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Batch Inserting Pages Into Multiple PDF

This document provides instructions for using Adobe Acrobat to batch insert pages from one PDF into multiple other PDFs. It describes selecting a folder of target PDFs, specifying an insert PDF and page settings, saving the action, and running it to automatically insert pages into all target PDFs.

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Batch Inserting Pages Into Multiple PDF

This document provides instructions for using Adobe Acrobat to batch insert pages from one PDF into multiple other PDFs. It describes selecting a folder of target PDFs, specifying an insert PDF and page settings, saving the action, and running it to automatically insert pages into all target PDFs.

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Batch Inserting Pages into Multiple, Separate PDFs with Adobe

Acrobat

We had a need recently to batch insert a pdf into hundreds of other PDFs prior
to distribution. There are a lot of slimy PDF applications out there that seem to
be able to help compile merged PDFs, but I wasn’t happy when I tried a bunch
of them. The good news is Adobe Acrobat XI has the Action Wizard functionality
that can do this pretty easily. Here is how we did it.

1. Put all the PDFs you want to augment into a folder. Put the PDF you want to
insert into all the PDFs in that folder outside the folder.

2. Go into Acrobat Pro (Version X or higher) and go to Tools > Action Wizard
3. Go ahead and “Create a New action” and change the first area of “Files to
be Process” default option to “Add Folder” and under “Pages” add “Insert
Pages” and specify settings as desired. You can leave the defaults.
4. Add “Save” to the action sequence after insert so you won’t have to save
each individual PDF after the insert happens.

5. Inside the “Save” tool, you can decide to tweak the filenames as well. We
left them at default so they save over the existing PDFs.
6. Save the action.
and you will see this in your Acrobat Pro > Tools > Action Wizard menu.

7. Click the saved action to start the batch process. Specify the folder for all
the PDFs you will be inserting pages into. When you select the folder, it will
put a list of the pdfs in the preview.
8. Click “Start” to be prompted for the PDF you want to insert.
9. And then the magic happens. Acrobat should go through the PDFs in the
specified folder and play the insert. This is much, much better than having to
play the inserts manually to the dozens or hundreds of PDFs.

**Make sure to uncheck the prompt user box under Insert Pages so it doesn’t prompt you for which
PDF to insert each time.

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