Pdf with the ability to combine files. How to combine pdf files into one. Online services for merging PDF files

Good day, blog readers. In this article, I will teach you how to work with one of the most popular file formats - PDF, namely, to combine several documents of this type into one file. So let's get started!

The PDF format is great for conveying information in an easy-to-view and edit-protected form. It is used for contracts, reports, scientific articles and books. But sometimes the problem arises: how to combine PDF files into one document... There are two ways to solve it: using programs or through online services.

1. Programs for merging PDF files

Quite a few tools have already been written to merge files without an internet connection. There are both babies and giants among them. Let's start with the latter.

1.1. Adobe acrobat

They say "PDF", they mean Adobe Acrobat, more often the free version of Reader. But it is only for viewing files, concatenation PDF files in one it is beyond her power. But the paid version copes with this task "with a bang" - of course, because Adobe is the developer of the PDF format.

100% accurate result;
knows how to edit source documents.

bundling is available only in the paid full version (however, there is a 7-day trial). A monthly subscription costs about 450 rubles.
modern cloud versions require registration with the Adobe service;
a lot of space for installation (for Adobe Acrobat DC 4.5 gigabytes).

How to combine PDFs using Adobe Acrobat:

1. In the "File" menu, select "New", and in it - "Combine files into one PDF document".

2. Select PDF with the "Add" button or simply drag it onto the program window.

3. Arrange the files in the desired order.

4. After clicking the "Combine" button, the finished file will automatically open in the program. All that remains is to keep it in a place convenient for you.

The result is a guaranteed accurate connection.

1.2. PDF Combine

An interesting specialized tool for merging documents. Those who want to combine PDF files into one program will be given a free download, but they will not be able to use it in business just like that. Full version without tricks is on sale for almost $ 30.

miniature and fast;
you can add entire folders with PDF;
works without Adobe Acrobat;
there is a portable version that works without installation;
can be customized sound signal about the end of the process.

paid;
poor settings.

Attention! The trial version adds a page at the beginning of the document that says no license is available.

Such an inscription will "decorate" your pdf, if you use a trial PDF version Combine

If this suits you (or you are willing to pay), then here are the instructions for working with the program:

1. Install the application or unpack the portable version, run the program.

2. Drag and drop files into the program window, or use the "Add" buttons for files and "Add Folder" for folders. If necessary, set a sound signal about the end (button "Settings") and change the folder for the final file ("Output Path").

3. Click "Combine Now!"

The program will connect the files and open the folder with the result. In addition, the trial version will offer to buy a license.

Life hack: You can delete the first page with a PDF cutting program.

1.3. Foxit Reader

Strictly speaking, with the task of combining PDF files into one Foxit Reader now it will not be able to fully cope: this function is included in the paid product PhantomPDF. It works in the same way as in Adobe Acrobat:

1. Select from the menu "File" - "New" the item "From multiple files", indicate that you want to combine several PDF documents.

2. Add files, then start the process. Formally, Foxit Reader can also join documents. However, to do this, you will have to create an empty PDF file, then copy all the text there, choose the font and size, add pictures in the same places, etc. In other words, do hours by hand what programs do in seconds.

1.4. PDF Split and Merge

The utility is geared towards merging and splitting PDF files. Acts quickly and clearly.

specialized tool;
works quickly;
there is additional settings and functions;
portable version;
is free.

does not work without Java;
the translation into Russian has been partially completed.

How to use:

1. Install Java (java.com) and the program, run it.

2. Select "Combine".

3. Drag and drop files or use the add button. Check your settings and click "Run" at the bottom of the window. The program will quickly do its job and put the result along the indicated path.

1.5. PDFBinder

Another special tool for combining pdf files... Solves this problem exclusively.

miniature;
fast;
free.

may require .NET to work properly.
each time asks where to save the result;
there are no settings other than the order of the files to be merged.

Here's how to work with it:

1. Use the “Add file” button to add PDFs or drag and drop them onto the program window.

2. Correct the order of the files, then click Bind! The program will ask where to save the file, then open it with the PDF program installed on the system. A masterpiece of minimalism. No decorations, no extra features.

2. Online services for merging PDF files

It is also useful to know how to combine multiple PDF files into one without installing programs, online. This method only needs an internet connection.

2.1. Smallpdf

The official website is https://smallpdf.com. The service fully justifies its motto “Working with PDF is easy”. Pros:

simple and fast;
work with Dropbox is supported and Google drive ohm;
many additional functions, including installation / removal of protection, compression, etc .;
free.

