Specifications

Switch metadata
The Merge PDF tool processes a job folder, so Switch metadata is derived from that folder and
not from the individual PDF files.
PDF version
The merged PDF will have the highest PDF version number. Example: Merge two files, one PDF
version 1.4 and the other PDF version 1.6, the result will be PDF version 1.6.
Merge Order
The tool will merge the files in increasing alphabetical order of file name.
However, if
• every file name contains at least one number and
• every file has the same amount of numbers (consecutive digit groups) in their file name,
the Merge Order processor will take the lowest number represented by any of the digit groups
in the file name as "Rank". If no two files have the same rank, the processor will merge the files
in order of increasing rank.
Note:
More advanced merge ordering can be achieved by using the Sort files in job tool in front of the
Merge PDF pages tool. See Sort files in job on page 253.
Examples
The Merge PDF pages will correctly collate all of the examples provided for the Split PDF in Pages
tool (see Split PDF in pages on page 241)
OrderingIncoming files
All file names have a single digit group representing a ranking
number that is unique among the complete set of files: this
ranking is used to order the files
•
Booklet_01.pdf
•
Booklet_02.pdf
• ...
•
Booklet_15.pdf
All file names have the same number of digit groups (3). The
lowest number offers a correct ranking that is unique among the
complete set of files: this ranking is used to order the files
•
Booklet pages 01-02 of
15.pdf
•
Booklet pages 03-04 of
15.pdf
• ...
•
Booklet pages 15-15 of
15.pdf
The file names have different amounts of digit groups (1 vs 3),
so the files will be ordered alphabetically. Even if the file names
•
01 Booklet i.pdf
•
02 Booklet ii.pdf
would have the same number of digit groups, the ranking would
•
03 Booklet iii.pdf
be alphabetically, as their would be doubles in ranking (each
chapter number occurs more than once.
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