If you have a large PDF file that makes it difficult to send to colleagues, friends, then trimming that PDF file is essential. We have a lot of tools for editing and trimming PDF files, but finding the simplest and most effective tool is not that simple. And in the following article TipsMake.com will show you some ways to split PDF files quickly and effectively. Please follow along.
1. Cut the PDF file with Foxit Reader
Foxit Reader is a PDF reader software that surely all of us have used before because this is a very popular part today. In addition to reading PDFs, we absolutely can use this software to cut PDF files. Please follow these steps:
Step 1 : Open the PDF file you need to cut with Foxit Reader, then press Ctrl + P to open the print mode.
Step 2 : When the print window appears, select the printer's name as Foxit Reader PDF Printer.
Next in the Print Range section, select Page and then enter the page number you want to cut out. There are 2 ways to enter the number of pages you want to cut, for example:
If you want to cut out pages 5, 7, 9 and page 11 then enter 5,7,9,11.
If you want to cut out pages 10 to 20, enter 10-20.
Enter finished, click OK.
Step 3 : The save file window appears, select the saved folder, name the file and click Save.
After the cut is finished we will be 1 file as below;
This way you can cut the PDF file into another file fairly quickly and without installing any other file cutting software. However, you cannot cut as many files as other specialized software. If you want to cut a large PDF file into many different files, refer to the software below.
2. Cut the PDF file with Adolix Split and Merge PDF software
Adolix Split and Merge is a good PDF splitter, with this software you can cut a large PDF file into many different small files with a lot of options. You can download the software by the following link:
http://www.adolix.com/split-merge-pdf/
To cut PDF files with Adolix software, follow these steps:
First you open up Adolix software, in the Split section, click the plus button to select the PDf file to cut.
Next you choose one of 4 file cutting methods:
Into files of x pages : Cut out several files, each file includes x pages (x is the page number).
Every group of x pages, starting with page y : Cut out many files each containing x pages, starting from page y (y is the page number).
Each x page, starting with page y : Cut out each x page, starting from page y.
By page Range : Cut by the number of pages you enter in the box.
For example:
You want to cut from page 5 to page 10 page 15 and page 20 then enter: 5-10,15,20. Each page or page space is separated by a comma.
If you want to split 2 files, one consisting of pages 1 to 10 and one page consisting of pages 20 to 25 and 30 to 32 then enter: 1-10; 20-25.30-32. Each file is separated by semicolons.
After selecting, click Split this PDF to cut the file.
The files after cutting will be saved in the directory containing the original file and the files are numbered from 1 onwards.
3. Cut the PDF file using the SmallPDF online tool
SmallPDF is an online tool with lots of functions performed on PDF files, including the ability to cut files. With this tool we will not need to install additional software on the computer. To use you access the following link:
https://smallpdf.com/en/split-pdf
Step 1 : You access the link above and then click Select file to download the PDF to cut from the computer to the website.
Step 2 : After selecting the file will automatically be uploaded, we have 2 options for cutting files:
Extract odd pages into separate PDF files (cut each page into 1 file) and Select pages to extract (Cut to the page you choose).
Here we will select the page to extract.
Step 3: Choose the page you want to keep or enter the page to keep in the box below and select Cut PDF File
Step 4 : After cutting, you click Download file to save to the computer.
The downloaded file will be named selection.pdf
In addition to SmallPDF online tool, you can use some other online tools such as ilovepdf.com, pdfio.co . etc. Usage is similar to SmallPDF.
Above are some simple ways to help you cut PDF files quickly and conveniently. Thank you for watching the article!