Have you ever wanted to add a new page to a PDF file? Maybe your boss asked for a quick change, and you only had access to the original file. Or maybe you are trying to merge several documents together and need an additional blank page before they can help each other out. Whatever the case may be, the process to add pages to PDF is not as difficult as it sounds.
Load the PDF File
To start, you can open the PDF file. If you do not have a PDF document to work with, it is possible to convert a Word document into a PDF file using third-party software such as Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (the latest version). Alternatively, there are plenty of free tools available on the market that allow you to convert your files into PDF format.
There are many ways to open your PDF files:
- From Google Drive or Dropbox (you will need an account)
- From your computer’s hard drive
- By downloading it from an external source
Open the Pages Pane
- Click the Pages button in the toolbar or click the Pages tab on the ribbon.
- Select a page, or click a page to select it and then click one of its thumbnails that appears in the thumbnail view at the left-hand side of the window.
- To add a new page, click New Page at the top left corner of the window; to move an existing page up or down within a section, drag its thumbnail up or down in the list box at the right side of the window; and if multiple pages are selected (or if all pages are selected), you can resize them all simultaneously by dragging boundary between them vertically—just like when resizing windows on your computer desktop!
Open the Files You Want to Add
You can open the files you want to add by double-clicking on them. To import them into the document, use the File menu.
To drag and drop a file into a document:
- Select the area of your document where you want to add an image or text file.
- Drag and drop a file from your desktop onto this selected area; it will insert as an inline object in your page layout.
Insert the New Pages in the Document
Add a new page to your document by clicking the Insert Page button in the Pages panel.
Click where you want to add the new page and click the Insert Pages button. This inserts one more blank page after whatever page is selected in your document. As per the experts at Adobe Acrobat, “to add additional pages, repeat this process as many times as needed to complete your PDF file creation project.”
Save the Document and Close It
Save the document and close it. Do not save the document in the same location as the original PDF file, or else all of your changes will be lost. Do not save it in the same format or folder as your original PDF file, or else you may overwrite one of your other documents by accident.
Hopefully, you’ve now learned how to add pages to a PDF file. While the process may seem complicated at first glance, it’s actually very straightforward once you get used to it. The key is knowing what tools are available and how they work together so that when faced with a new task like this one, we can figure out how best to use them together.
