Papyx
Split a PDF, four ways
A document rarely needs cutting the same way twice. So Papyx offers four modes: ranges you write by hand (1-3, 8-10), every N pages, one page per file, or pulling a selection out into a single document.
Splitting is structural, like merging: the pages that come out are the original pages, not screenshots of them. What goes in as vectors comes out as vectors.
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pdf-lib- Protected documents
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Split a PDF offline: ranges, every N pages, extraction
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Open the PDF
Drop it on the app; its pages appear as thumbnails.
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Pick a mode
Ranges, every N pages, one page per file, or extract a selection.
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Choose the pages
Write the ranges (1-3, 8-10) or click the thumbnails you want.
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Run and save
Papyx writes one or several files into the folder you point it at.
Worth knowing
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Written ranges
The 1-3, 8-10 syntax does exactly what it says, disjoint ranges included.
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Even splits
Every N pages, for slicing a long document into equal chunks.
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Page by page
One file per page, when a document has to be redistributed sheet by sheet.
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Extraction
A selection of pages, gathered into one PDF rather than scattered.
Limits
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A password-protected PDF cannot be split: the operation goes through pdf-lib, which does not decrypt.
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Bookmarks and the source document's outline do not follow the pieces.
Questions about “Split”
How do I pull just a few pages out of a PDF?
Choose the extraction mode, pick the pages (by clicking, or by writing 1-3, 8-10), and Papyx gathers that selection into a single PDF.
Can I cut a document into equal parts?
Yes: the "every N pages" mode produces as many files as needed, each N pages long.
Does splitting re-encode the pages?
No. Pages are copied across as they are; their text and vectors are intact in the files that come out.