After 5 years you would think Adobe would come in line with their competitors. Alas they must lack the technical knowledge to add this feature to their product. I moved from Nitro to Adobe now it looks like I will have to move back as I use this feature daily and combining multiple pdf files is a nuisance.

A good example to follow is Nitro PDF. Their print-append process is an essential need to our organization.

There are a ton of other PDF solutions that do this and cost much less. When printing to an existing PDF file, just give us the option to either overwrite or append.

It appears to me there was not a lot of thought put in on creating this app bye a company. I’m not sure what’s going on with these companies but this just makes it more difficult for us to sit here and have to tell you what is wrong with your product and then for some of us charge us for it! It should be illegal! Make your products test your products and then bring them to us Take your **** product and then bring it to us we all get paid the big bucks to fix your **** programs Please expect us them for you when downloading them we should be able to hit download and the process is done with an explanation and a short run down explaining what needs to be done to make it work. The rundown being created by the team that created the program not by some moron thinks they know what they’re doing.Tutorials most pathetic tools I’ve seen used in centuries. It’s called big conglomerate companies want to cut costs and not have to staff people to explain the crab products which seems to be an issue but I don’t know how to explain iSome of these people Creating a tutorial Are unable to form a sentence!What happened to design and build it and live by and take her to bed with you? I guess those days are gone Heaven for bid we can make sense out of what they’re trying to say when explaining how to use YOUR products
What is an alternative we can use at no cost. When are you going to train your employees to be customer service reps and be available 24 seven call function cash boys God knows you make enough

PS. Your edit button doesn’t work tweak this crap, then bring it to us, please.

When is Acrobat providing the option to collect multiple print jobs & merge before creating the file like what PDFCreator does?

Over a year later since Tanvi said the feature is under review....... We need to be able print to existing pdfs and append them. I print from details from autocad, part lists from excel and actual hvac calculations from yet another program that all have go into the same pdf file, which when complete will amount anywhere from 20-50 pages per project. I basically run 10-15 projects a day. I am currently using a competitor's printer driver to append to pdf's. I don't like having to go to your competitor's. I like having everything in one place. Please add this feature as soon as possible. I sincerely hope this request hasn't been forgotten, or swept under the rug. This is a function that is badly needed by everyone and very important.

Yes, please add the append option.

The point is we don't WANT to create separate documents just to turn around and combine them. That's wasting time. Adobe NEEDS this functionality to APPEND. If other software makers can do this, surely Adobe can do this.

I would agree. I use a competitors software because they allow me to append to an existing PDF file when I print to PDF.

Seems Like A Good Idea!

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Hello Adobe Admin. This is not what Stacey Harris means. Other compatitors provide the option to work with a spool menu. For example:
I like to print in a couple of minutes different pages from word and excel and browser etc... i like to spool them and at the end of my process, i like to press one time "create pdf" to get all exportet to one PDF. The function you provide with adobe dc only supports to staple existing pdfs. THis means, you must create a pdf of each job and at the end, you must use adobe dc to staple them. THis is very time consuming for our entire company.

Why is the option to append an existing PDF not available when using the Adobe PDF printer??? I have to use a competitor software to have that feature.

Russ is right. Competitors have the ability to print from multiple sources and append to an existing document.

Hi Russ

If you want to eventually create a Portfolio of PDFs created from various sources like web page, Word file etc., you can do so in a single workflow only without creating multiple redundant PDF files. You would need to check the "Save As PDF Portfolio" options provided in the Combine Files > Options dialog.

Thanks
Tanvi

I don't believe your suggestion provides the functionality requested. I should be able to print one item to Adobe from maybe a Word document, then print an Excel document, then print maybe a webpage or any other number of things. Adobe should have the option to keep appending to the same document. Or open a previously created document and append additional items to it. I shouldn't have to create and save them and then combine them. That's too many extra steps. Plus I have all these extra documents I don't need after I combine them that I have to go back and delete.