Sometimes enrollments will require additional steps that include documents with multiple pages to be uploaded back onto the enrollment after completion. If there are multiple documents, you can combine the pages to form one document. In this guide, we’ll cover:
Combining multiple PDFs
If the instructions request that you sign and scan multiple documents, you can compile all of them into a single PDF document for upload. This process will be slightly different based on your operating system:
On a Mac
- Open the first PDF in Preview
- Choose View > Thumbnails to show page thumbnails in the sidebar
- To choose where to insert the other document, select a page thumbnail
- Choose Edit > Insert > Page from File…
- Select the PDF that you want to add
- Click Open
- Choose File > Export as PDF to save the compiled document
On a PC
- Open Adobe Acrobat
- Choose Tools > Combine Files
- Click Combine Files > Add Files to select the files documents to compile
- Click, drag, and drop to reorder the files and pages
- Double-click on a file to expand and rearrange individual pages
- Press Delete on your keyboard to remove unwanted content
- When you’re finished arranging the files, click Combine
- Select File > Save to save the new compiled document
Compressing documents
The size limit for uploading the completed documents is 50 MB. If your documents are above this size, you can make them smaller. To do this:
On a Mac
- Open the document in Preview
- Choose File > Export…
- For Format, choose PDF
- For Quartz Filter, choose Reduce File Size
- Click Save
On a PC
- Open the document in Adobe Acrobat
- Choose File > Save as Other > Reduced Sized PDF…
- In the Make compatible with window that appears, select Retain existing
- Click Ok