Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
On 1 May 2012, at 19:55, Darcy James Argue wrote: It now works the way I described it to Chris, instead of the old way. Can you still drag them to where you want within the document pagewise? Steve P. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
Yes, everything is fine. It's just that the new behaviour is not documented in the help files, and I was doing it the old way and not understanding. The link Eric (I think?) sent has it very clearly laid-out, and I think the new way is superior, more powerful and can be automated. And of course, you can re-order pages. Christopher - Original Message - From: Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012 11:03 am Subject: Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX To: finale@shsu.edu On 1 May 2012, at 19:55, Darcy James Argue wrote: It now works the way I described it to Chris, instead of the old way. Can you still drag them to where you want within the document pagewise? Steve P. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
I can answer this one. Put all the pdfs you wish to combine into one folder, get these files in the order you want them to print in (number them or something). Select them all double click to open in preview. You should see all the pages in descending order in the sidebar. Click on the second page down, scroll down to the final page and shift click (therefore selecting pages 2 to the end), scroll back up to the top page in the sidebar, now drag all those pages onto the first page (a plus sign with the number of pages you've grabbed come up as you do this). Now, IMPORTANT, go to the Previous arrow top left of the toolbar and click it enough times to get yourself back so the first page is in view. Hit save. This helps to open the file again with page one first and keep it all in order. Close the file. Now go back into your folder and you can bin all the pdfs that formed pages 2 to the end, keep just the first one which should now include all the other pages within it, in sequence. Another thing I do is to prepare all the other pages first in their single files (e.g. if they are upside down, need centering, etc,) before Group selection and amalgamation, otherwise some things are more difficult to accomplish when they are all in one file. Hope it works out for you. Cheers, Jonathan Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
Looks like another reason to stay on 10.6.8. I wonder why apple changed the simple way it worked? Steve P. On 2 May 2012, at 09:29, Jonathan Smith lismoremu...@wanadoo.fr wrote: I can answer this one. Put all the pdfs you wish to combine into one folder, get these files in the order you want them to print in (number them or something). Select them all double click to open in preview. You should see all the pages in descending order in the sidebar. Click on the second page down, scroll down to the final page and shift click (therefore selecting pages 2 to the end), scroll back up to the top page in the sidebar, now drag all those pages onto the first page (a plus sign with the number of pages you've grabbed come up as you do this). Now, IMPORTANT, go to the Previous arrow top left of the toolbar and click it enough times to get yourself back so the first page is in view. Hit save. This helps to open the file again with page one first and keep it all in order. Close the file. Now go back into your folder and you can bin all the pdfs that formed pages 2 to the end, keep just the first one which should now include all the other pages within it, in sequence. Another thing I do is to prepare all the other pages first in their single files (e.g. if they are upside down, need centering, etc,) before Group selection and amalgamation, otherwise some things are more difficult to accomplish when they are all in one file. Hope it works out for you. Cheers, Jonathan Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
Combine PDFs 5.2 from www.monkeybreadsoftware.de Cheers! Eric Sent from my iSomething ... I hope On 01.05.2012, at 15:04, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
Jonathan! That's even better! Thanks so much. Christopher On Wed May 2, at WednesdayMay 2 4:29 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote: I can answer this one. Put all the pdfs you wish to combine into one folder, get these files in the order you want them to print in (number them or something). Select them all double click to open in preview. You should see all the pages in descending order in the sidebar. Click on the second page down, scroll down to the final page and shift click (therefore selecting pages 2 to the end), scroll back up to the top page in the sidebar, now drag all those pages onto the first page (a plus sign with the number of pages you've grabbed come up as you do this). Now, IMPORTANT, go to the Previous arrow top left of the toolbar and click it enough times to get yourself back so the first page is in view. Hit save. This helps to open the file again with page one first and keep it all in order. Close the file. Now go back into your folder and you can bin all the pdfs that formed pages 2 to the end, keep just the first one which should now include all the other pages within it, in sequence. Another thing I do is to prepare all the other pages first in their single files (e.g. if they are upside down, need centering, etc,) before Group selection and amalgamation, otherwise some things are more difficult to accomplish when they are all in one file. Hope it works out for you. Cheers, Jonathan Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4075 You can also use Automator to do it Sent from my iSomething -- On May 1, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
