Merging Documents on the CMS

Where a deed has been incorrectly split into two documents you may need to merge the two documents into one. For example, there may be occasions when the plan and the deed have been separated, and the plan is in the supporting documents. See also - Splitting Documents. 

Process

1. Open the documents which require to be merged. 
2. Save them to your desktop or your files as PDFs.
3. Use ABBYY FineReader to merge the documents. 
   1. If you don't have a shortcut for ABBYY FineReader, you can find it using Windows Search.
4. Open ABBYY FineReader and select Open PDF Document. 
5. Open the first saved document.
6. Click Add Pages from the menu at the top of the screen. 
   1. Then click Add from file
7. Add the second saved document.
8. Save the merged document from ABBYY FineReader to your files or desktop. 
   1. Remember to give it a new name. 
9. Attach the merged document to the CMS as a supporting document, 
   1. If necessary, use the Reclassify function to change the new document to a live deed or APF. 
10. Delete the other copies of the PDFs which you downloaded earlier.