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  #16  
Old March 9th 18, 01:01 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Default I need to combine PDFs

wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam


This one has a merge option. In the picture here, I'm
showing the one I normally use for its "clean" option,
which is rather nice.

But it looks like they've added more options to the
command line, since I downloaded my last version.

https://s10.postimg.org/j4rn9h5l5/mutool.gif

MuPDF is the viewer. MuTool is the command line tool.

https://www.artifex.com/developers-m...oad-resources/

Windows 32 bit binary - 79,839,710 bytes total

http://mupdf.com/downloads/archive/m....0-windows.zip

The tool accepts input file name and page range,
like some.pdf 1-12 to take the first 12 pages.
If you don't give a page range, it should concatenate
the whole file with any other input files.

Since I only use the "clean" option, I cannot vouch
for the newer options.

For that particular package, the "code" is strong,
while the design of the command line was a weakness.
It doesn't conform to all the conventions that it could.
For example, they might not know what "*.pdf" means.

And the package is big enough now, it looks like they
statically linked Qt into it or something, because it's
huge. I haven't used any tools to disassemble it. There's
a source directory, and it might be faster to download
that and see why it's so big.

I think I may have an earlier version that was a bit smaller.

Artifex doesn't use adware. They're also involved
in GhostScript, which some of you may recognize. So
don't expect any OpenCandy for breakfast. You should
of course, always scan every download, no matter who
makes it. It's just, I would not expect them to stoop
to that. Even though they could.

Paul
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  #18  
Old March 9th 18, 02:12 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Roger Mills[_2_]
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Default I need to combine PDFs

On 08/03/2018 21:42, wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam


I use PDFTools from
http://sheelapps.com - which is free

It can join multiple PDFs end to end, split a PDF into individual pages
or into two at a specified page, encrypt and decrypt PDFs etc.

The User Interface is slightly odd, but you should soon find you way
around it.
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  #19  
Old March 10th 18, 03:51 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Ken Springer[_2_]
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Default I need to combine PDFs

On 3/8/18 2:42 PM, wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam


Hi, Sam,

Someone reading this will be unhappy I've posted it, but I don't care. LOL

The advantage of being reasonably aware of what other platforms can do
can solve a problem like yours.

Whether the following will work for you depends on your needs.

Every Mac, at least since 10.5 Leopard came out, has included a program
called Preview. It will read PDF files.

For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them.

All the PDFs will load into a single Preview Window.

If the docs are in the correct order, open Print, and select the PDF
box. Select the PDF button, then Save as PDF. You will be prompted for
a location for the resulting PDF file.

Done. All the PDF's are in one single PDF file.

You can move pages and individual docs around, but it's rather cumbersome.

I've used Preview to buy pass many of the PDF protection flags, too. G

If you know someone with a Mac, you can try it, and maybe just pick up
an old Mac for cheap if this would work.



--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.11.6
Firefox 53.0.2 (64 bit)
Thunderbird 52.0
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"
  #20  
Old March 11th 18, 03:48 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
dogs
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Default I need to combine PDFs

On Sat, 10 Mar 2018 08:51:12 -0700, Ken Springer wrote:
|On 3/8/18 2:42 PM, wrote:
| I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files. Danged
| if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it work.
| It must be me.
|
| I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
| private.
|
| Anyone?
| Thanks Sam
|
| Hi, Sam,
|
| Someone reading this will be unhappy I've posted it, but I don't care.
| LOL
|
| The advantage of being reasonably aware of what other platforms can do
| can solve a problem like yours.
|
| Every Mac, at least since 10.5 Leopard came out, has included a program
| called Preview. It will read PDF files.
|
| For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
| It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
| them.
|
| All the PDFs will load into a single Preview Window.
|
| If the docs are in the correct order, open Print, and select the PDF
| box. Select the PDF button, then Save as PDF. You will be prompted for
| a location for the resulting PDF file.
|
| Done. All the PDF's are in one single PDF file.
|
| You can move pages and individual docs around, but it's rather
| cumbersome.

