User Guide

ARTS PDF Aerialist Professional User Guide
Content Assembly
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The Merge Options dialog allows you to specify the pages of the file you want added
to the final merged file. You can set which pages to merge by selecting a predefined
range:
• All pages
• Odd pages
• Even pages
• Last page
• First page
Alternatively, you can define the pages (using hyphens and commas to separate the
pages) i.e. 2, 6, 10-20; or by page range from page 1 to 6 for example.
The ‘Validate page range’ option is only used for files that are not of an Adobe
Acrobat file type (*.pdf). If selected, the Merge function will convert the file prior to
merging it and will determine whether the page range entered is valid. If not
selected, the page range will not be validated and if an error occurs during the
merge process it will be stopped. Once the Merge function knows the page range of
the file (i.e. the number of pages within the file is known) this option will be
disabled. It is recommended that, when possible, always have this option selected to
ensure that no out of range errors occur during the merge process.
4.4.2. Using a control file
A control file lets you perform multiple merging of PDF documents in one process. Using
a control file you can specify the output filename and the pages to be copied from other
PDF documents into the merged file. A control file is simply a text file detailing the
output filename and files to be used in the merge process.
To use a control file:
1. Click on the ‘Merge files’ button from the ARTS PDF Aerialist Professional toolbar
or select ‘Plug-Ins > ARTS PDF Aerialist Professional > Content Assembly >
Merge Files’ from Acrobat’s Plug-in menu.
2. In the Merge files dialog, click on the “Control files” button.
3. Navigate to the desired control file (*.txt) and click “Open”.
4. A message in the ‘Merge files’ list box will appear. When you are ready to start
the process click “Merge”.