Combining multiple PDF files into one File.

[sam tygier]

Kipton Moravec wrote:
> I am trying to put together an information packet for a Triathlon.
> 
> All of the course maps are on individual .pdf files (one map per file). 
> 
> I need to be able to put marks on the maps (where I want to place safety
> volunteers), and combine a bunch of maps into one multipage .pdf file to
> email to some of the volunteers.
> 
> Is there a tool in Ubuntu that lets me do this? Is it multiple tools?
> What are they called?
> 
> Kip

PDFmod http://live.gnome.org/PdfMod is a graphical tool for moving pages around and between docs. might be to simple.

the openoffice.org-pdfimport package allows you to open pdfs in openoffice, and modify them. it can loose some of the formating but that probably does not matter in this case.

scribus-ng is a desktop publishing app, that allows you to drop PDFs onto its canvas and arrange them.

gimp can import a PDF as a bit map (you choose a resolution), then you could crop out the maps and save them as jpeg or png, and then arrange them in openoffice/scribus/inkscape.

sam