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Is there a way to combine only certain pages from different PDFs without using the Organize Pages?

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April 14, 2025
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I have 40 pdfs that I only need the first page combined into 1 pdf. It is a pain to open and select or drag and drop or extract each single page and then combine them together. Other PDF tools I have used allowed you to select the pages and combine in 1 step.

Correct answer Bernd Alheit

At the column Page Range you can specify the pages for the combination.

Bernd Alheit

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At the column Page Range you can specify the pages for the combination.

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Kimberly5FEBAuthor

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That is what I am looking for. Where is this documented? Everything I find only talks about thumbnail view options.

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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I found editing the page range for a large number of PDFs somewhat tedious.

Here is a better option (IMHO):

I found the javascript and modified it to run as an action.

This is the Javascript&colon;

this.deletePages({nStart: 1, nEnd: this.numPages - 1});

Be SURE to work on copies since it deletes all but the first page!

Then simply combine them into a single document.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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Kimberly5FEBAuthor

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I have seen that Action but what I need is to only combine certain pages that I select from multiple pdfs into one. Using the Organize Pages takes a lot of time to extract or even drag into another pdf.

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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Unless you find a custom script, it is a two-step process: extract the first page from your PDFs with the action; create a new PDF from multiple files. Should be a pretty quick process.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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Look at the Acrobat Actions. You will see an option to get More Actions (Web). You will need a file open to see this command. When you click on it, it will bring you to a website on acrobatusers.com. Scroll down and you will see an action to Remove First Page from Multiple Files. Be sure to read the description/warning.

EDIT--this won't work. See my later post.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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