Insert lets you add blank pages, clipboard content, scanned content, or pages from other PDFs into the current document. You can specify the range of pages to insert and an insert location.

Insert pages from a file into a PDF

  1. Open a PDF file and choose Document > Pages > Insert .

  2. Select Insert from File from the list of insert options and choose a file in the Open Click Open.

  3. In the Insert Pages dialog box, do the following:

    • Source Files. Files listed in the box will be inserted at the specified location in the current document. You can click Add to select more source files.

    • Select Source Pages. Choose all pages or specify a range of pages to insert.

    • Location. Choose to insert the selected source pages Before or After the specified location of the current document.

    • Page. You can choose to place the inserted pages Before or After (depending on the Location) the First Page, Last Page, Current Page, or specified pages of the current document. See the following examples:

      • If you select After and First Page, the selected source pages will be placed after the first page, with the first page of the selected source pages set as page 2 in the current document.

      • If you select Before and Last Page, the selected source pages will be placed before the last page, with the last page of the selected source pages set as the second-last page of the current document. 

  1. Click OK.

Insert blank pages into a PDF

  1. Open a PDF file and choose Document > Pages > Insert .

  2. Select Insert Blank Page from the list of insert options.

  3. In the New Pages dialog box, define the number of blank pages to insert and specify where the blank pages are placed as needed.

  4. Click OK.

Insert clipboard content into a PDF

You can insert copied content from any application.

  1. Open a PDF file and choose Document > Pages > Insert .

  2. Select Insert from Clipboard from the list of insert options. Note that you can insert content copied from any application.

  3. In the Insert Pages from ClipBoard dialog box, specify where the inserted clipboard content is placed.

  4. Click OK.

Note: you will not be able to use this option given insufficient amount of data in Clipboard.

Insert scanned content into a PDF

  1. Open a PDF file and choose Document > Pages > Insert .

  2. Select Insert from Scanner from the list of insert options. Choose either Quick Scan or Custom Scan.

  3. In the Custom Scan / Quick Scan dialog box, select a scanner and edit Document settings. You can run OCR to make scanned pages searchable.

  4. Click Scan.

  5. In the scanner setup dialog box that pops up, configure scan settings, and click Start.

  6. The scanned content is inserted after the last page by default.

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