How to Parse PDF Files
Portable Document Format (PDF) files are a common document conversion type used widely to allow access to material over the Internet. PDF documents are also used among peers working on a common project, as access to the program with which the material was generated is unnecessary. Users need only a PDF reading program, most of which are free to download. If you find that you need to use only a portion of a PDF document, you may parse the PDF in a few steps using the right software.
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Instructions
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Download and install PDF writing software on to your computer. PDFill is used for the steps that follow. Many PDF writing programs are somewhat expensive, costing upwards of $200 to download. There are free PDF writing programs, such as PDFill. Regardless of the PDF writing program you choose, make certain that it has a feature to split PDF documents.
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Open the PDFill PDF Editor portion of the PDFill package. Click once on the "Tools" drop-down menu and select the "PDF Tools (no watermark)" option. This will generate a separate "PDF Tools" pop-up window.
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Click once on the "Split or Reorder Pages" button. Locate the folder that contains the PDF that you want to parse using the "Look in" menu. Click once on the PDF name and once on the "Open" button. This will launch a separate "Split or Reorder" pop-up window.
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Use the blank fields in the "Split Pages From" section to type the page numbers in the PDF that you want to parse. Click once on the "Save As" button. Locate the folder where you want to save the parsed pages using the "Look in" menu. Type a name for the parsed section in the "File name" field and click once on the "Save" button. This action will save the section as a separate file.
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Repeat step 4 for each section of the PDF that you want to parse. Each section will open as a separate file in your PDF reading program. Click once on the "Close" button on the "Split or Reorder" and "PDF Tools" pop-up windows when you have finished parsing the PDF document.
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References
- PDFill Help Section, "Split or Reorder PDF Pages"
