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I have two PDF files. One has pages numbered 1, 3, 5... and one has pages numbered 2, 4, 6... I want to merge them so that the pages go 1, 2, 3... that is, merge two PDFs by taking alternate pages from the two files.
Having done that, I then want to reorder the document, so that instead of going 1, 2, 3... it goes ...3, 2, 1.
In lieu of me fiddling around on Google for hours, can anyone suggest a way of getting this done efficiently? I imagine there is a pdf-fiddling utility that does this, I just don't know which, and one of you lot might.
If you do, please tell. You will be helping someone partially-sighted access Megillah reading. Do it for her, if you wouldn't for me.
ETA: I can do part two by printing from Acrobat to Distiller in reverse order (thanks AW!). If I do that first, I only need to merge the two files and they'll already be backwardsed. But I still need to merge them. Both files are 80+ pages, so doing that by hand is a last resort.
Having done that, I then want to reorder the document, so that instead of going 1, 2, 3... it goes ...3, 2, 1.
In lieu of me fiddling around on Google for hours, can anyone suggest a way of getting this done efficiently? I imagine there is a pdf-fiddling utility that does this, I just don't know which, and one of you lot might.
If you do, please tell. You will be helping someone partially-sighted access Megillah reading. Do it for her, if you wouldn't for me.
ETA: I can do part two by printing from Acrobat to Distiller in reverse order (thanks AW!). If I do that first, I only need to merge the two files and they'll already be backwardsed. But I still need to merge them. Both files are 80+ pages, so doing that by hand is a last resort.
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