These two are a joy to use.

http://pdfshuffler.sourceforge.net/
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/PdfMod
  #21  
Old March 11th 18, 08:30 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
No_Name
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Default I need to combine PDFs

On Sat, 10 Mar 2018 08:51:12 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/8/18 2:42 PM, wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam


Hi, Sam,

Someone reading this will be unhappy I've posted it, but I don't care. LOL

The advantage of being reasonably aware of what other platforms can do
can solve a problem like yours.

Whether the following will work for you depends on your needs.

Every Mac, at least since 10.5 Leopard came out, has included a program
called Preview. It will read PDF files.

For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them.

All the PDFs will load into a single Preview Window.

If the docs are in the correct order, open Print, and select the PDF
box. Select the PDF button, then Save as PDF. You will be prompted for
a location for the resulting PDF file.

Done. All the PDF's are in one single PDF file.

You can move pages and individual docs around, but it's rather cumbersome.

I've used Preview to buy pass many of the PDF protection flags, too. G

If you know someone with a Mac, you can try it, and maybe just pick up
an old Mac for cheap if this would work.


Thanks
Sam
  #22  
Old March 11th 18, 08:31 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
No_Name
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Default I need to combine PDFs

On Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:01:37 -0500, Paul
wrote:

wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam


This one has a merge option. In the picture here, I'm
showing the one I normally use for its "clean" option,
which is rather nice.

But it looks like they've added more options to the
command line, since I downloaded my last version.

https://s10.postimg.org/j4rn9h5l5/mutool.gif

MuPDF is the viewer. MuTool is the command line tool.

https://www.artifex.com/developers-m...oad-resources/

Windows 32 bit binary - 79,839,710 bytes total

http://mupdf.com/downloads/archive/m....0-windows.zip

The tool accepts input file name and page range,
like some.pdf 1-12 to take the first 12 pages.
If you don't give a page range, it should concatenate
the whole file with any other input files.

Since I only use the "clean" option, I cannot vouch
for the newer options.

For that particular package, the "code" is strong,
while the design of the command line was a weakness.
It doesn't conform to all the conventions that it could.
For example, they might not know what "*.pdf" means.

And the package is big enough now, it looks like they
statically linked Qt into it or something, because it's
huge. I haven't used any tools to disassemble it. There's
a source directory, and it might be faster to download
that and see why it's so big.

I think I may have an earlier version that was a bit smaller.

Artifex doesn't use adware. They're also involved
in GhostScript, which some of you may recognize. So
don't expect any OpenCandy for breakfast. You should
of course, always scan every download, no matter who
makes it. It's just, I would not expect them to stoop
to that. Even though they could.

Paul


Thanks
Sam
  #23  
Old March 11th 18, 10:51 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
wasbit[_4_]
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Default I need to combine PDFs

"dogs" wrote in message
news

These two are a joy to use.

http://pdfshuffler.sourceforge.net/
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/PdfMod


No Windows versions AFAICS.

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wasbit

  #24  
Old March 12th 18, 10:38 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Ken Springer[_2_]
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Posts: 3,817
Default I need to combine PDFs

On 3/10/18 8:51 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 3/8/18 2:42 PM, wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam


Hi, Sam,

Someone reading this will be unhappy I've posted it, but I don't care. LOL

The advantage of being reasonably aware of what other platforms can do
can solve a problem like yours.

Whether the following will work for you depends on your needs.

Every Mac, at least since 10.5 Leopard came out, has included a program
called Preview. It will read PDF files.

For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them.

All the PDFs will load into a single Preview Window.

If the docs are in the correct order, open Print, and select the PDF
box. Select the PDF button, then Save as PDF. You will be prompted for
a location for the resulting PDF file.

Done. All the PDF's are in one single PDF file.

You can move pages and individual docs around, but it's rather cumbersome.

I've used Preview to buy pass many of the PDF protection flags, too. G

If you know someone with a Mac, you can try it, and maybe just pick up
an old Mac for cheap if this would work.


