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How To Build A Customized PDF That Functions Like A Portfolio

This method is highly customizable, using attachments as the "other" files inside the PDF file.

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Dec 14, 2024
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In my last post I described how to create a PDF portfolio - a collection of files inside one PDF file.


Combine Multiple PDFs Into A Portfolio

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There's another method that uses PDF attachments as “the other files” contained in the PDF file. Like the portfolio, these other files do not have to be PDF files. But unlike the portfolio, these files can easily be opened with the software application that opens those file types by simply double-clicking them in he attachments panel. They can then be modified and saved back into the PDF if necessary.

For example, you can attach an Excel spreadsheet, a Word document, a text file, or many other types of files, and the user can open them, modify them, and save them inside the PDF. When the PDF is saved, so to will be the changes to the file attachments.

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