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’.