Negative: The abundance of menu items can be scary at first.

Step-by-step instruction.

1. On home page a choice of more than 10 options is immediately available. Find "Combine PDF".

2. Drag the files to the browser window or use "Select a file".

3. Drag and drop files to line up in the correct order. Then click "Combine to PDF!"

4. Save the file to your computer or upload to Dropbox / Google Drive. There are also buttons "Compress" (if you need the lightest file) and "Divide" (if the goal was to cut off the end of the PDF and glue it to another file).

2.2. PDFJoiner

The official website is http://pdfjoiner.com. Another good way combine PDF files into one online service PDFJoiner. Its main task is precisely to merge documents, but it can also be used as a converter. Pros:

immediately offers to solve the problem, without choosing from the menu;
we require a minimum of actions, but acts clearly and quickly;
free.

Minus: merging line of the menu.

Everything is very simple:

1. Drag the files directly to the main page or select them with the "Upload" button.

2. If necessary - correct the order, then click "Combine files". The download of the result will start automatically. Just a couple of clicks - a record among services.

2.3. Ilovepdf

The official website is http://www.ilovepdf.com. Another resource for which to combine PDF online for free and with full compliance source documents- a matter of honor.

many functions;
watermarks and pagination;
free.

Minus: you can get lost in additional functions, there are a lot of them.

Here is the sequence of steps to work with the service:

1. On the main page, select "Combine PDF" - either from the text menu, or from the large blocks below.

2. Drag the PDF to the next page or use the Select PDF Files button.

3. Check the order and click "Combine PDF". The download of the result will start automatically.

One feels that the service is really created with love.

2.4. Free-pdf-tools

The official website is http://free-pdf-tools.ru. The service practically does not care about the perception of the pages. They will have to be read in order not to get trapped.

there are several additional features;
free.

looks a little old-fashioned;
does not allow dragging and dropping files;
it is difficult to change the order of files;
advertising is often disguised as links with the result (see the example in the instructions).

Here's how to use it:

2. Use the buttons for the 1st and 2nd files, to add further ones, use the "More upload fields" button. Click "Combine".

3. The service will think about it, and then show the result in the form of an inconspicuous link to the document.

In general, normal service leaves a residue due to aggressive ads and an old-fashioned look.

2.5. Convertonlinefree

The official website is http://convertonlinefree.com. If you are looking for how to make one from several PDF files and at the same time keep the original look of the pages, then it is better to avoid this service. When merged, it resizes the sheet and introduces artifacts. What is the reason is unclear, since all other services processed the same source files normally.

Pros: Free.

design outdated for a decade;
extremely picky about source files, accepts only zip-archives;
you cannot change the order of pages;
introduces distortion.

They use this service from the "cheap and cheerful" category like this:

1. On the main page, find "Process PDF".

2. On the page that opens, use the "Select file" button to add documents.

Attention! First, prepare the files. They need to be packed into an archive. And only ZIP - from RAR, 7z, and even more from PDF, he decisively refuses, against any logic.

3. After processing the downloaded archive, the download will start automatically. And here is the result: You can use the service, but in comparison with the others, it loses a lot.

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a very popular and convenient format for storing electronic text and graphic documents. PDF files are not editable, which makes it possible to use them for contracts or agreements, they are very convenient to print and store on disk. In this article, we will look at how to combine PDF files into one using special programs and online service ov.

Before moving on to special programs and services, I would like to talk about the possibility of combining documents using the PDF reader itself, the Adobe Acrobat program.

Combining files in the Adobe Acrobat window

Adobe Acrobat is the most popular program for opening PDF files, so consider this way on her example.

First you need to open an empty program window and select "New" from the "File" menu and then "Combine files into one PDF document". Next, select the "Add files" function and select the files that you want to combine into one. To change the order of the files, you just need to click on it and drag it to the desired location. To change the order of pages in a document from the list, double-click on it and it will open in a new tab.

After everything is edited, you need to click on the "Combine files" button, and the merging will begin. After that go to "File", "Save As" and select the PDF format.

Combining files with PDF Combine

A very handy program for combining files is PDF Combine, which you can download for free.

We launch the program and on the left side of it we find the folder with the files that we want to combine into one. Click on the folder, and all its contents will be reflected in the right side of the program window. You need to put a check mark next to each file to be merged. After all the files are selected, click "Combine to PDF" and select a location to save the new file.

