A few days ago I asked about scanning software that would make
one PDF file of multiple scans. Turns out there is a method to do
this built into Tiger, according to macosxhints. It adds an
additional step, but the price is right and it seems easy enough.
You must first scan all the pages, getting a separate PDF file
for each page. Then you can select the documents that you want to
combine in the Finder and then Control-click on them to bring up the
contextual menu.
Choose Automator -> Create Workflow.
Once Automator opens, add three steps to your Untitled workflow:
-Finder: Get Selected Finder Items. Actually, this one is
automatically added if you had the files selected in the Finder.
-PDF: Combine PDF Pages.
-Finder: Open Finder Items (Open with Default Application).
This will combine everything, then open up a Preview document with
all the PDF pages nicely laid out in one document. You can save the
workflow if you do this on a regular basis. Then Control-clicking on
a group of PDFs will give you a contextual menu with your workflow
ready to go.
For anyone with too much money, I also found several programs
that cost $49 to $499 that will do the same thing.
Peter
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