Teaching3bears Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 If I have a bunch of pages scanned into one PDF file, can I take some of those pages out on my own computer and subdivide them into separate files and maybe add explanatory text at the beginning of each file? I have a MacBook Air and I only have the Apple software it comes with. I don't have MicrosoftWord or Powerpoint etc. I have no idea if I have a PDF reader. Do I need that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 You could try this: https://smallpdf.com/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreen Claire Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Just now, EKS said: You could try this: https://smallpdf.com/ I second smallpdf.com! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) You can; however, you'll need to buy Adobe Acrobat in order to do so. The reader version of Adobe is free, but to manipulate the PDF requires Acrobat. I'd probably see if someone you know already owns it or ask at your library if they have a license they allow the public to use. Edit: I've never used smallpdf. That might be a way to do what you want without spending a lot of money. Edited July 15, 2019 by brehon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jentrovert Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I use PDFSam to do things like this. I have Windows, and don't know if it works with Macs. I've had it so long I don't remember, but think it was a free download. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 You can print to PDF using Google Chrome, including just printing part of a file. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreen Claire Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 SmallPDF.com is a web-based solution that is free. It can merge PDFs, rearrange pages, remove pages, etc. I used it to make new files for SOTW that were only maps & coloring pages, removing the pages that I knew we would not use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonhawk Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I think in Preview you can open the thumbnails on the side of the document and then drag and drop pages as new files onto the Desktop. I do it fairly regularly. But, I also own Adobe PDF and so idk if I can only do that in Preview because I also own Adobe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann in TX Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I do most of what you are wanting in Preview. You can also copy parts of pages and paste into Pages (Pages is the MS Word of the Mac world)-- then save as PDF file (Pages can also save in MS Word format). Open PDF with Preview-- at this point I like to copy the document and work with the copy Select the top left icon and choose Thumbnails-- you can rearrange/delete. If you amended a page and saved it as a PDF file just open it up and choose Thumbnail view-- click and drag the Thumbnail to your main (working) document Thumbnail section and they are merged. I use the Mac tools-- I'm not an Adobe fan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Noreen Claire said: SmallPDF.com is a web-based solution that is free. It can merge PDFs, rearrange pages, remove pages, etc. I used it to make new files for SOTW that were only maps & coloring pages, removing the pages that I knew we would not use. That's brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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