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Combine PDFs using Preview
Authored by: osxpounder on Dec 16, '03 04:05:43PM

Perhaps it works for you if you have some 3rd party apps installed, but on my stock g5, just cracked out of the box 3 days ago and sporting Panther, nothing of the sort occurs.

I select a number of PDFs, type CMD-O, and all open in Preview:

1. Multi-page PDFs open separately, distinct from each other, in their own windows;

2. Single-page PDFs appear in one Preview window, with thumbnails for each available in Preview's pathetic little thumbnail browser pane.

3. Attempting to save a document in that single Preview window which contains all the collected single-page PDFs together ... results in a single-page PDF of the document currently showing in the Preview window.

Tested in Panther 10.3 and Preview 2.1.0 today.

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Is there a 3rd party util that needs to be installed?
Authored by: allanBook on Dec 16, '03 06:27:29PM

Under 10.3.1, I still can't get a combined document by selecting more than one PDF and hitting cmd+O or going into preview and selecting more than one via File Open.

What is the secret for making this happen?

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