Let’s suppose that you want to share a bunch of pictures with your friends. You probably also want to combine multiple pictures into one PDF so that your friends can see all images by downloading just one file.
It’s no secret that there are plenty of software around to help you combine pictures into one PDF. Free programs such as the PDF Shaper Free can easily create PDF files from images and then combine them into one for free. But why use a third-party software when it’s possible to combine pictures into one PDF using one of the built-in features in Windows 10?
The Print to PDF feature in Windows 10 is very helpful to convert files to PDF. With the Print to PDF feature, you can convert documents to PDF and convert images to PDF with a few mouse clicks.
Combine pictures into one PDF in Windows 10
Completive the given below directions to combine pictures into one PDF in Windows 10 without using any additional software.
Step 1: Open up File Explorer and navigate to the folder containing images that you want to combine into one PDF.
Step 2: Select all the pictures that you want to combine into one PDF. To select pictures, hold down the Ctrl key and then click (one-by-one) on all the images that you want to select.
Step 3: With images selected, perform a right-click and then click Print option. This will open the Print Pictures dialog.
Step 4: Here, select the Printer as Microsoft Print to PDF, select the quality, and then select whether you want to add one image per page or want to include multiple images in one page of PDF.
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Step 5: Finally, click Print button to see Save Print Output As dialog.
Step 6: Type in a name for the PDF file and then click Save button to combine selected pictures into one PDF file.
Once the PDF file is ready, you can open it view images.
Angus Macdonald says
Excellent. I realised that my files had to be named to show a number … so filename1, filename2, and the software gets the files combined in the right order.
antonio sesto says
Bad suggestion.
1st. You cannot select the order of the pages.
2nd. Quality is bad.
Boonyawat says
It is helpful article. Thanks
Frustrated says
I named the files with 1,2,3, but it orders it randomly no matter how I select them. I spend an hour on this and cannot get it print in the right order, please help!
Jawad says
It’s perfect working thank you
zhaoyan Liang says
thank you very much for this tip!!
Kaijian Shi says
Regarding the control the order of pictures in the combined pdf, it seems that Microsoft Print to PDF orders the pictures based on the following:
1. the first picture is the one that your curser is over it when you right-click to prop up menu to print
2. rest of the pictures following descent naming order. Therefore, you need to name the pictures accordingly.
The rules were tested on a few picture combinations. Not sure they cover all cases.
Just want to share with those who have been frustrated with the order problem.
Gavin says
I want to combine the pics into a single image that’s either very wide or very high (or both).
Penny says
Hi Fiona, thanks for the tips on how to make the right order!
Madie says
omg. Thank you. That was super easy!
geeta says
Thank you for sharing the easy and quick way combine files.
Fiona says
In answer to Abdus and Tatjana.. to get your jpegs etc. to print in the correct order, I have found (through trial and error) that when you right click to select ‘print’ you must right click with your cursor over the first jpeg of your selection and the rest will follow in order (hopefully!) I also numbered my jpegs in the order I wanted them to appear in the PDF, with the number placed at the beginning of the file name. Hope this helps..good luck.
Abdus Sami says
how do you control the sequence and direction of pages? i am selection images like 1,2,3 but it combines them with wrong sequence like 2,1,3
MEDINA says
Always wanted to figure out how to send multiple pic attachment in a PDF. Thanks a lot for your site with this information.
Dr. Jacob says
Thank you very much. I spent hours to do this. You have given such a clear method to do it. You are highly Appreciated.
Angellina Gonzales says
Worked out perfectly, thank you so much!
aisha says
thanku so much
cleo says
thank you . it works
Tatjana says
I have named the single pictures pic 2, pic 3………pic 11. The problem is that the pdf document starts with pic 5 and puts pic 2-4 at the end of the document. Any idea why and how I can make the pictures appear in the correct order?
Charlie M. says
Sue, here is the quick way.
1) Open PDF
2) Top of window, click View
3) Select Rotate View
Just save it and you are good to go.
Ahmad says
it is really easy and working
Vedat says
It worked for me. Thanks.
Sue Norris says
When I combine the pictures it turns some on their sides. How can I stop that?