You can change the display order of the combined files directly in the program for viewing files of this type.

Online services for combining files

To combine two or more PDF files into one, you can use the services:

On each of them, you can download an unlimited number of files and combine them into one completely free of charge with one click of the mouse. Here you can either combine multiple PDF files into one, or convert other formats to PDF for further merging. Click "Select file" and select required files on the computer. Once everything is selected, you just need to click "Combine" and the process will begin.

PDF Creator is a virtual printer for PDF creation files. With this free software simplifies the process of creating PDF documents and saving the PDF file to your computer.

The free PDF Creator program is a virtual printer that is installed in the system, in the Explorer context menu and in applications. The virtual printer can be used from any program that supports printing.

When you click, in such a running program, on the corresponding control point - Print, the document is sent to print. In the print selection window, you can send the document to a physical printer for printing on paper, or select a virtual printer to save the file to your computer in PDF format, or in another supported format.

A virtual printer works on the same principle as a physical printer, only it does not print files directly on paper, but saves them on a computer in PDF format.

One such program is PDF Creator, which supports saving files in the following formats:

PDF, PDF / A-1b, PDF / X, PNG, JPEG, BMP, PCX, TIFF, PostScript, EXP, TXT, PSD, PCL, RAW, SVG.

With the free PDF programs Creator is easy to create e-books in PDF format, save files in supported graphic formats.

PDF Creator can be downloaded from the official website of the program. This article will talk about old version PDF Creator 1.7.3.

Installing PDFCreator

After loading installation file programs, the program should be installed on the computer. The installer of the program selects Russian for the installation process.

In the "Select Components" window, I recommend that you uncheck the box next to "PDFArchitect" so as not to install this program on your computer. PDFArchitect is a paid program, and the free version of the program has minimal functionality, and therefore it would be better not to install this program on your computer.

Now - attention! If you do not want two third-party programs to be installed on your computer, then you will need to uncheck the boxes where your consent is required to install new software.

PDF Creator is installed on your computer. Now let's move on to answering such questions - how to use PDF Creator, how to make a PDF, how to set a password for PDF.

The program is already configured by default. You can get into the PDFCreator settings from the "Printer" => "Settings (Ctrl + O)" menu.

The "Settings" window will open with the main settings of the program. In the tabs "Basic settings 1" and "Basic settings 2" you can make the necessary changes in the program settings.

After changing the program settings, you will need to click on the "Save" button.

How to create PDF in PDFCreator

There are two ways to create a PDF file - from the window of the running PDFCreator program, and also from the window of a program that supports printing documents.

Create PDF from the PDF Creator Window

After opening the program window "PDFCreator - Monitor PDF print", v opened window program, you need to drag and drop the file from which you want to make a PDF document.

Alternatively, you can do it this way - in the "Document" menu, in context menu select the "Add (Ctrl + Ins)" item, and then select the required file in the Explorer window.

In the window that opens, you should agree with the temporary installation of PDFCreator as the default printer, and then click on the "Accept" button for this.

After that, the "PDFCreator" window will open, in which you can change or add data for the future document: title, creation date, author, subject, add keyword.

If you click on the "Settings" button, then you can go to detailed settings programs. In the "Profile" you can leave everything by default, or choose a different file format and its quality, which depends on the degree of compression.

Then the file is converted. Then the Explorer window opens to save the file. Here you can also change the name of the file and select the type of file to save it, or leave the settings already selected. After that, you must click on the "Save" button.

Next, the file is saved in the PDF Creator program. After saving is complete, the file is opened in the program associated with PDF files on your computer, for example, a program. I have installed on my computer for this Adobe program Reader.

The PDF file has been saved to your computer.

Create PDF from a window of a program that supports printing

The file to be converted to PDF must be opened in a program that has support for printing the file.

In the program from the "Print" menu, send the file for printing. In the "Print" window, select from the list of printers installed in the system, the virtual printer - "PDFCreator", and click on the "OK" button.

The "PDFCreator" window opens, in which you can make settings for saving the file, or leave everything by default. Here you can change the title of the document, the author, specify the topic and keyword. After that, you need to click on the "Save" button.

In this way, you can also save web pages to your computer from a browser window. I have already written an article on including how to save a web page to PDF.

How to set PDF password in PDFCreator

You can put a password on a PDF document. The password set for a PDF file can be of two types - for opening a document and for editing and copying a document. The password is set when creating a PDF document.

Now let's look at how to set a password for PDF in PDFCreator.

