrobat Reader doesn't allow to print to pdf. Why is Acrobat so difficult and constantly changing files (sizes, rotation) when they're imported? Wasting so much time to get the files back to where they started 

[Abambo]

There is no resizing and no changes in rotation to the original file. What are you doing, and how are you doing that?

Acrobat surly allows to print to a virtual PDF printer, but it is not recommended to do so.

[courterikasmom_7777]

I get as far as the little blue wrench and there is no option to scale pages 😞