Split into groups of pages
You can elect to split a PDF document into a set of individual PDF files, each containing a specific number of pages. For example, if the original file contains 30 pages, and you choose to split it into files containing 5 pages each, 6 PDF files will be created.
To split a PDF into groups of pages:
- On the Edit ribbon tab, in the Pages group, click Split
- Click the Into files of n pages option, and then enter the number of pages each new file should contain
- In the General Options group, do any of the following:
- If the document is intended for web display, select Enable fast web view
- To redirect navigational elements (such as bookmarks and hyperlinks) to the new location, select Update navigational elements
- To support creating identical form fields, select Support identical form fields
- To update the PDF title with the output filename, select Update title with output filename
- Specify how bookmarks should be displayed when the new file is opened, choose the desired option from the Bookmarks list
- In the Output Destination and Filename group, do one of the following:
- If you would like to use the original filename as the base filename for the split files, select Use filename
- To specify a new base filename, clear the Use filename checkbox, then type a new name in the Base filename field
- Choose how the filename is to be created by selecting an option from the Make the target filename by adding list, entering a starting number if required
- In the Destination folder group, do one of the following:
- To place the split PDFs in the same location as the original file, click Same as source folder
- If you would like to specify a new folder to place the split PDFs, select the In radio button then click the Browse button to select a folder
- Click Split