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Anonymous
November 8, 2007

Save multipage PDF into separate pages as PDF files

  • November 8, 2007
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Hi,



I have a 5 page PDF form. I need to save this 5 page form as 5 seperate PDFs. Each PDF will be of one page from the original form. So i need to split the 5 page original PDF into 5 seperate single page PDF. I need to do this as part of my workflow. Please help.
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    bigjake1
    September 15, 2011

    I found a much faster drag and drop option that allows you to split up a pdf document, by dragging a page or multiple pages into any folder you want... so much faster!

    I'm using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9:

    -Go to View--> Navigation Panels--> Show Navigation Pane (The navigation pane should pop up on the left hand side, and shows small tiles of each page in your pdf).

    -Now select the Hand Tool (it looks like a white glove)- located in the menu at the top (if you don't see it, go to View--> Toolbars--> Select and Zoom and it should appear in the toolbars at the top).

    -With the Hand Tool activated you can grab a page from the navigation panel and drop it into any folder or onto your desktop; to grab more than one page, click in the grey area surrounding the small tiles and you can drag over more than one, also try using the shift key to highlight pages that aren't side by side.

    Hope this helps!

    PS: You can do this on a mac computer without using Adobe; its a built in feature of the document preview software that comes on macs.

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      Anonymous
      September 15, 2011

      Thank you so much. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for responsding.

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      Anonymous
      October 17, 2011

      In Adobe Acrobat Pro 10:

      1.) Open your PDF

      2.) Select Tools/Pages/Split Document

      3.) Split your document by one page in the Number of Pages section

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        Anonymous
        October 17, 2011

        Thank you. I appreciate everyone’s help with this issue. I am able to split my pages now.

        Have a great day!!

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        RooksGambit
        October 21, 2011

        I need some help form anyone who knows...175 page document. Each page is single report for a person (different person each page) and that persons name always appears in the same spot at the top of the page, right below the title.

        I'd like to split the document into 175 PDFs AND have each filename contain the persons name. Can this be done using Acrobat Pro 9? If so, how?

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          j_doug_turner
          December 22, 2011

          Did you get an answer to this question?  I have a similar situation

          Doug Turner

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          j_doug_turner
          December 22, 2011

          Ok - I think I found an answer.  You wan to "Split Document" rather than extract page.  If you are using Acrobat 9 - go to document Menu and come down to Split document.  You can make it 175 pages, 1 page at a time.  In fact, if you have entered Employees Names (in your example) as booknarks, you can name each of the files after the employee.  Email me if you have a problem douglas.turner@me.com.

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          SC201
          January 10, 2012

          I discovered another way (I have the trial version of Adobe Reader) to split pages if you only want a few of them.  You open your multipage document and then go to the top of the menu where it says "View."  Click on "Two Page View."  Now scroll to the page you want to separate.  Then go to "Edit" and click on "Take a Snapshot."    Click on the page you want to separate out.  It will tell you that "The page has been copied."   Now paste it into a Word Document and save it as a PDF.

          It's complicated but it works.

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          Anonymous
          April 12, 2012

          Another great way in Acrobat Pro, is using the "Document" -> "Split document" function, where you can specify how big the files should be, or how many pages each file should contain.

          Just had a specific case, whit 176 pages, that needed to be split into 4 pages per pdf - took 10 sec.

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          Razi121
          September 27, 2012

          In Acrobat X Pro, split multiple files once using above mentioned feature:

               Tools Pane -> Pages -> Split Documents

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          bolton_schoolte
          November 11, 2012

          Here is how I did it very easily in Acrobat X Pro on a Mac:

          1. Open the document to be split into separate pages.

          2. Select: Tools / Pages / Extract.

          3. Enter the page range to be separated.

          4. Check only the box 'Extract Pages As Separate Files' and OK.

          3. Select a destination folder and click 'Choose'.

          Job done.

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          rwhsppt
          February 12, 2013

          If you are using Adobe Reader and you have a mac, you can extract each page using Preview.  Make sure the sidebar is visible, select the page you want to delete (in the sidebar) and choose Edit > Delete Item.

          I haven't found a way to do this on a PC using Adobe Reader.

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          Kiran30
          February 14, 2013

          If you have just Adobe reader, then best way is to open the pdf in Google Chrome.

          First, Make sure you have enabled Chrome PDF viewer extension

          Open PDF in chrome

          Right click the page and select print

          On the print dialog that comes up, change the destination to “Print to PDF”

          Now instead of selecting All radio button to print/save all. Select your page range and then print.

          Note this will work with PDF's that are compatible with Chrome

          hope this is helpful.

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            Anonymous
            March 12, 2014

            Incredible. So easy - thank you!!!

            Lisa_Hinkson
            Lisa_Hinkson
            June 15, 2014

            I am very frustrated as I do NOT have Documents, Pages or Extract in Adobe Reader XI. (same exact problem as Melissa)

            I have looked everywhere and simply exhausted the options and the tools menu is nil.

            I only have File, Edit, View, Window and Help and there is no option within these to split/extract a document.

            Any help on this would be appreciated.

            thanks

            Lisa

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            DeliaP
            June 18, 2014

            This is what I do....

            Once document is open, click File, print... (print dialogue box opens), select Adobe PDF from printer drop down, then just like printing you select what page(s) you'd like to save and hit print.  the save options will open and viola!! your selected page(s) is saved

              alex_makovsky
              alex_makovsky
              September 2, 2014

              Easy solution: Install CutePDF Writer and you can print any pages to new pdf file

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              Anonymous
              January 23, 2015

              This will help out any one! facing problem regarding this!. i just made an account to reply you guys, this is the easiest way and the most quickest way!

              just go on this online link drop your file there. write down which pages you want to extract or select and click download : it will take seconds to do it!.

              http://smallpdf.com/split-pdf

              Enjoy!.

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                katihowey
                January 20, 2018

                This was so easy and perfect! Thank you for sharing!!!! everyone on here- I sSpent hours trying to figure this out following everyone’s directions, until I followed yours!

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                biancam5394550
                March 18, 2015

                Hi!

                I had the same problem but then I came across "6 ways to extract pages from a pdf document to create a new pdf document" article on Wikihow. I used Method number 4 which allowed me to discover this site Merge PDF - Combine PDF files online for free (smallpdf.com/merge-pdf). It took me 2 mins to create a new pdf. Hope y'all find this useful

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