PDF merging and splitting features

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I’m moving further and further away from my desktop, but there are some missing features in DEVONthink To Go 2 that are preventing a complete switch.

  • PDF Splitting: Choosing a page and splitting the PDF on that page to get two files.
  • PDF Merging: Choosing two or more PDF files and merging them, to bundle things like related receipts together.
  • PDF Page Reordering: Making sure the information is in the right order.
  • PDF Page Deletion: Deleting useless pages.

If these features are ever implemented, it would allow me to live entirely on the iPhone. :laughing:

2

That sounds awful! It’s so tiny in there! :mrgreen:

3

I’m not inside it. I’m sitting ON top of it. :smiley:

Also… I hope it gets these these features… someday… then I can travel around the world without a laptop anymore. Liberation. :wink:

4

Wow, iOS 10 finally has the ability to print to PDF from any application:
blog.devontechnologies.com/2016/ … df-on-ios/

So all that’s missing now is for DEVONthink To Go to support merging/splitting PDFs.

Then I could replicate my normal workflow, but completely on the go:

  • Print the receipt email to PDF, via iOS 10’s new print to PDF feature.
  • Print the webpage receipt (if any) to PDF as well.
  • Scan any paper material to PDF (via Scanner Pro for iOS).
  • Merge the three PDFs.
  • Reorder the pages if needed.
  • Delete any useless/blank pages.

Then we get a single, archived PDF file with all data related to that purchase.

5

That sounds horrible to me too. hahaha
Personally speaking, my iPad they can take. Take my laptop? There will be blood. :mrgreen:

6

I agree that these functions would be useful. Noted but definitely not for a 2.0.x release.

7

Thank you Eric, there’s definitely more pressing things to fix in 2.0.x. I understand that new features like this will have to come later. I am just happy to hear that you might be adding them someday in the future.

Thanks for everything and take care! :slight_smile:

8

I know this is an old topic, but I’m hopeful it can be revisited now that the great v3 has been released. Specifically, what I am still missing in DTTG is ability to merge PDF documents. Please do consider adding it.

9

We do have this on our list. Thanks!