Just realized, as I reread my own post, this paragraph is wrong.

" For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them."

I should have written CMD + Left click on the files you want to open,
which does the same thing as CTRL + Left click in Windows.

CMD + A does the same thing as Shift + A in Windows, selects everything.

My fault, my apologies.

--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.11.6
Firefox 53.0.2 (64 bit)
Thunderbird 52.0
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"
  #25  
Old March 12th 18, 05:25 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Char Jackson
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Posts: 10,449
Default I need to combine PDFs

On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 04:38:54 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/10/18 8:51 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 3/8/18 2:42 PM, wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam


Hi, Sam,

Someone reading this will be unhappy I've posted it, but I don't care. LOL

The advantage of being reasonably aware of what other platforms can do
can solve a problem like yours.

Whether the following will work for you depends on your needs.

Every Mac, at least since 10.5 Leopard came out, has included a program
called Preview. It will read PDF files.

For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them.

All the PDFs will load into a single Preview Window.

If the docs are in the correct order, open Print, and select the PDF
box. Select the PDF button, then Save as PDF. You will be prompted for
a location for the resulting PDF file.

Done. All the PDF's are in one single PDF file.

You can move pages and individual docs around, but it's rather cumbersome.

I've used Preview to buy pass many of the PDF protection flags, too. G

If you know someone with a Mac, you can try it, and maybe just pick up
an old Mac for cheap if this would work.


Just realized, as I reread my own post, this paragraph is wrong.

" For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them."

I should have written CMD + Left click on the files you want to open,
which does the same thing as CTRL + Left click in Windows.

CMD + A does the same thing as Shift + A in Windows, selects everything.

My fault, my apologies.


IMHO, it's still a bit unclear. :-)

In Windows, CTRL-A is "Select All", where 'all' is context sensitive. It
could mean all files in the current folder, all text in the current
document, etc.

CTRL-Left Click on a file in Windows Explorer (File Explorer) simply
toggles the 'Selected' state of that file.

Shift-A doesn't do anything related to selection of files.

With multiple files selected, if you double click one of them, all other
files will be deselected and you'll act only on the single file on which
you clicked.

To work with a range of files in Win/File Explorer, select the first
one, then Shift-Left Click on the last one to select the entire range.
If there were previously selected files, you can preserve that by using
CTRL-Shift-Left Click. That last bit is one of my favorites, but I've
never run across anyone else who admits to knowing or using it.

  #26  
Old March 12th 18, 06:04 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Ken Springer[_2_]
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Posts: 3,817
Default I need to combine PDFs

On 3/12/18 11:25 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 04:38:54 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/10/18 8:51 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 3/8/18 2:42 PM, wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam

Hi, Sam,

Someone reading this will be unhappy I've posted it, but I don't care. LOL

The advantage of being reasonably aware of what other platforms can do
can solve a problem like yours.

Whether the following will work for you depends on your needs.

Every Mac, at least since 10.5 Leopard came out, has included a program
called Preview. It will read PDF files.

For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them.

All the PDFs will load into a single Preview Window.

If the docs are in the correct order, open Print, and select the PDF
box. Select the PDF button, then Save as PDF. You will be prompted for
a location for the resulting PDF file.

Done. All the PDF's are in one single PDF file.

You can move pages and individual docs around, but it's rather cumbersome.

I've used Preview to buy pass many of the PDF protection flags, too. G

If you know someone with a Mac, you can try it, and maybe just pick up
an old Mac for cheap if this would work.


Just realized, as I reread my own post, this paragraph is wrong.

" For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them."

I should have written CMD + Left click on the files you want to open,
which does the same thing as CTRL + Left click in Windows.

CMD + A does the same thing as Shift + A in Windows, selects everything.

My fault, my apologies.


IMHO, it's still a bit unclear. :-)

In Windows, CTRL-A is "Select All", where 'all' is context sensitive. It
could mean all files in the current folder, all text in the current
document, etc.


sigh Another typo on my part. :-(

CTRL-Left Click on a file in Windows Explorer (File Explorer) simply
toggles the 'Selected' state of that file.

