On a Apple computer, the “Print” function of the “Preview” app includes the choice for printing the open file to PDF. This works for converting various picture formats to PDF. In fact, any open printable file can be printed as a PDF. If your objective is to make a PDF into a searchable PDF, Pdf Converting works. There are some “free” software listings on the Internet, but I can’t suggest one or another. On a Apple computer, if you just want to merge two or more PDF files, click theft-most icon above the main PDF window. There’s dropdown with several choices. The second is to open “thumbnails”. Click it; you get thumbnails of every slide in your PDF file. Do this with both of the files you want to merge. Drag thumbnails from one file to the other - in the order you choose. You now have the merged file. (This is probably identical in the Windows operating system.) HTH
O. PDF Converting has been upgraded to version 2.0.0. Version 2.0.0 is an important update for PDF Converting, to address new user interface issues in previous versions.