# Free PDF Merge Tool Recommendations?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pdf-merge-tool-recommendations/438166>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 18, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pdf-merge-tool-recommendations/438166 "2008-02-18T21:44:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pdf-merge-tool-recommendations/438166/1 "2008-02-18T21:44:38Z")

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I recently purchased a new printer/scanner that can scan documents and save in PDF format. A multipage document results in multiple PDF files, one for each page.

I have Adobe Reader but it’s only good for viewing. There seem to be a lot of free PDF merge tools out there. Do any of you have recommendations? All I need to do is combine multiple files into one, so that one multipage document can live in one file.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pdf-merge-tool-recommendations/438166/2 "2008-02-18T22:16:00Z")

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[try this](http://www.pdfsam.org/)

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**Author:** ![Omphaloskeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omphaloskeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omphaloskeptic)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pdf-merge-tool-recommendations/438166/3 "2008-02-18T23:01:52Z")

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Also [pdftk](http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/) (command line tool).

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pdf-merge-tool-recommendations/438166/4 "2008-02-19T00:10:34Z")

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Has anyone used PDFTools?

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**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pdf-merge-tool-recommendations/438166/5 "2008-02-19T01:41:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Omphaloskeptic]  
Also [pdftk](http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/) (command line tool).  
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Better yet:

[PDFTK Builder (scroll down)](http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/). It’s a GUI for PDFTK.