Split PDF 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.
To split PDF by page range:
- On the Insert and Edit ribbon tab, in the Pages group, click Split Pages
. - Click the Into files of n pages option, and then enter the page range to use.
- Click Split.
Splitting Parameters
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. 5-1 would extract pages 5 through 1 into a new PDF (reverse order). |
| ; | 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. |
