PDFCreator: Merge PDFs - how it works

When creating new PDF files with PDFCreator, several documents can also be combined. In this practical tip you will read exactly how to do this.

PDFCreator: Merge PDFs - how it works

PDFCreator installs a new virtual printer on your PC, with which you can create new PDF files from almost any application. It is not possible to directly connect existing PDF files to PDFCreator, but you can merge several PDF documents by creating a new file:

1. Open the first document in a suitable application, such as Adobe Reader.
2. Start the print function of the application.
3. In the printer dialog, select "PDFCreator" as the printer to be used and click the Print button.
4. In the PDFCreator window, select the "Merge" function. This opens a list in which the new print job is noted.
5. Leave the Manage Print Jobs window open. Print additional files using the PDFCreator's virtual printer to add them to the print jobs.
6. If you want, you can now change the order of the print jobs using the arrow keys and remove unwanted documents.
7. Click "Merge All" to combine all documents into a single print job. With "Continue" you return to the main window of the PDFCreator.
8. Make the desired settings and select "Save" to create the new document.

How to update PDFCreator to the latest version can be read in the next practical tip.