Split by page ranges
The page range method gives you additional page splitting flexibility, including:
- Splitting individual pages into new file(s)
- Splitting a page ranges into new file(s)
- Combine pages and pages ranges
- Separating page ranges into separate output files
- Extracting unwanted pages
- Using overlapping page ranges to create multiple files
- Split into odd and even pages
- Reverse page order
By combining page numbers with simple parameters (commas, dashes, semicolons, odd, and even), you can specify which pages should be merged together to form a new PDF, and which pages should be split separately to form another PDF.
| Parameter |
Function |
Example |
| , |
page separator |
1-20, 30-40 would create a single PDF containing page 1-20 and 30-40 |
| - |
from/to |
1-5 would extract pages 1 through 5 into a new PDF |
| ; |
file separator |
1-20; 21-40 would create two new PDFs - one containing pages 1-20, the other containing pages 21-40 |
| even |
even page |
1-20 even would create a single PDF containing only the even pages within the range of 1-20 |
| odd |
odd page |
1-20 odd would create a single PDF containing only the odd pages within the range of 1-20 |
To split by page range:
- On the Edit ribbon tab, in the Pages group, click Split
- Click the By page range option, and then enter the page range to use
- In the General Options group, do any of the following:
- If the document is intended for web display, select Enable fast web view
- To redirect navigational elements (such as bookmarks and hyperlinks) to the new location, select Update navigational elements
- To support creating identical form fields, select Support identical form fields
- To update the PDF title with the output filename, select Update title with output filename
- Specify how bookmarks should be displayed when the new file is opened, choose the desired option from the Bookmarks list
- In the Output Destination and Filename group, do one of the following:
- If you would like to use the original filename as the base filename for the split files, select Use filename
- To specify a new base filename, clear the Use filename checkbox, then type a new name in the Base filename field
- Choose how the filename is to be created by selecting an option from the Make the target filename by adding list, entering a starting number if required
- In the Destination folder group, do one of the following:
- To place the split PDFs in the same location as the original file, click Same as source folder
- If you would like to specify a new folder to place the split PDFs, select the In radio button then click the Browse button to select a folder
- Click Split