How to Drag and Drop Pages from a PDF Document Into Another PDF Document

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If you're trying to consolidate pages from different PDF documents into one PDF document, the process can be a little tricky but efficient. This wikiHow shows you how to drag and drop pages between PDF documents in Adobe Acrobat.

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    This will be the recipient document. Navigate to the PDF document in your files and click on it to pull it up in Adobe Reader.
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    This will be the donor document.
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    You can access this option by clicking on the Window tab in the menu ribbon at the top of the screen. Acrobat displays both the open documents in separate document windows.
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    The Pages pane for each document displays thumbnail images of the pages in the documents.
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    You'll need to do this to display the largest possible number of page thumbnails in each PDF document.
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    Make sure to press the Ctrl key while selecting, since this enables you to select multiple thumbnail images.
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    The Pages pane of the recipient document displays a blue bar to indicate the position in the document where the pages will be inserted. You can insert pages between any of the pages of the recipient document.
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    Acrobat adds a copy of the pages represented by the thumbnail images to the recipient document. The pages of the donor document remain unchanged.
    • To save the changes, select the recipient document window, and click Save under the File menu.
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    How safe are free PDF to JPG file websites and software that you can find on the internet?
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    Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years.
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    Never use them with anything that has any printed information about yourself, such as bank accounts and Social Security. For that, only use a program that you have been recommended by your local professional, where you could log in securely and then convert within it based on being behind a password-protected wall. On your own computer, you can open up each page of the PDF and take a screenshot, which would turn it into a JPG. If your file doesn't contain any personal information, then, yes, use the free site.
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