If you need a couple of pages from a large PDF document, to split PDF documents or to convert PDF to other files becomes necessary. While splitting PDF files might sound complicated, it is not. If you use the right tool to split PDF files, you should be done with the whole process within a couple of seconds to minutes, depending on the number of pages you intend to extract. In this article, you will learn how to DIVIDIR ARCHIVOS PDF.
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is not entirely free. However, for the first seven days, you can use its free trial version to separate PDF for free. After the 7 days, you will need to upgrade to the premium version to keep using the tool. To learn how to split PDF pages using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, you will need to follow the steps outlined below:
Step 1: Download and install the Adobe Acrobat Pro DC on your computer.
Step 2: Run the application.
Step 3: Navigate to the Tools tab. Under Organize Pages, click the Open button.
Step 4: Tap Select a File on the next screen.
Step 5: Locate the PDF file from which you would like to extract pages. This should open the document in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
Step 6: Click Split (scissors icon). If you would like to split the PDF document by the number of pages, enter the number of pages you would like to have in the separate document, after splitting the PDF document. Click the Split button.
Note: You can also split the PDF document via other dimensions, including the top-level bookmarks and file size.
Step 7: When Adobe Acrobat tells you that your document has been split successfully, tap the OK button.
Step 8: The split documents should be available in the folder where the original PDF was stored. Open the folder to check your PDF files.
PDFelement
PDFelement is available for iOS, Mac, and Windows users. The program, similar to Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, is not entirely free. However, it has a free trial version. The trial version does not expire. However, every PDF document you create using the free trial version will have a watermark.
To learn how to split PDF pages using PDFelement, follow the steps we have outlined below:
Step 1: After installing PDFelement on your computer, launch it.
Step 2: Click Edit PDF.
Step 3: On the popup window, locate the PDF document you would like to split and then double-click on it. This should open it in the PDFelement application.
Step 4: Go to the Page tab and then select the pages you would like to split.
Step 5: Right-click on the selected pages and then choose Extract Page.
Step 6: Tap OK to proceed. The separated pages should appear in a new tab. To save the pages, simply click Ctrl and S together.
Separate PDF for Free Using Web Browsers
Google Chrome
If you have the Google Chrome browser on your computer, you can use it to split PDF pages for free. If you are yet to install Google Chrome, you can easily download and install it for free. After installing Google Chrome, follow the steps below to split PDF files:
Step 1: Launch a new window on Google Chrome. Drag and drop the PDF file you would like to split into the new window.
Note: If the PDF file fails to open, type chrome://plugins/ on the browser’s address bar and hit Enter. Tap the Enable link available under the Chrome PDF Viewer.
Step 2: Click the 3-vertical dots available on the top-right of the Google Chrome browser. Next, select Print.
Note: Alternatively, you can simply click Ctrl + P.
Step 3: Under the printer, click the Change… button.
Step 4: In the Local Destinations section, choose Save as PDF.
Step 5: Enter the range of pages you would like to extract from the PDF document. If you have a 20-page document and you would like to extract the last 5 pages, you should enter the range 16 to 20.
Step 6: After giving the document a new name, hit the Save button.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge is a Windows PC browser. If your computer is running on Windows 10, you should have the browser on your computer. If you prefer Microsoft Edge over Google Chrome, follow the steps below to learn how to split PDF files using the browser:
Step 1: Open the File Explorer and locate the PDF file you intend to split.
Step 2: Right-click the PDF file and choose Open with > Microsoft Edge.
Step 3: On your computer’s Keyboard, hit Ctrl + P at the same time. This should launch the print window. Under the Printer, check to make sure that the browser is using “Microsoft Print to PDF”. If this is not available under Printer, tap the downward arrow and select it from the list.
Step 4: In the Pages section, click the downward arrow and then choose Current Page. Next, click the Print button to split the current page into a single page PDF file.
Step 5: If your goal is to have more than 1 page on the extracted PDF file, select Page range under Pages (instead of Current Page).
Step 6: Next, enter the page range you would like to split and then tap the Print button.
Step 7: On the popup page, give the extracted PDF pages a new name before clicking the Save button.
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