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how do I spilt a PDF? - 2/24/2010 6:08:32 PM

pahunkboy

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Do I have to buy a program for this?

I need them small enough to send into an email. I am talking about 45MB 60MB.

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RE: how do I spilt a PDF? - 2/24/2010 6:14:58 PM

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I don't know if Adobe's Acrobat Reader allows you to save off a group of pages into separate files. It used to but that was about ten years ago. It's a free download from Adobe if you're willing to give it a try.

It won't take the original PDF file and break it up. You'd have to go through and manually section the file off into a bunch of new, smaller PDF files.

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RE: how do I spilt a PDF? - 2/24/2010 6:51:51 PM

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The free Adobe Reader doesn't let you do that anymore, but the PDF specification is now an open standard and there is free software available to split PDF files. On a Mac, the built-in Preview application can handle splitting and other manipulations. For other platforms, a quick search will turn up a number of options. I don't have any personal experience with them, but here are a few you could try:

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RE: how do I spilt a PDF? - 2/24/2010 7:32:42 PM

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Plan B is to use one of those file sites.

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RE: how do I spilt a PDF? - 2/24/2010 7:35:53 PM

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Better than splitting them is reducing the file size--Acrobat Pro can do this for you.

Or if it's something you saved as a PDF, choose "reduce file size" when using "save as PDF."

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RE: how do I spilt a PDF? - 2/24/2010 8:00:59 PM

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Or, failing that, you can print them, and scan in just the pages you want, saving them as new pdfs.
I use Acrobat 7 at work, and it allows you to detach or add new pages; but Reader doesn't.

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