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Merge Documents with Similar File Names

New Here ,
Dec 16, 2020 Dec 16, 2020

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I am trying to combine multiple files into a pdfs based on the first 5 letters of the file name. You used to be able to do this through the plug-in menu, but now it is gone. Any ideas?

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Dec 16, 2020 Dec 16, 2020

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Then you had an external plugin that did it. Acrobat can't "look up" files in the file-system on its own. You have to either select them yourself or know their full name in advance in order to do it using a script, for example. A plugin might be able to examine the contents of a folder and look for files matching this pattern.

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Dec 16, 2020 Dec 16, 2020

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Hello, thanks for the note--the problem is that the plug-in tab is gone, see red circle below:

no plug-in tab.png

And was trying to do the following:

https://youtu.be/aHvsHmR5TPU

 

thanks for any help!

 

This tutorial shows you how to merge PDF files with similar file names into a single PDF document. Unlike simply compiling files into one document, use AutoSplitâ„¢ to automatically combine multiple PDF documents, into multiple output documents based on file name similarities. This video example ...

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Dec 16, 2020 Dec 16, 2020

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Yes, that's because the plugin is not installed.

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Dec 17, 2020 Dec 17, 2020

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that makes sense--thanks!

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Sep 04, 2023 Sep 04, 2023

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Good day, I trust that you are well.

Please advise if this solution worked?

Regards, Chris

 

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