Adobe ACROBAT 9 HOW-TOS Manual page 64

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If there are open files in Acrobat, click Add Open Files to include the
files in the list.
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To reorganize the files you add in the dialog, select a file in the list,
and then click the arrow buttons at the bottom of the window to
move a file up or down in the stacking order. You can also click
Delete to delete a file from the collection.
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If you want to include part of a file, select the file in the list and click
Choose Pages to open the Preview and Select Page Range dialog (Fig-
ure 20b). The name of the dialog varies according to the type of file
you are viewing. Preview by selecting the pages or slides in the dialog.
Type the numbers as ranges or individual numbers and click OK.
3. When your files are assembled, click the appropriate File Size but-
ton at the bottom right of the Combine Files dialog. Select the
smallest button for a lower quality/smaller file size, the center button
default for medium quality/file size settings, and the right button for
a better quality/larger file size option.
4. Click Combine Files to start processing the list of items. Each file is
processed separately, and any files in the list that are not PDFs are
converted to PDFs.
5. When the conversion is complete, the Save As dialog opens, showing
the filename as Binder1.pdf by default. Type a filename, choose a
location, and then click Save. Your merged file is complete.
#20: Merging Multiple Files into a Single PDF Document
Figure 20b Preview
and select pages from a
document in this dialog.
Conversion Clues
Should you convert a
document in the source
program or in Acrobat? The
short answer is: It depends.
If you are working in a
program and know you will
need a PDF version of a file,
generate the file then. If you
are working in Acrobat and
realize you need another
file, generate the file from
Acrobat.
Even if you are working
in Acrobat, if you plan
to generate files from
PDFMaker-governed
programs and either can't
remember the settings you
last left for the PDFMaker or
know you need to change
the settings, you should
work through the program
instead of Acrobat. That
approach is preferable
to generating a file that
is converted using the
incorrect settings and then
having to redo it.
From the Library of Daniel Dadian
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