Bestiary 1-4 compiled in one PDF?

[Southeast Jerome]

TL;DR version: Is it possible to combine the pdfs of bestiaries 1-4 in one file and reorder the pages into alphabetical order (without cracking the file security)?

Long version: I have my rulebooks printed out 4 to a page, double sided, and really like the result. If I print directly from the pdf, the result is legible, and I can fit 8 times as much content on a sheet, which saves a lot of ink and weight. I'd like to do the same with my bestiaries, but I'd really like to have all the creatures in a single A to Z document.

The problem is that Acrobat won't let me combine the files or reorder the pages due to the PDF file restrictions. The best workaround I can think of is to print everything out and put them in manual order, but that produces a 6 inch, 1200 sheet document that defeats the purpose of what I'm trying to do.

I'm aware that it's possible to crack the PDF security, and I do NOT want to do this. Is there any Paizo-sanctioned way to get the PDFs into one document so I can reorder the pages for printing?

[Skeld]

The security settings that prevent you from stripping out pages from the PDFs are the same security settings that prevent you from removing watermarks. Paizo has said before that the security settings lack the granularity to allow what you're looking for without breaking something else.

If you're feeling industrious, you can take a high-res screenshot of each mage in Acrobat, save the jpeg, and then import them into a document in whatever order you want. Then you can save it as a PDF. That's a lot of work though.

-Skeld

[Southeast Jerome]

Skeld wrote:

The security settings that prevent you from stripping out pages from the PDFs are the same security settings that prevent you from removing watermarks. Paizo has said before that the security settings lack the granularity to allow what you're looking for without breaking something else.

If you're feeling industrious, you can take a high-res screenshot of each mage in Acrobat, save the jpeg, and then import them into a document in whatever order you want. Then you can save it as a PDF. That's a lot of work though.

-Skeld

That's what I thought, but wanted to make sure I'm not missing anything. They're still nice and compact if I print out each book 4 to a page, I'll just need a couple extra tabs in my binder.

Thanks for the help

[Chris Lambertz]

Removed a post. Posting about circumventing our security measures is absolutely 100% not cool here.