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The structure of a merge within a control file is shown below.
Merging a range of pages from a file:
-f [full pathname of the output merge file]
[page range] [tab] [full pathname of the source file]
Note: the ‘-f’ switch will start a new merge file and you can add an unlimited amount of pages
to the file
.
Merging all pages from a file:
-f [full pathname of the output merge file]
[full pathname of the source file]
For the [page range] the following can be entered:
Parameter Function Example
(Hyphen) “-“ From/To “1-5” would extract pages
1 through 5 into a new
PDF.
(Comma) “,” Page separator “1-20, 30-40” would
merge pages 1-20 and 30-
40.
“odd” Odd page “1-20 odd” would create a
single PDF containing only
the odd pages within the
range of 1-20.
“even” Even page “1-20 even” would create
a single PDF containing
only the even pages within
the range of 1-20.
For example:
[page range] entered is: “1-20 odd, 21-40 even, 41-45, 50”
Pages from the source file to go in the merge file will be
• All odd pages from 1-20
• All even pages from 21-40
• Pages 41-45
• Page 50
[page range] entered is: “50, 45-41, 40-21 even, 20-1 odd”
Pages from the source file to go in the merge file will be
• Page 50
• Pages 45-41 (reverse order)
• All even pages from 40-21 (reverse order)
• All odd pages from 20-1(reverse order)