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Adobe Acrobat 7.0

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 7.0. Not only are you able to combine PDF files, but also Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher files, just to name a few. This document describes the steps of selecting the files from multiple sources that you want to use to create your single PDF file.

  1. From the File menu, select Create PDF » From Multiple Files
    The Create PDF from Multiple Documents dialog box appears.
    Create PDF from Multiple Documents dialog box

  2. Under Add Files, click BROWSE...

  3. Locate a file to add to the PDF
    NOTE: These are the file types that you can use for source documents:
    Supported file formats for PDF file creation

  4. Click ADD

  5. Continue 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 select Include all open PDF documents
    NOTE: The option is selected if a checkmark appears in the check box.

  7. OPTIONAL: You can include recently combined files by selecting them from the pull-down list, Include recently combined files:

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

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

  9. To preview any PDF file that is being included in the comprehensive PDF
    NOTE: Only PDF files can be previewed. Other file types, such as Word and Excel, cannot be previewed.
    1. Under the Files to Combine section, select the PDF file to preview
    2. Under Preview PDF Files, click PREVIEW
      A preview of the PDF file appears.

    3. Click OK

  10. Click OK
    NOTES:
    An Adobe PDFmaker dialog box appears and remains for the time it takes to create the PDF.
    The time needed for this step to complete depends on the number of files and the size of the files.
    The Save As dialog box appears when the PDF is complete.

  11. Complete the Save As dialog box

  12. Click SAVE

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