PDF's & Finder

[roycemac]

I.m OK with viewing PDF's in Finder (Mavericks) but I need to do (2) things and my head is spinning...

1. Combine PDF's into a single, multipage pdf (not easy and it does't always work in Mavericks)

2. Include Stamps & Signatures into a PDF (like I can do on my PC)
ie: insert my signature (a png file) on the page
insert a "Sign Here" stamp to tell someone where to sign.

Any advice is much appreciated.
I am willing to purchase the right software!

 

[Tomorrow]

I.m OK with viewing PDF's in Finder (Mavericks) but I need to do (2) things and my head is spinning...

1. Combine PDF's into a single, multipage pdf (not easy and it does't always work in Mavericks)

2. Include Stamps & Signatures into a PDF (like I can do on my PC)
ie: insert my signature (a png file) on the page
insert a "Sign Here" stamp to tell someone where to sign.

Any advice is much appreciated.
I am willing to purchase the right software!

Not sure about your second question, but combining pages is easy. Turn on thumbnails, and you can simply copy and paste thumbnails from one PDF to another in Preview.

 

[CylonGlitch]

Not sure about your second question, but combining pages is easy. Turn on thumbnails, and you can simply copy and paste thumbnails from one PDF to another in Preview.

Same thing, once the PDF's are open, just drop and drag the thumb nails on top of one another to combine. Just be careful and make sure that the little underline is "in" the destination PDF and not just under it. Otherwise, easy.

As for the second one, signing is easy, but "Sign Here" isn't so easy. You can add "Notes" and say "Sign Here" they show up as little sticky notes but someone has to click on it to see what it says.

 

[Partron22]

Same thing, once the PDF's are open, just drop and drag the thumb nails on top of one another to combine.

For whatever reason, that method doesn't work with my copy of Preview on my (10.9.1) Mac.
Instead, I open multiple pdfs in Preview, arrange them in the order I want in thumbnail view, select all thumbnails, and Print to pdf. They end up in a single file.

 

[Qaanol]

You can also use Automator. I have a few little scripts for things like:

Combine all images in a folder into a PDF.
Merge all PDFs in a folder into a PDF
Split a PDF into single-page PDFs

 

[onekerato]

... "Sign Here" isn't so easy. You can add "Notes" and say "Sign Here" they show up as little sticky notes but someone has to click on it to see what it says.

You can use the "Text" annotation tool to write "Sign Here" anywhere on a PDF page, i.e. remains visible on page unlike a popup. Also shows up in printouts.

 

[dspilman]

You can also use Automator. I have a few little scripts for things like:

Combine all images in a folder into a PDF.
Merge all PDFs in a folder into a PDF
Split a PDF into single-page PDFs

Would you mind sharing your scripts? If be interested to play around with these. Thanks!