Splitting a PDF file
Thread poster: Paulinho Fonseca
Paulinho Fonseca
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Mar 26, 2014

I was wondering if anyone could help with the following:

My client sent me a huge file and asked me to break it into small files and send them.

It has 20 Chapters. I would like to split them all.

I've heard of apps which might help on that.

Can anyone help, please?


Thank you.


Paulinho Fonseca


 
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Which format? Mar 26, 2014

Paulinho Fonseca wrote:
My client sent me a huge file and asked me to break it into small files and send them.
It has 20 Chapters. I would like to split them all.


Hi Paulinho,

It is impossible to give you any advice at all as you forgot to mention the most important thing: in which format is your file?


 
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OMG Mar 26, 2014

Natalie wrote:

Paulinho Fonseca wrote:
My client sent me a huge file and asked me to break it into small files and send them.
It has 20 Chapters. I would like to split them all.


Hi Paulinho,

It is impossible to give you any advice at all as you forgot to mention the most important thing: in which format is your file?



Oh Dear, really sorri about that!

Its PDF file.


Thanks for your reply.




 
Paulo Eduardo -  Pro Knowledge
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Divide with adobe acrobat itself.. Mar 26, 2014

Se quiser, divida o pdf por capítulo, transforme em word ou txt e faça o mesmo etc..
Vc não tem o acrobat Paulinho?
Abraós e boa sorte,
Estou aqui para quaisuer duvidas,
Paulo Eduardo


 
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OK :-) Mar 27, 2014

If you don't own a full Acrobat version, you can do this even online:
http://tinyurl.com/oh4vr6f

P.S. I am moving the thread to software applications forum


 
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Thank you Natalie. Mar 27, 2014

Natalie wrote:

If you don't own a full Acrobat version, you can do this even online:
http://tinyurl.com/oh4vr6f

P.S. I am moving the thread to software applications forum



That was very helpful and kind.




 
Vladimir Nadj
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use alternate lightweight software Mar 27, 2014

You can also use some virtual printer and print chapter after chapter into separate pdf files. Works from any program that has print option.

I'm using PDF reDirect virtual printer http://www.exp-systems.com/pdfredirect/downloads.htm

Instead of Acrobat Reader which became extremely bloated over the years, try using some lightweight reader such as Sumatra, whi
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You can also use some virtual printer and print chapter after chapter into separate pdf files. Works from any program that has print option.

I'm using PDF reDirect virtual printer http://www.exp-systems.com/pdfredirect/downloads.htm

Instead of Acrobat Reader which became extremely bloated over the years, try using some lightweight reader such as Sumatra, which can also open ePub and MOBI ebook formats, DjVu format and several others.

http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/download-free-pdf-viewer.html

If you need to export certain pages to some image format, you can use PDF XChange viewer which can export individual pages or whole document to several image formats, including PNG and TIFF.

http://www.tracker-software.com/product/downloads
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Nelia Fahloun (X)
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PDFSAM Mar 27, 2014

Hi,

I use PDFSAM (PDF Slipt And Merge), which is very uesfeul, lightweight and free.
http://www.pdfsam.org

Nelia


 
Philippe Etienne
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Paperport Mar 27, 2014

From Nuance (ex ScanSoft).

Another option to split and rearrange pdf files, change their format to jpg and others, resave as pdf images, etc.

Philippe


 
Paulinho Fonseca
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Thank you! Mar 27, 2014

Paulo Eduardo - Pro Knowledge wrote:

Se quiser, divida o pdf por capítulo, transforme em word ou txt e faça o mesmo etc..
Vc não tem o acrobat Paulinho?
Abraós e boa sorte,
Estou aqui para quaisuer duvidas,
Paulo Eduardo


 
Daniela Slankamenac
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Online Mar 27, 2014

As many have mentioned above, the online option is easy and free. I use http://www.ilovepdf.com/ , it's excellent.

 
meirs
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PDF Split and Merge Apr 2, 2014

There is a free (Sourceforge) tool called PDF SAM (for Split and Merge) - needs Java and the HMI is not so flashy - but does many jobs besides splitting or merging PDF files.
For other PDF jobs (notation, comments, bookmarks) I use Foxit PDF reader - very good (but does not support RTL languages)
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Susan Welsh
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PDFsplit Apr 2, 2014

I use PDFsplit:
http://www.splitpdf.com/

It's free and works fine.


 
Rolf Keller
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Confidentiality? Apr 2, 2014

Susan Welsh wrote:

It's free and works fine.


... and uploads your client's documents to an anonymous website.


 
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Thank you all for the suggestions! Apr 2, 2014

Rolf Keller wrote:

Susan Welsh wrote:

It's free and works fine.


... and uploads your client's documents to an anonymous website.


 


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