merge pdf page by page

jakeluck · 12-11-2006, 10:13 PM

I got a book that is layed out lettersize in landscape with 2 page per page.
I used Acrobat's "crop page" and choped the pdf into 2 5x6 pdfs. One contains all the pages on the left, and one contains all that on the right. I have been trying to find a solution that will "merge" those 2 pdfs page by page so the final composition will be:

a1 b1 a2 b2 a3 b3 ....

after reading the acrobat documentation and various internet pages, I haven't been able to find a way to do this. Worse comes worse, I will write
a script to do that in ghostscript. Any suggestions?

RWood · 12-11-2006, 10:33 PM

The only way I was able to do something like this was by rearranging the pages by hand in the full version of Acrobat. I do not think there is a current tool for this. Perhhaps you could strip them into files on one page each and then run them through a merge program like ABC Amber PDF Merge. Not sure, never tried it.

jakeluck · 12-12-2006, 04:36 AM

hmmmm, interesting, maybe i will write a program that will do this.

jæd · 12-12-2006, 06:20 AM

I think Scotty wrote a Java based tool that did this... Do a search of mobileread to find it...

Try this : https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ghlight=pdfbox

jakeluck · 12-19-2006, 03:27 PM

i wrote a small cocoa program that did this, if anyone else is interested, feel free to ask.

12-11-2006, 10:13 PM	#1
jakeluck Groupie Posts: 193 Karma: 3252 Join Date: Dec 2004	merge pdf page by page I got a book that is layed out lettersize in landscape with 2 page per page. I used Acrobat's "crop page" and choped the pdf into 2 5x6 pdfs. One contains all the pages on the left, and one contains all that on the right. I have been trying to find a solution that will "merge" those 2 pdfs page by page so the final composition will be: a1 b1 a2 b2 a3 b3 .... after reading the acrobat documentation and various internet pages, I haven't been able to find a way to do this. Worse comes worse, I will write a script to do that in ghostscript. Any suggestions?

12-12-2006, 06:20 AM	#4
jæd Evangelist Posts: 458 Karma: 293 Join Date: May 2006	I think Scotty wrote a Java based tool that did this... Do a search of mobileread to find it... Try this : https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ghlight=pdfbox Last edited by jæd; 12-12-2006 at 06:24 AM.

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12-11-2006, 10:33 PM	#2
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	The only way I was able to do something like this was by rearranging the pages by hand in the full version of Acrobat. I do not think there is a current tool for this. Perhhaps you could strip them into files on one page each and then run them through a merge program like ABC Amber PDF Merge. Not sure, never tried it.

12-12-2006, 04:36 AM	#3
jakeluck Groupie Posts: 193 Karma: 3252 Join Date: Dec 2004	hmmmm, interesting, maybe i will write a program that will do this.

12-19-2006, 03:27 PM	#5
jakeluck Groupie Posts: 193 Karma: 3252 Join Date: Dec 2004	i wrote a small cocoa program that did this, if anyone else is interested, feel free to ask.

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