Combine Files should sort the file names with numbers numerically not alphabetically
When I use the Combine Files feature with files named with numbers, they are sorted alphabetically rather than numerically.
For example, instead of getting a file sorted:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, etc.
I get this sorting:
1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 20, 21, 22, 3, 30, 31, etc.
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Hi Michael
Can you try changing the View to Thumbnail View instead of List View while doing Combine?
In that view, you can select multiple files, drag and drop files or reorder as per your need.
Thanks
Tanvi
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Saini
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You should rename files upto 9 .. 01,02.... Upto 100 will be ok. It better idea
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Michael Zajac
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Workaround:
* Select the images in the Finder
* Drag them onto Preview.app, or right-click and Open With > Preview.app
* File > Print
* In the print dialogue, click the PDF pop-up and select Save as PDFSave the PDF then open it in Acrobat Pro, edit as desired. This may be useful for a slide show:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/setting-pdfs-presentation.html
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Michael Zajac
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Tanvi, I just received a folder of 126 numbered image files, to turn into a PDF slideshow. I can select noncontiguous multiples, but I can't reorder them! I can't drag-reorder. I can only select single filenames and click a Move Up button to move an item down a single place.
This nonstandard behaviour is completely unusable for the task, so now I will research some software to pad numeric filename fragments in the Finder, or to replace Acrobat Pro in compiling a PDF slide show.
Even though we can rearrange, it would be nice if your custom dialogue worked the way Thanks, Tanvi. It would be helpful if the custom dialogue in File > Create > Combine Files into a Single PDF File worked like every other app has, for as many years as I can remember. Or at the very least respected the order seen in the standard open dialogue in its Add Files. . . menu.