[Cl-pdf-devel] Multiple existing documents to new page

[Mitch Berkson]

On 10/26/2014 2:49 PM, Marc Battyani wrote:
> On 10/25/14, 00:26, Mitch Berkson wrote:
>> I would like to include two pdfs in a new pdf.
>>
>> I have done this using templates, but the resulting file is much larger than
>> the two original files (35MB vs. 2.5MB + 0.5MB).
>>
>> I have also experimented with the with-existing-document macro, but have not
>> been able to add a second file.  The output with just one existing file is
>> nice and small though.
>>
>> Is there a straightforward way to include two existing documents in a new
>> pdf which will have additional content added?
> There is probably not any straightforward way to do it but maybe it's
> doable without too much work. I can have a look at that if you can
> provide a simple test case.
>
> Marc
Thanks for the offer.  A (probably better) workaround for me is to save 
the pdfs I plan to include as jpgs and load them as images. That works well.

Mitch