multi-page PDFs without Acrobat

[and]

Hi everyone, anyone - Is there a way of combining separate PDF files into a single multi-page PDF file without using Acrobat?
(These are PDFs made from Illustrator 8)
Andrew.

 

[Eggles]

Well - there are other programs with similar capabilities to Acrobat, but are cheaper. Check out Planet PDF. The cheapest I found was $39 US called Jaws PDF Editor

http://www.pdfstore.com/details.asp?ProdID=534

 

[and]

Thanks!.
Actually, I just came across this, which appears to be a simple, free way to combine PDFs:

http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/CombinePDFs.html

(on a Mac anyway...)

 

[Eggles]

Glad you found something. (Never occurred to me to consider whether you were on a Mac or PC).

 

[Chrisart]

Does anyone know how to save a 2 page Illustrator document stacked in an 11 x 17 "document", but page size landscape 8-1/2" x 11"(we print front and back) --so that it will print from Reader as two pages? When I save it as pdf from Illustrator, clients are getting vertical stacked art reduced down to a portrait 8-1/2" x 11" - Please, if anyone knows how I can send it to them so they can print as two pages. I am stumped. Thanks!!!!!

 

[tad1952]

Why don't you just make 2 illustrator files (each 11" x 8-1/2&quot and save each as a separate pdf?

 

[Chrisart]

The problem is that clients want one single attachment that is 2 pages, and since it is created as a 2 page document in Illustrator - why is there no way to translate this when saved as a pdf? I guess I'm just asking too much. I can save two separate pdfs, then combine them in Acrobat, but it gets time consuming. I just thought that, since they were both Adobe products, the two page designation would be transferrable - and that I was just missing something. Thanks for your help.