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[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maura,

On Saturday 19 February 2005 07:46, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:
> I have two ".pdf" files, say f1.pdf and f2.pdf  I'd like to merge 
> them in one ".pdf" file only by appending the second file to the
> first one. I tried the command:
> # cat   f1.pdf  f2.pdf     >  Bigf.pdf
> but the resulting file is a mess that not even Acroread can open.

PDF files have structure that goes far beyond being a simple sequence of 
characters like a plain text file. You cannot combine them in this 
manner.


> Any help/suggestion is greatly welcome.
> Thank you in advance.

Adobe Acrobat (at least version 5) runs well under CrossOver Office, so 
you could use it to edit PDFs. Acrobat isn't cheap, though CrossOver 
Office is modestly priced. I got my copy of Acrobat at a used 
bookstore, which made relatively affordable.


> MEM


Randall Schulz