Extracting pages from PDF based on search results using javascript in Acrobat

Question

I have a file that has serveral pages. At random intervals there are pages that have the words "PageBreak". Looking for a script that will search my file from the begining for the "PageBreak" then extract all pages before and including the pagebbreak, then continue through the rest of the file repeating that same process until all pages have been extracted to new files. I have attached a file.

On the file pages 1 and 2 would be extracted to a new file, then pages 3-5 would be extracted to another new file and so on. can anyone help?

I have looked through the community board and did not find anything that can help me with this.

Thom Parker · Answer

There are a couple ways you can go about creating a solution.

First, what you have stated is not a page extraction issue, but rather a PDF splitting issue. So if you search on PDF splitting you'll find more relevant information.

1. Write, or hire someone to write, an Acrobat Automation script for this, such as the one Bernd points out.

2. Purchase a tool from a 3rd party vernder that does page splitting, such as EverMap.

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