Merging Odd and Even pages in a PDF

If you want to merge two pdf’s by alternating their pages, you can use this python script to automate the process.

You can find a more in depth explanation of the script in this blog post.

What the script does

The script creates a merged pdf from two files named ‘odd.pdf’ and ‘even.pdf’, alternating the pages.

Requirements

The script requires the PyPDF2 library, which can be found here, and installed using:

pip install PyPDF2

How to use

• Scan the odd pages and save the pdf file as ‘odd.pdf’.
• Do the same with the even pages and save the file as ‘even.pdf’.
• Make sure the number of pages in both files is the same.
• Move both documents to the same directory as ‘merge.py’.
• Run the python script
• The script will combine both pdf’s, alternating the pages and save the file as ‘merged.pdf’.