Combining the contents of two or more PDF files is easy, even if you don't have Adobe Acrobat. Many free apps are capable of merging PDF files together. You can do it online using a wide variety of tools, including PDFsail free PDF Combiner. You can also do it on your desktop PC with a free third-party app like PDF Merger & Splitter, or with built-in tools like Finder and Preview on Mac. This tutorial will teach you quick and easy ways to merge several PDF files into a single document.
Method 1:PDFsail Online
1. Visit PDFsail’s PDF Merger
Go to [PDFsail PDF Merger](https://www.pdfsail.com/merge-pdf) in any browser.
2. Upload your PDF files
Drag and drop the PDF you want to merge into the tool. Alternatively, click the “Choose Files” button to browse your computer.
3. Rearrange Files
If necessary, drag and drop the files to reorder them. You can also delete files by clicking the trash can icon, or add more files by clicking the + button.
4. Click “Merge”
Once the files are organized, click the “Merge” button to combine them.
5. Download the merged PDF
Once merged, click “Download” to save the merged file to your computer. By default, it will be saved in your “Downloads” folder.
Method 2 Using Windows
1.Download PDF Merger & Splitter.
PDF Merger & Splitter is a free app that allows you to merge PDFs and extract pages from a PDF. You can download PDF Merger & Splitter for free from the Microsoft Store. Use the following steps to download PDF Merger & Splitter:
2.Open PDF Merger & Splitter. PDF Merger & Splitter has an icon that resembles a page.
You can find it in the Windows Start menu, or you can click Launch in the Microsoft Store once it finishes downloading.
3.Click [Merge PDF].
It's the first button in the middle of the page.
4.Click [Add PDFs].
It's the first option in the upper-left corner. This option opens File Explorer and allows you to browse for PDFs.
5.Navigate to the location of the PDFs you want to merge.
Use File Explorer to navigate to the location of the PDFs you want to merge. Double-click the folder the PDFs are located in to navigate to that folder.
6.Select the PDFs and click[ Open].
You can select more than one file at a time by holding the Ctrl button and clicking the files you want to open. Then click Open in the lower-right corner.
7.Click [Merge PDFs].
It's in the lower-right corner. This displays a Save prompt that you can use to save the merged PDFs.
8.Type a name for the merged PDF.
Use the field next to "Filename" to type a name for the merged PDF.
9.Click [Save].
This saves your PDFs as a single, merged PDF.
Method 3 Using Mac (Finder Method)
1.Open a Finder window.
Click the Mac Finder Finder icon in the Dock to open a new Finder window. Navigate to the location of the PDF files you want to merge.
2.Click the [Gallery] tab.
At the top of the Finder window, click the tab that looks like a rectangle with a row of squares underneath.
3.Command-click the PDFs you want to merge.
Hold down the command key while clicking on any PDF files you want to combine. (Select the files in the order in which you want them to appear in the merged PDF)
4.Click [Create PDF].
Once you’ve selected two or more PDF files, a button will appear in the right panel that says Create PDF. Click this button to merge your files. The new PDF will be saved to your Desktop.
Method 4 Using Mac (Preview Method)
1.Launch the Preview app.
The icon looks like a snapshot of a landscape with a magnifier in front of it.
2.Open the PDF files you want to merge.
In Preview, click the File menu, then select Open.
3.Duplicate the PDFs.
To avoid making any unwanted permanent changes to the original files when you use this method, you may want to make copies instead of working with the originals. To do this, select each file, then click the File menu at the top of the screen and select Duplicate.
4.Open one of the duplicate files.
It doesn’t matter which one you start with, since you can rearrange order of the pages within the combined file.
5.Enable the thumbnail pane in the [View] menu.
If you don’t already see the sidebar that shows thumbnails of all the pages in your PDF, click View > Thumbnails in the menu at the top of the screen. It will appear on the left side of the PDF window.
6.Drag additional PDFs into the sidebar.
Click any of the other PDF files you want to merge with the first one and simply drag and drop them into the thumbnail bar on the left side of the window. Click and drag thumbnails to change the order of the pages.
Method 5 Using Adobe Acrobat
1.Open Adobe Acrobat.
Adobe Acrobat has a red and white icon with a red looping swoosh in the middle. Adobe Acrobat is Adobe's proprietary (paid) PDF creation and editing tool. You’ll need to use one of the paid versions of Adobe Acrobat (rather than the free Adobe Acrobat Reader app) to merge PDFs.
2.Click Tools.
It's the second tab at the top. This displays the PDF creation tools.
3.Click [Combine Files].
It's the second option on the Tools page.
4.Click [Add Files].
It's the blue button in the center of the pages. This opens File Explorer on Windows, or the Finder on Mac.
5.Navigate to the location the PDFs are stored.
Use the File Explorer or Finder window to navigate to the folder the PDFs you want to merge are saved to.
6.Select the PDFs you want to merge.
To select multiple files, press and hold Ctrl on Windows or Command on Mac. Then click the files you want to add.
7.Click [Open].
It's in the lower-right corner. This displays all the PDFs as thumbnail images in Adobe Acrobat.
8.Click [Combine].
It's the blue button at the top of the page. This combines all the PDFs in the thumbnail list into one PDF.
9.Click [File].
It's in the menu bar at the top of Adobe Acrobat.
10.Click [Save as].
It's in the drop-down menu below "File" in Adobe Acrobat.
11.Click a recent save location or click [Choose a different folder].
You can select one of the recent save locations listed, or click the blue button that says Choose a different folder to select a different save location.
12.Type a name for the merged PDF.
Use the field next to "Filename" to type a name for the PDF.
13.Click Save.
It's in the lower-right corner of the Save window. This saves the merged PDF using the file name you choose.
