The Individual Merge Letters add-in is by far the most downloaded add-in from this site with many thousands of users world wide. However feedback, while helpful in developing the add-in, has revealed a fatal flaw when presented with CSV data sources. Thanks probably to Microsoft's interminable updates, it has been found that the process now fails when presented with merge documents using CSV data sources.
Why this should occur I have not yet been able to establish, so I have recommended the use of Excel data sources, which do not exhibit this limitation. Unfortunately CSV data sources have been used as a means of overcoming the field limit for mail merge and while admittedly few users have suffered from this limitation, I felt that I should address it. The solution is the add-in featured on this page. I should point out that while there were some formatting issues with the original Individual Merge Letters add-in, this has now been fixed, however where any formatting anomalies remain, where Excel data sources are used, the Many to One add-in, used in One to One mode will split the document without affecting the original formatting, as it does not use mail merge to complete the process and may be considered as an alternative.
The Many to One add-in adds another layer of merge options, should you wish to create a many to one merge or a merge directly to e-mail. The add-in is a template which should be installed in the Word startup folder. The reset button is provided to clear the program settings which are stored in the registry.
The other button runs the program. The application is error trapped to ensure that it can only operate on a merge document with an attached data source, If use is attempted otherwise you will see a warning message. When run for the first time, the following dialog is displayed. The add-in can use PDF Creator to create protected PDF files see later but it requires the user to indicate whether this third party application is present.
You may select any item from the dropdown list to be used as the filename. Ideally you would use a filename that is unique to each record, though the application will not overwrite existing filenames where two records share the same data.
Instead a number is added to the filename. As the add-in only works with merge documents, there will always be fields from that document presented in the list when the add-in is run. The first time the add-in is run and at any time when a selected folder to store the documents is no longer available the folder path text box will be empty and coloured pink. If the folder path is typed into the dialog and that path doesn't exist, the background colour will remain pink and the 'Split to Documents' action button will be disabled.
A folder selected with the browse function will always be valid, so the background colour will change to green,. The add-in provides for a second field to be included in the filenames of the individual documents.
This second field is always inserted after the first selected field data, and you may choose from a small selection of separator characters. The add-in by default creates PDF format files using Word's built-in PDF converter, however for users who have PDF Creator installed, the add-in will detect this and offer the option to create PDF files using PDF Creator, with the additional option of creating those PDF files with a selection of security options which are presented when you leave the main dialog and the relevant option is selected see second and third illustrations below.
When the 'Continue' button on the main dialog is clicked, a second userform will open to offer that facility. Wait for a seconds and you will get a download. There are plenty of other PDF editors that can do what you want but these options are more than enough for most of you. We have covered both free and paid apps for desktop and smartphones. PDF files are the most preferred type for business.
Moreover, you can even share a PDF file as an email attachment or via instant messaging. The hardest part is editing PDF files. It supports numerous basic and advanced editing tools, allowing you to add, modify, remove text, images, and add hyperlinks to PDF, or insert, delete, extract, crop, and rotate pages with ease. Moreover, it is also a PDF converter. In the following, we will show you the top 8 best open source PDF editors one by one with their core functionalities.
It is essentially a diagram creator but comes with a strong capability to create and edit PDF files. It entails all the fundamental features you would like to have from a free, decent PDF editor, though its interface is a bit outdated.
Like Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape is a vector graphics editor while is open source. It is the best open source PDF software and is handy for many designers, illustrators, or anybody who likes to craft some vector imagery.
Also, it can read, edit and excerpt data from PDF files. It can sign and merge PDF. Also, you can split, and rotate PDF files with its assistance. It allows PDF files to remain private on your system. Being a professional user, you can take advantage of the two commercial solutions — Enhanced and Visual.
You can edit, convert, sign, fill forms, reorder pages and visually combine files using the tool. It is a fully functional PDF editing software. It provides you with complete control over your PDF files and enables you to modify them as you need.
Moreover, it demands no export or copy of the content to another file format in order to perform modifications. With it, creating PDFs from scratch and exporting them to different formats is straightforward. Moreover, it comes with a lot of tools for editing PDFs. It can provide you with basic needs for editing purposes. It's useful when working on pie charts or complex assignments. Okular is a PDF editor open source that is very straightforward to use.
It comes with a lot of modern features that you will only find in enterprise PDF editors. One great part is that it can create custom markers, making it easy to navigate in your large PDFs. Therefore, this option is handy for those who work on PDF-based eBooks.
This, in turn, enables to make snapshots for quick reference, highlight crucial text and navigate between pages using a table of contents along with a visual history.
You can split encrypted PDF file too. You can merge various PDF files to one also. It has various options for the naming of output files. You can select the source file and the output directory for the splitted files.
It is small in size and installs and uninstalls easily. You can split the file page by page, or by page range. It also supports merging of multiple documents into one, encrypting or decrypting PDF files, and you can add watermark to your PDF files from text or image or by PDF files.
You can extract any specific pages from big multi-page PDF file. To split a big file, simply drag it to program window and then set options. To merge multiple files, drag all the files to its window and it will make a merged big file for you. It comes as a single executable file, and requires no installation. You can extract or delete particular pages from PDF files. Processing documents can be added via simple drag and drop method. You can set page ranges to split the document.
You can also process even or odd pages or pages containing specific text. You can extract only specified pages with or without bookmarks. You can combine or merge the extracted pages into one PDF with or without bookmarks. You can separate the non-extracted pages also. You can split multipage large file to smaller files. You can also process encrypted PDF files with password.
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