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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

Creating a PDF: Multiple Sources

To compile more than one document into a single PDF file, use the Create PDF From Multiple Files function available in Adobe Acrobat 8. Not only are you able to combine PDF files, but also Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher files, just to name a few. This document explains how to create a single PDF file from multiples sources.

1. From the File menu, select Create PDF » From Multiple Files...
   OR
   From the Tasks toolbar, select Create PDF» From Multiple Files...
   The Combine Files dialog box appears.
   
   

2. Under Choose the files you want to combine, click ADD FILES...
   The Add Files dialog box appears.

3. Using the Look in pull-down list, locate and select a file to add to the PDF
   NOTE: These are the file types that you can use for source documents:
   
   

4. Click ADD FILES

5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 until all of the files that you want to use to create the PDF have been added

6. OPTIONAL: To include any currently open PDF documents
   1. Under Choose the files you want to combine, click ADD OPEN FILES...
      The Open PDF Files dialog box appears.

   2. Click ADD FILES

7. To change the order of the files that you have selected
   1. Select the file to move
   2. To move the file up one place in the list of files, under the Arrange Files section,
      click MOVE UP
   3. To move the file down one place in the list of files, under the Arrange Files section,
      click MOVE DOWN

   4. To delete the file from the list of Files to Combine, click REMOVE

8. Under Choose a file size and conversion setting, select the desired option

9. Click NEXT
   The page refreshes with new options.

10. Under Choose the type of combined PDF file to create, select the desire option
    Merge files into a single PDF creates a single PDF document from the selected files
    Assemble files into a PDF Package creates a single PDF package that includes selected files as separate PDF documents

11. Click CREATE

12. When the process is completed, click SAVE
    The Save As dialog box appears.

13. Using the Save in pull-down list, select a save location

14. In the File name text box, type the file name

15. Click SAVE
    The combined PDF will appear in a separate Adobe Acrobat window.