Skip to main content
A
andrewf68165297
Participant
April 21, 2025
Answered

Editing a PDF created from a scanned magazine

  • April 21, 2025
  • 1 reply
  • 393 views

I've downloaded a PDF of an old magazine from the Internet Archive. Some of the pages are double page scans not scans of individual pages. 

I can't find a way to edit the pdf to split these double pages into individual pages using free tools on and offline.

 

First world problem I know but I find it annoying.

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Correct answer Tariq Dar

Hi @andrewf68165297, 

 

Thanks for your question! Let’s see if other users have suggestions too, but here’s a quick tip based on what’s available in Acrobat:

 

If you’re using Adobe Acrobat Reader (free), unfortunately, it doesn’t include page cropping or splitting features. You’d need Adobe Acrobat Pro to use tools like Organize Pages > Crop Pages.

 

As a workaround, you can take a screenshot of the part you want (like half the page), convert it into a PDF using Adobe’s online tool, and then re-insert that into your original PDF.

 


~Tariq

1 reply

T
Tariq DarCorrect answer
Legend
April 21, 2025

Hi @andrewf68165297, 

 

Thanks for your question! Let’s see if other users have suggestions too, but here’s a quick tip based on what’s available in Acrobat:

 

If you’re using Adobe Acrobat Reader (free), unfortunately, it doesn’t include page cropping or splitting features. You’d need Adobe Acrobat Pro to use tools like Organize Pages > Crop Pages.

 

As a workaround, you can take a screenshot of the part you want (like half the page), convert it into a PDF using Adobe’s online tool, and then re-insert that into your original PDF.

 


~Tariq

A
andrewf68165297Author
Participant
April 21, 2025

Hi Tariq

 

Thank you for your suggestion, I will give it a try.

try67
Community Expert
try67Community Expert
Community Expert
April 21, 2025

Just be aware the process described above is manual. If your file contains many pages that you want to process in this way, a script is probably a better (and definitely faster) option to do it.

One such script is this (paid-for) tool I've developed that will allow you to process the entire file with a few clicks and in a matter of seconds: http://try67.blogspot.com/2009/09/split-pages-in-2-parts-and-combine-to.html

 

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices