Hi Chris, It's actually possible to merge PDF files with Preview if you can drag and drop to the thumbnails in the sidebar, but I don't think this works with VoiceOver drag and drop -- at the very least it would be difficult. If you have Skim downloaded there's an embedded SkimPDF command line tool that lets you perform operations like merging and extracting PDF files in Terminal.
If you look under: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/ there are three applications: displayline, skimnotes, and skimpdf. You need to copy skimpdf to somewhere in your default path with executable permission using your Admin password. Open Terminal and type or paste in: sudo cp -p /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/skimpdf /usr/bin/ and press "Return". You'll be prompted to authorize with your Admin password. The "cp -p" does the copy preserving permissions so you can execute the commands. Then to merge two pdf files from the command line you can type: skimpdf merge file1.pdf file2.pdf merged.pdf The specification of an output file like "merged.pdf" is optional. I think if you don't specify an output file, the second file just gets appended to the first, but you should experiment. You can also find out the syntax of commands by typing: skimpdf help For more information, take a look at the SourceForge wiki for Skim: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/skim-app/index.php?title=Main_Page Then use the link for the "SkimPDF Command Line Tool" to find out more. There's also a specific SourceForge wiki for the SkimPDF command line tool: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/skim-app/index.php?title=SkimPDF_Tool There are probably other sources of merge tools around the web, but this works if you already have Skim anyway, and are comfortable with the Terminal command line. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > okay, so here's the deal. > > I was e-mailed five pDF files today. basically, to make a long story short, > it is an owners manual. I am not sure why he did it this way, however each > page of the manual is a separate PDF file. Granted, the manual is only five > pages long, so it's nothing really to write home about, I am curious however, > if there is a program that I could use, that would allow me to take all five > of these PDF files and basically merge them into one file. that would make my > life so much easier! don't get me wrong, I have no problem viewing each page > separately, but it's going to be a pain in the neck trying to view each page > separately. > > yes, I definitely do you use Docuscan Plus, but I do not believe that that > will do the trick. > > I also know almost beyond a doubt that preview will not do the trick either. > Someone correct me should I be wrong. > > I almost wonder if Pages would be able to do the trick. I do have a copy of > iWork 2009. > > thank you for any help, and all suggestions. > > Chris. > > Sent from my iPhone > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