Shift-A doesn't do anything related to selection of files.

With multiple files selected, if you double click one of them, all other
files will be deselected and you'll act only on the single file on which
you clicked.

To work with a range of files in Win/File Explorer, select the first
one, then Shift-Left Click on the last one to select the entire range.
If there were previously selected files, you can preserve that by using
CTRL-Shift-Left Click. That last bit is one of my favorites, but I've
never run across anyone else who admits to knowing or using it.


It's identical on the Mac, you just substitute the CMD (Open
Apple/Cloverleaf) key for the CTRL key. There's a lot of keyboard
shortcuts like that. One thing I like about the Mac is I was told of a
small utility called Cheat Sheet. Once installed, if you hold down the
CMD key, a list of all keyboard shortcuts available to you is displayed
on the screen. Damned helpful if you want to learn some of them.

I've looked for a similar Windows utility, but with no luck.

Not clean on your CTRL-Shift-Left Click instruction. Could you write
something more specific on what to do?



--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.11.6
Firefox 53.0.2 (64 bit)
Thunderbird 52.0
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"
  #27  
Old March 12th 18, 07:08 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Char Jackson
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Default I need to combine PDFs

On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:04:14 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/12/18 11:25 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 04:38:54 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/10/18 8:51 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 3/8/18 2:42 PM, wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam

Hi, Sam,

Someone reading this will be unhappy I've posted it, but I don't care. LOL

The advantage of being reasonably aware of what other platforms can do
can solve a problem like yours.

Whether the following will work for you depends on your needs.

Every Mac, at least since 10.5 Leopard came out, has included a program
called Preview. It will read PDF files.

For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them.

All the PDFs will load into a single Preview Window.

If the docs are in the correct order, open Print, and select the PDF
box. Select the PDF button, then Save as PDF. You will be prompted for
a location for the resulting PDF file.

Done. All the PDF's are in one single PDF file.

You can move pages and individual docs around, but it's rather cumbersome.

I've used Preview to buy pass many of the PDF protection flags, too. G

If you know someone with a Mac, you can try it, and maybe just pick up
an old Mac for cheap if this would work.

Just realized, as I reread my own post, this paragraph is wrong.

" For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them."

I should have written CMD + Left click on the files you want to open,
which does the same thing as CTRL + Left click in Windows.

CMD + A does the same thing as Shift + A in Windows, selects everything.

My fault, my apologies.


IMHO, it's still a bit unclear. :-)

In Windows, CTRL-A is "Select All", where 'all' is context sensitive. It
could mean all files in the current folder, all text in the current
document, etc.


sigh Another typo on my part. :-(

CTRL-Left Click on a file in Windows Explorer (File Explorer) simply
toggles the 'Selected' state of that file.

Shift-A doesn't do anything related to selection of files.

With multiple files selected, if you double click one of them, all other
files will be deselected and you'll act only on the single file on which
you clicked.

To work with a range of files in Win/File Explorer, select the first
one, then Shift-Left Click on the last one to select the entire range.
If there were previously selected files, you can preserve that by using
CTRL-Shift-Left Click. That last bit is one of my favorites, but I've
never run across anyone else who admits to knowing or using it.


It's identical on the Mac, you just substitute the CMD (Open
Apple/Cloverleaf) key for the CTRL key. There's a lot of keyboard
shortcuts like that. One thing I like about the Mac is I was told of a
small utility called Cheat Sheet. Once installed, if you hold down the
CMD key, a list of all keyboard shortcuts available to you is displayed
on the screen. Damned helpful if you want to learn some of them.

I've looked for a similar Windows utility, but with no luck.

Not clean on your CTRL-Shift-Left Click instruction. Could you write
something more specific on what to do?


Let's say you have a folder with 40 files and you want to select 2, 5,
9, 11-18, and 23.

Most people would click 2, then they'd hold down the CTRL key and click
5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 23.

