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How to Combine Reports from Multiple Departments into One PDF
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Combining several department reports into one file is a straightforward merge, but getting the page order, section breaks, and final file size right for a meeting or board pack takes a couple of extra small steps beyond just merging.
Step-by-step: build a combined report
- 1Collect each department's report as a separate PDF and confirm you have the final version of each one before combining them.
- 2Open PDF Merger and add the files in the order you want them to appear in the final document.
- 3Reorder files by dragging them if the collection order doesn't match your intended reading order — get this right before merging, since reordering pages after the fact means splitting the file again.
- 4Merge and download the combined PDF.
Practical details worth handling before the meeting
- ·Consistent numbering — once merged, run Add Page Numbers on the combined file so pages are numbered continuously, not restarting per department
- ·File size for email — a combined report from several departments can grow large quickly; run it through PDF Compressor if you need to email it rather than share a link
- ·A missing table of contents — if the combined document is long, PDF Bookmarks Manager lets you add a navigable outline pointing to each department's section
If a department's report needs a quick fix first
It's faster to fix an individual report before merging than after — rotate a sideways scanned page with Rotate PDF, or delete a blank page with Delete Pages, on the individual file first. Fixing one department's report inside an already-merged 40-page document means re-locating exactly which pages belong to it.
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