For the Fixup to do what it promises, the following requirements must be met:

• The file is a multi-page document.

Figure 1: The dialog of the Fixup Merge Pages

The following options can be selected to merge pages:

• Apply to [1] – in the selection menu select the page(s) with which the page to be placed should be merged. The following options are available:
  • Selected page – only the selected page is merged with the page that should be placed.
  • All pages – all pages are merged with the page that should be placed.
• Page [2] – enter the number of pages of the page that should be merged with the page to be placed here. This option is only available when in the Apply to selection field the Selected Page option has been selected.
• Page to be placed [8] – enter the number of pages of the page that should be placed here.
• Delete Page [3] – in the selection menu select which pages should be deleted after merging. The following options are available:
  • Placed Page – the page that should be placed is deleted after merging.
  • All Pages (excluding page  1 – all pages except page 1 - the merged page - are deleted.
  • None – no page is deleted after merging.
• Position [4] – in the selection menu, select whether the content of the ImageBox or the content of the ImageBox + Bleed should be merged with the selected page. The following options are available:
  • ImageBox – the ImageBox of the page that should be placed is merged with the selected page. Make sure that the ImageBox is placed on the correct Page Box. Otherwise, undesirable results may occur.
  • ImageBox + Bleed – the ImageBox + Bleed of the page that should be placed is merged with the selected page. The expected bleed is used for the Bleed in this Fixup. Therefore, the expected Bleed should match the actual Bleed of the PDF file.
• Origin [5] – select the origin from which the page that should be placed is to be merged in the selection menu. The following options are available:
  • Center – the page that should be placed is positioned in the centre of the page.
  • Top – the page that should be placed is aligned with the top edge.
  • Bottom – the pages that should be placed are aligned at the bottom edge.
  • Left – the page that should be placed is aligned to the left edge.
  • Right – the page that should be placed is aligned to the right-hand edge.
• Horizontal Offset [6] – enter the horizontal offset here. "+" values move the page to be placed to the left, "-" values to the right. For the Variable Content [9], select the desired placeholder - database field or user-defined field - from which the value for the horizontal offset should be retrieved.
• Vertical Offset [7] – enter the vertical offset here. "+" values move the page to be placed upwards, "-" values move it downwards. For the Variable Content [10], select the desired placeholder - database field or user-defined field - from which the value for the vertical offset should be retrieved.

To experiment with this function, refer to the sample file "Sample_Merge Page.pdf". The document consists of two pages. The first page contains the artwork, and the second page contains the corresponding Dielines including the white channel. This second page should be merged with the first page.

After applying the Fixup, the file "Sample_Merge Page_End.pdf" is created. Here, both pages were merged and the page that should be placed was subsequently deleted, leaving a single-page document. The values from Figure 1 were used for this.

Figure 2: Left: initial file; Right: edited file in which all pages were merged