I'd probably click 2, then I'd hold down CTRL and click 5, 9, and 11,
then I'd *also* hold down Shift and click 18 to select the range, then
I'd release Shift and click 23.

Second example with 40 files where you want 9-21 and 28-37. You could
select 9, then hold down CTRL and select each of the rest, or you could
select 9, then Shift-click 21 to get the first range, then CTRL-click 28
to get the first file in the second range, and finally to get the second
range you'd do CTRL-Shift-click on 37.

Windows also has the Invert Selection menu item but I rarely use it
because it doesn't have a keyboard shortcut, AFAIK.

  #28  
Old March 14th 18, 08:58 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Ken Springer[_2_]
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Default I need to combine PDFs

On 3/12/18 1:08 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:04:14 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/12/18 11:25 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 04:38:54 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/10/18 8:51 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 3/8/18 2:42 PM, wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam

Hi, Sam,

Someone reading this will be unhappy I've posted it, but I don't care. LOL

The advantage of being reasonably aware of what other platforms can do
can solve a problem like yours.

Whether the following will work for you depends on your needs.

Every Mac, at least since 10.5 Leopard came out, has included a program
called Preview. It will read PDF files.

For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them.

All the PDFs will load into a single Preview Window.

If the docs are in the correct order, open Print, and select the PDF
box. Select the PDF button, then Save as PDF. You will be prompted for
a location for the resulting PDF file.

Done. All the PDF's are in one single PDF file.

You can move pages and individual docs around, but it's rather cumbersome.

I've used Preview to buy pass many of the PDF protection flags, too. G

If you know someone with a Mac, you can try it, and maybe just pick up
an old Mac for cheap if this would work.

Just realized, as I reread my own post, this paragraph is wrong.

" For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them."

I should have written CMD + Left click on the files you want to open,
which does the same thing as CTRL + Left click in Windows.

CMD + A does the same thing as Shift + A in Windows, selects everything.

My fault, my apologies.

IMHO, it's still a bit unclear. :-)

In Windows, CTRL-A is "Select All", where 'all' is context sensitive. It
could mean all files in the current folder, all text in the current
document, etc.


sigh Another typo on my part. :-(

CTRL-Left Click on a file in Windows Explorer (File Explorer) simply
toggles the 'Selected' state of that file.

Shift-A doesn't do anything related to selection of files.

With multiple files selected, if you double click one of them, all other
files will be deselected and you'll act only on the single file on which
you clicked.

To work with a range of files in Win/File Explorer, select the first
one, then Shift-Left Click on the last one to select the entire range.
If there were previously selected files, you can preserve that by using
CTRL-Shift-Left Click. That last bit is one of my favorites, but I've
never run across anyone else who admits to knowing or using it.


It's identical on the Mac, you just substitute the CMD (Open
Apple/Cloverleaf) key for the CTRL key. There's a lot of keyboard
shortcuts like that. One thing I like about the Mac is I was told of a
small utility called Cheat Sheet. Once installed, if you hold down the
CMD key, a list of all keyboard shortcuts available to you is displayed
on the screen. Damned helpful if you want to learn some of them.

I've looked for a similar Windows utility, but with no luck.

Not clean on your CTRL-Shift-Left Click instruction. Could you write
something more specific on what to do?


Let's say you have a folder with 40 files and you want to select 2, 5,
9, 11-18, and 23.

Most people would click 2, then they'd hold down the CTRL key and click
5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 23.

I'd probably click 2, then I'd hold down CTRL and click 5, 9, and 11,
then I'd *also* hold down Shift and click 18 to select the range, then
I'd release Shift and click 23.

Second example with 40 files where you want 9-21 and 28-37. You could
select 9, then hold down CTRL and select each of the rest, or you could
select 9, then Shift-click 21 to get the first range, then CTRL-click 28
to get the first file in the second range, and finally to get the second
range you'd do CTRL-Shift-click on 37.

Windows also has the Invert Selection menu item but I rarely use it
because it doesn't have a keyboard shortcut, AFAIK.


I would probably click on 2, then Shift-click on 23, which would select
the entire range. Then, CTRL-click on the files I did NOT want.



