If you’ve ever used multiple PDFs while projecting them for a presentation, then you know just how annoying it can be for both the one responsible for changing between them and the viewers.
This is where PDF Stitcher comes into play. It’s a niche, little open-source app that works on all major OSes (macOS, Linux, and Windows). Its main purpose is to provide you with a quick and easy way to “sew together” multiple PDF pages from one document into a single large file suitable for use with a projector.
As the developer puts it “this program was created in order to convert sewing patterns into a convenient format for projecting, though it could be used to stitch together any PDF.”
GUI and feature rundown
Upon first launching PDF Stitcher, you are greeted by three tabs: Options, Tile Pages, and Layers. The first tab is the place where you can set various global options that will transition/apply to the other tabs.
The second tab, Tile Pages, is probably the most important section of the app. This is the place where you specify which pages to assemble, in what order, and how much to trim from each edge. This is also the place where you add a set amount of margin space for the final result.
This tab duplicates the page range text box from the previous Options tab. Finally, the Layers tab is the section where you can view the layers in the PDF, as well as select which ones to keep in the final output. You can also modify various line properties such as color, thickness, and style.
Even though PDF stitcher is a fairly straightforward app, it might require a bit of trial-and-error until you perfectly get the hang of things. This little app can also rotate pages for stitching, trim or overlap edges of each page (by a specified amount), and add blank pages (by including zero in the page list) (i.e. 1-5, 0, 6-10).
Verdict
At first glance, PDF Stitcher might not seem all that impressive. However, for those users who heavily rely on projecting PDFs to audiences, it’s damn near a miracle.