To set a password, open the PDFCreator - PDF Print Monitor window. Then you will need to drag the file into the program window, on which you will need to put a password. You can also add an already created PDF file.

In the "PDFCreator" window that appears, click on the "Settings" button.

After that, another window "Settings" opens. On the left pane of the program window, you need to click on the format - "PDF". The "Format" tab will open on the right side of the program window. Here you can do required settings by selecting the appropriate menu item for this.

Further, there are specific settings for protecting the file. It is necessary to select the level of encryption, for what purpose the password is needed, and the prohibition of the user to perform specific actions with the document. There is extended access if a very high encryption level has been selected.

After making the settings for encrypting the document, you need to click on the "Save" button.

In the "PDF Creator" window you need to click on the "Save" button. The Explorer window opens, in which you will need to select the file name and the location to save it.

In the Enter Password window, you will need to enter the User Password and Owner Password. After entering the password, you need to click on the "Accept" button.

The document will open in the default PDF viewer.

If the item “Password is required to open the document” was selected in the settings, now when you try to open the created document, the “Password” window appears, in which you need to enter the password to remove protection from the PDF document.

After entering the password and clicking on the "OK" button, the document will be opened for viewing.

How to combine PDF in PDFCreator

If you need to combine multiple files into one PDF file, then PDFCreator can easily handle this task.

Before combining, in the files, if they contain images, it is necessary to optimize the size of the images for the page size of the future document (A4 by default).

First, you need to add the file to the PDFCreator window, and confirm the temporary installation of PDFCreator with the default printer.

In the "PDFCreator" window, click on the "Wait - Collect" button.

Then you should add new file... You can simply drag the document into the program window, or add it through the "Add" button located on the top panel of the program window.

After adding the files, you must click on the "Combine All" button located on the program window pane.

After that, you should click on the "Document" => "Print" menu. The PDFCreator window opens again, allowing you to make final adjustments to your document. If necessary, you can also put a password on the PDF.

Conclusions of the article

Virtual Printer PDFCreator software for creating PDF files will help you easily cope with the task of creating such files.

What if you need to put together two PDFs or even several files at once? For example, combine different scanned documents and photos. Trying to merge PDFs online? Possible variant if confidentiality is optional for you. After all, everything that gets into an online service runs the risk of becoming available to its owners, other users or Internet scammers. To prevent information leakage, it is much more reliable to entrust your documents to a stationary application on your computer. This is where Movavi PDF Editor comes in handy - simple and convenient program for working with PDF. It will allow you to stitch separate files into one file. PDF documents, add pages from other documents, photos or drawings. All operations are performed in the program simply and quickly.

Do you want to know how to make one document from several in a couple of clicks? Download Movavi PDF Editor for Windows or Mac and use the following merge method that is most convenient for you.

How to combine PDFs into one

How to add a file to a PDF archive using the "Manage Pages" mode

If, say, you are maintaining a multi-page binder file, and you need to replenish it with a new document, then it will be most convenient to add sheets to PDF in the Page management.

How to add a page to a PDF document

How do I add a page to a PDF? Class = "mb-2"> If you want to add a single page or select sheets of other PDF documents to your document, use the Movavi PDF Editor. You can also insert pictures in it, since the program converts graphic formats to PDF.

IceCream PDF Split & Merge 3.45 is free app for editing PDF files. In particular, gluing several files into one, dividing a file into parts or groups. It is also possible to delete certain pages of the document.

Free utility with an uncomplicated name PDF Split & Merge from IceCreamApps is an excellent PDF editor. The word "editor" is understood here from a slightly different perspective than we are usually accustomed to. More on this below.

PDF Split & Merge Features

This utility offers you the ability to edit the structure, as well as create new PDF-files. Actually, from the name itself, it becomes clear that the main actions performed by the program are the splitting and merging of PDF files. You can split the file as in separate pages and into groups of pages, and you can also specify break intervals and remove unnecessary pages from them.

Concerning merge PDF files, then everything is also on the highest level... You just need to select several files, specify the sequence of gluing, and also specify a name for the resulting file. Specifying a sequence is very easy thanks to the Drag-n-Drop feature. With its help, you can simply hold down the mouse button and drag objects and swap them. Password protected PDF files can be handled in the same way.

You can free download IceCream PDF Split & Merge. But in this free version there are a few minor restrictions. These are limitations on the number of pages in a file, as well as a limitation on the number of files for splicing. For the usual, home use these restrictions are invisible.