Extracting Pages

Individual pages or a range of pages can be pulled out of the current document into a separate file or group of files. The process does not alter the original document, so it can be performed on PDFs that have been certified and/or digitally signed. It cannot be performed on PDF/A documents, however.

Note: PDFs that have been certified cannot have pages extracted. Additionally, extracting pages that have been digitally signed, but not certified, will remove the signatures from the extracted pages.

ClosedExtracting Pages From a PDF
  1. Go to Document > Pages > Extract Pages.
    • Alternatively, select the desired pages on the Thumbnails Tab, then right-click one of them and select Extract Pages.

    The Extract Pages dialog box appears.

  2. Select the Page Range to be extracted from the Pages menu. By default, the page that is currently active or the selected thumbnails (if the Thumbnails tab method was used) are selected.

    • All Pages: Sets the range to all pages.
    • Current: Sets the range to the current page only. The current page number will appear in parentheses, for example, Current (2) if page 2 is the current page.
    • Selected: Sets the range to the current selection. This option only appears if pages were selected prior to invoking the command.
    • Custom: Sets the range to a custom value. When this option is selected the list becomes a text box. To enter a custom range:
      • Use a dash between page numbers to define those two pages and all pages in between.
      • Use a comma to define pages that are separated.

      For example: 1-3, 5, 9 will include pages 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9.

  3. Select any of the desired Options:

    • Delete Pages After Extracting: Select to remove the pages from the current PDF. The pages will be permanently removed from the current PDF. This option is not available if the PDF has been certified or digitally signed.

    • Extract Pages as Separate Files: Select to create a one-page PDF for each page extracted from the current PDF.

      • Use Page Label to Name Files: Select to use the page label in the name of the individual PDFs.

        Note: This option should not be used if the page labels contain any characters that Windows considers invalid for use in file names, including \ / : * ? " < > |

      • Overwrite Existing Files: Overwrites any existing files of the same name in the save location.
    • Open Files After Extraction: Select to open the newly created PDFs in the current session of Revu as separate document tabs.
    • Update hyperlinks with relative paths: Select to automatically update hyperlinks contained in extracted pages with relative paths. Otherwise, full paths are used. See Defining an Action: Relative and Full Paths for more information regarding relative and full paths.
  4. Click OK.
    • If any of the pages to be extracted have been digitally signed, a dialog box will appear warning that those signatures will be automatically cleared on the extracted pages. Click OK to proceed.

Related topics

Split Document

Delete Pages

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