# CHAPTER 2. Merging and Splitting def mergeSimple(pdfs): """mergeSimple(pdfs), given a list of PDFs, merges the files into a new one, which is returned.""" def merge(pdfs, retain_numbering, remove_duplicate_fonts): """merge(pdfs, retain_numbering, remove_duplicate_fonts) merges the list of PDFs. If retain_numbering is True page labels are not rewritten. If remove_duplicate_fonts is True, duplicate fonts are merged. This is useful when the source documents for merging originate from the same source.""" def mergeSame(pdfs, retain_numbering, remove_duplicate_fonts, ranges): """mergeSame(pdfs, retain_numbering, remove_duplicate_fonts, ranges) is the same as merge, except that it has an additional argument - an array of page ranges. This is used to select the pages to pick from each PDF. This avoids duplication of information when multiple discrete parts of a source PDF are included.""" def selectPages(pdf, r): """ selectPages(pdf, range) returns a new document which just those pages in the page range."""