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Multi-page PDF’s with Adobe Photoshop

For those of you who don't own some horrible third party PDF creation software listen up.

Saving a document as a PDF with Photoshop is a relatively simple task, all that’s required is to choose the File -> Save As option from the top menu, you can then select Photoshop PDF from the dropdown list in the dialog box that follows.

Now creating a multi page PDF requires a few additional stages. First you will need to create and save all your required pages in the pretty much any image format. Make sure that these saved files are in a convenient folder somewhere that you can easily remember, for example on your desktop.

The next step is to return to Photoshop and select the File -> Automate - >PDF Presentation from the top menu. You will now be shown a screen similar to the below, click the browse button and select all of your previously saved image files (You can hold down the SHIFT/CTRL keys to select more than one file) then click "Open”.

As you can now see these will be listed in the source files list, the final steps are to make sure that the Save as "Multi-page Presentation" button is on, click “Save” and you will be asked to name your new PDF presentation, and your done , easy eh?

Making text selectable in PDF document (as requested)

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Comments (21)

Photoshop CS, not sure if any versions before this have the feature try Googling it ;)

Posted by: Ben on 07/07/2008

What version of Photoshop did you use for this as mine doesn't have PDF Presentation in it? Thanks/Jammer

Posted by: Jammer on 07/07/2008

erm.. how can insert URL to make pdf ya?

Posted by: Hamid on 25/06/2008

WOW YOU saved my life!! U are GREAT! THANKS A LOTT

Posted by: artlover on 25/06/2008

Thanks for sharing this, I was wondering if I had to buy Adobe Acrobat to be able to make a multi-page PDF. Thanks!

Posted by: piyestaking@yahoo.com on 25/06/2008

hai thanks..can i know how much the size to create pdf best quality with photoshop example width and height plss

Posted by: Hamid on 25/06/2008

Thanks so much for this it's great, so much better than I could have dreamed. I shall tell all my friends/family about this!!

Posted by: Sophia Beck NSW Australia on 17/06/2008

wow, I've been trying to figure this out forever! Thanks so much this was easy to understand and follow.

Posted by: uriel on 08/06/2008

Thank you so much or this!

Posted by: Melle on 06/06/2008

Can you do this with Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0? If not, is there a free trial of a newer version that does?

Posted by: melissa on 05/06/2008

Thanks, very helpful and simple.

Posted by: Pegasus on 04/06/2008

GREAT - you made my day

Posted by: snowman on 04/06/2008

how about making a multiple page pdf from multiple single page pdf files? how do i do that with adobe 8?

Posted by: jpt on 02/06/2008

Thanks for sharing this, most helpfull! :)

Posted by: G Hunter on 27/05/2008

thanks you for this. is there a way to make text selectable in the final PDF?

Posted by: Rick on 22/05/2008

Thanks a lot for this tutorial, though I wish I had found it a few hours ago!

Posted by: Trevor Woods on 20/05/2008

nice!, i knew it could be done. forget those one trick pony programs.

Posted by: beryl roell duan on 06/05/2008

So awesome.... thanks heaps!

Posted by: Sophia on 01/05/2008

Excellent tutorial and so easy and straight forward to do. Many thanks indeed, as I know I will use this method often in the future.

Posted by: Michelle at wellymedia.co.uk on 21/04/2008

Thanks buddy. Indeed a simple and useful tutorial. I was lucky to come across it exactly when I needed to know the trick for multipages pdf in photoshop. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Abhijit V. Chaore on 16/04/2008

Thanks for sharing this info. I'm lucky enough to own the full version of Acrobat, but this great because you don't have to leave Photoshop to create the document. Definitely something I will file away for future use. Thanks again.

Posted by: Marilyn oldcoots@cox.net on 24/03/2008

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