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Old March 14th 18, 10:18 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default I need to combine PDFs

On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:58:46 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/12/18 1:08 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:04:14 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/12/18 11:25 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 04:38:54 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/10/18 8:51 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 3/8/18 2:42 PM, wrote:
I'm looking for a freebie program to combine several PDF files.
Danged if I can find one - except for PDFCREATOR - but I can't make it
work. It must be me.

I prefer not to do it through a web site. Rather keep file access
private.

Anyone?
Thanks
Sam

Hi, Sam,

Someone reading this will be unhappy I've posted it, but I don't care. LOL

The advantage of being reasonably aware of what other platforms can do
can solve a problem like yours.

Whether the following will work for you depends on your needs.

Every Mac, at least since 10.5 Leopard came out, has included a program
called Preview. It will read PDF files.

For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them.

All the PDFs will load into a single Preview Window.

If the docs are in the correct order, open Print, and select the PDF
box. Select the PDF button, then Save as PDF. You will be prompted for
a location for the resulting PDF file.

Done. All the PDF's are in one single PDF file.

You can move pages and individual docs around, but it's rather cumbersome.

I've used Preview to buy pass many of the PDF protection flags, too. G

If you know someone with a Mac, you can try it, and maybe just pick up
an old Mac for cheap if this would work.

Just realized, as I reread my own post, this paragraph is wrong.

" For the PDF's you want to combine, select them as a group using CMD + A.
It has the same effect as CTRL + A in Windows. Double click on one of
them."

I should have written CMD + Left click on the files you want to open,
which does the same thing as CTRL + Left click in Windows.

CMD + A does the same thing as Shift + A in Windows, selects everything.

My fault, my apologies.

IMHO, it's still a bit unclear. :-)

In Windows, CTRL-A is "Select All", where 'all' is context sensitive. It
could mean all files in the current folder, all text in the current
document, etc.

sigh Another typo on my part. :-(

CTRL-Left Click on a file in Windows Explorer (File Explorer) simply
toggles the 'Selected' state of that file.

Shift-A doesn't do anything related to selection of files.

With multiple files selected, if you double click one of them, all other
files will be deselected and you'll act only on the single file on which
you clicked.

To work with a range of files in Win/File Explorer, select the first
one, then Shift-Left Click on the last one to select the entire range.
If there were previously selected files, you can preserve that by using
CTRL-Shift-Left Click. That last bit is one of my favorites, but I've
never run across anyone else who admits to knowing or using it.


It's identical on the Mac, you just substitute the CMD (Open
Apple/Cloverleaf) key for the CTRL key. There's a lot of keyboard
shortcuts like that. One thing I like about the Mac is I was told of a
small utility called Cheat Sheet. Once installed, if you hold down the
CMD key, a list of all keyboard shortcuts available to you is displayed
on the screen. Damned helpful if you want to learn some of them.

I've looked for a similar Windows utility, but with no luck.

Not clean on your CTRL-Shift-Left Click instruction. Could you write
something more specific on what to do?


Let's say you have a folder with 40 files and you want to select 2, 5,
9, 11-18, and 23.

Most people would click 2, then they'd hold down the CTRL key and click
5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 23.

I'd probably click 2, then I'd hold down CTRL and click 5, 9, and 11,
then I'd *also* hold down Shift and click 18 to select the range, then
I'd release Shift and click 23.

Second example with 40 files where you want 9-21 and 28-37. You could
select 9, then hold down CTRL and select each of the rest, or you could
select 9, then Shift-click 21 to get the first range, then CTRL-click 28
to get the first file in the second range, and finally to get the second
range you'd do CTRL-Shift-click on 37.

Windows also has the Invert Selection menu item but I rarely use it
because it doesn't have a keyboard shortcut, AFAIK.


I would probably click on 2, then Shift-click on 23, which would select
the entire range. Then, CTRL-click on the files I did NOT want.


Right, but it's not hard to imagine a scenario where that approach
quickly falls apart.


 




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