I think it's under File in the pulldown menu. Followed by Create pdf then Merge files into a single pdf. Usually then it's best to go Optimize and Reduce file size to get the size manageable. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
Those instructions are for Acrobat Pro, not Preview. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 May 2012, at 12:31 PM, Anne Erickson wrote: I think it's under File in the pulldown menu. Followed by Create pdf then Merge files into a single pdf. Usually then it's best to go Optimize and Reduce file size to get the size manageable. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
Hi Chris, You aren't currently combining the documents in Preview, you are just viewing multiple documents from the same window. You can't save the result because you're not actually making any changes. Don't just drag new PDF pages into the sidebar, drag them ON TO the thumbnail at the top of the main PDF in the sidebar -- you will know you are doing it right if you get the green + icon on your pointer when you drag. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 May 2012, at 9:04 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
Works fine for me.. Open one document, drag another into the side drawer. Save or save as. Is that how you're doing it? Steve P. On 1 May 2012, at 14:04, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
It works differently in 10.7. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 May 2012, at 12:32 PM, Steve Parker wrote: Works fine for me.. Open one document, drag another into the side drawer. Save or save as. Is that how you're doing it? Steve P. On 1 May 2012, at 14:04, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
Oh.. out of interest what is different? Steve P. On 1 May 2012, at 18:29, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net wrote: It works differently in 10.7. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 May 2012, at 12:32 PM, Steve Parker wrote: Works fine for me.. Open one document, drag another into the side drawer. Save or save as. Is that how you're doing it? Steve P. On 1 May 2012, at 14:04, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
PDF Pen is what you want. Great product. http://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen/ Richard On May 1, 2012, at 8:04 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
I use PDF Pen all the time, too. It's great. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Richard Huggins huggin...@yahoo.comwrote: PDF Pen is what you want. Great product. http://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen/ Richard On May 1, 2012, at 8:04 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
It now works the way I described it to Chris, instead of the old way. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 May 2012, at 1:47 PM, Steve Parker wrote: Oh.. out of interest what is different? Steve P. On 1 May 2012, at 18:29, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net wrote: It works differently in 10.7. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 May 2012, at 12:32 PM, Steve Parker wrote: Works fine for me.. Open one document, drag another into the side drawer. Save or save as. Is that how you're doing it? Steve P. On 1 May 2012, at 14:04, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
Darcy, That was it! I was dragging the new pages into the sidebar, but I WASN'T dragging them on TOP of the thumbnail, I was dragging them BELOW, where I thought I wanted them to go. I have to make sure I drag it to the LOWER 50% of the thumbnail, too, otherwise it will put it before the page I am dragging it onto, instead of after. This seems to have changed in the new OS, and the new behaviour is not accounted for in the help file. Eric, I saw the Automator idea once you clued me into it. I will certainly remember it for the next time, especially if the job is this big again! Thanks all for your quick and on-point answers Christopher On Tue May 1, at TuesdayMay 1 12:33 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Chris, You aren't currently combining the documents in Preview, you are just viewing multiple documents from the same window. You can't save the result because you're not actually making any changes. Don't just drag new PDF pages into the sidebar, drag them ON TO the thumbnail at the top of the main PDF in the sidebar -- you will know you are doing it right if you get the green + icon on your pointer when you drag. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 May 2012, at 9:04 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX
At 9:04 AM -0400 5/1/12, Christopher Smith wrote: Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one PDF. I had heard this was possible in Preview on Mac, and sure enough I can copy pages from one PDF to another document, but then I can't save the result! If I save as then it only saves the single page I was showing at the time, and if I try to print and then save a PDF, it only prints the page I was showing at the time. I could have sworn this was possible, but I can't get it to work. Thanks in advance, Christopher Hmmm. I don't know much on the technical side, but when I've done that kind of combining I've had to do it through the Adobe Acrobat program itself, not through the Mac's cut-down .pdf support. Others will surely have a better answer. John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts Cinema College of Liberal Arts Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön. (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
