Three scans, a cover letter and a signed last page have to reach a customer as one attachment. To merge PDF files here, drop all of them on the page, fix the order and press the merge button. You get one new PDF to download.
Five steps from a pile of files to one PDF
- Drop the files on the drop zone, or press Enter on it to open the file picker. Add more files appends to the list later.
- Check the order. The arrow buttons move a file up or down. Sort by name compares numbers as numbers, so
scan2.pdfcomes beforescan10.pdf. - Optional: type pages into the field of a file, for example
1-3, 5. An empty field takes every page.8-means page 8 to the end, and5-3gives 5, 4, 3. - Press Merge PDFs. It works once two or more files are ready and no file shows an error.
- Press the download button. One file name for all inputs gives
name_merged.pdf. Different names givemerged.pdf.
What the new file keeps, and what it leaves behind
Pages arrive with their content, their size and their rotation. Links that point to a web address stay clickable. We checked these with test files. We also checked what does not survive: bookmarks, the document title and fillable form fields are not copied.
The producer entry of the new file reads WebTools Pro. Other metadata of the sources is not copied.
Page order inside one file
A page field does more than cut. Type 3, 1 and page 3 comes first. Type 2, 2 and you get page 2 twice. That helps when a signature page has to appear in two places, or when a scanner delivered the sheets backwards.
Encrypted sources and the password field
A PDF with a password gets its own field in the list. Type the password and press Open file. The password stays in memory until you remove the file or reload the page. The result is not encrypted and carries none of the permission limits of the source, such as a ban on printing. Use this only for files you may open and copy.
Size limits and files that fail
One run takes up to 100 files, 300 MB per file and 500 MB in total. A file over a limit is not read at all, and a message names it. The tool looks for %PDF- in the first 1,024 bytes, so a renamed text file is rejected and a damaged file gets an error row. The merge button stays off until you remove such rows.
All files sit in memory while you work.
Where the bytes go
The files are read with the browser File API and merged on your device. The page sends none of them anywhere. The PDF library is a script that loads from this site when you add the first file, and you can watch that in the network panel of your browser. The download is a file made in memory. Clear all and the remove buttons drop the files from memory.
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
1-3, 5. The pages come in the order you type them, and a page can appear twice.