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Import Documents

There are five ways to import content as pages into a PDF Nomad document.

  1. Insert Document
  2. Interleave PDF Documents
  3. Overlay PDF Document
  4. Import directly from scanner
  5. Drag documents from the Finder onto the page list.

The first three options are available under the File Import menu.

Insert Document…

This will insert the documents (of any type PDF Nomad supports) selected in the import dialog before the topmost selected page in the page list. If no page is selected the imported documents are appended to the end of the document. Holding down the control key while clicking on the OK button will force PDF Nomad to sort the files alphabetically by name during the import.

Interleave PDF Documents…

This will interleave the PDF documents selected in the import dialog with the pages in the open document. Interleaving obeys the following rules:

  1. If no selection exists in the page list, the first imported page is inserted above the top most page in the document. The second imported page is inserted after the first page; the third imported page is inserted after the second page; etc. If the imported document has more pages than present in the list, the surplus pages are appended to the end.
  2. If a single page is selected in the page list, the first imported page is inserted after the selected page. The second imported page is inserted after the next page in the list; etc. If the imported document has more pages than present in the list, the surplus pages are appended to the end.
  3. If multiple pages are selected an imported page will be inserted after each selected page. Surplus pages are inserted immediately after the last imported page.

Overlay PDF Document…

The overlay option allows you to overlay the pages of the imported PDF document over the pages of the open document. If the imported document has more pages than the open document, the surplus pages are ignored.

Import Directly From Scanner

the scan option is available when a scanner is connected to your computer. Selection the Import from Scanner… option brings up the Scan window. Here you can control how the documents are scanned. The details of the scan window may differ depending on the type and make of the scanner.

At the bottom of the scan window you can decide the desitnation of the scan results. You can either scan pages to a new untitled document, or you can select an open document from the popup menu as the target of the scan operation. Additionally, you can ask PDF Nomad to automatically deskew pages imported from the scanner.

Drag From Finder To Page List

Drag documents (of any type PDF Nomad understands) directly onto the page list. Holding down the control key while dropping the files will force PDF Nomad to sort them alphabetically by name during the import. The pages will be inserted at the location of the drop.