One of the much lesser known features of the free PDF creator PrimoPDF is its ability to combine multiple documents together into a single PDF (read about the benefits of combining files to PDF). By simply changing one setting, you can configure PrimoPDF to automatically add all of the pages from your current document to an existing file. Here’s how it’s done:
- Open a document to convert to PDF and select Print, then choose the PrimoPDF printer and click OK.
- From the PrimoPDF window, click Options.
- Click Save As, highlight the file you wish to add pages to, and click OK.
- Under If PDF exists, choose Append to Existing and click OK.
- Lastly, click Create PDF – PrimoPDF will take care of the rest!
Now, when PrimoPDF finds a PDF with the same name in the output location, it will add the pages from the new PDF to the end of the existing PDF. You can append as many different files as you’d like, easily combining multiple documents from a variety of sources into a single, easy-to-navigate PDF.
If you’re on a platform other than Windows, you might like to try the free online PDF editor PDF Hammer. It lets you combine PDF files and also rearrange and remove pages all from the web page. For more advanced functionality see the combine PDF files page on the Nitro site.
