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May 4, 2020
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Extract pages without opening thumbnails

  • May 4, 2020
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Hello Support Community!

 

I deal with very large PDF documents and need to extract, save, and rename the files as quickly as possible.  I would like to be able to do this from the main document view window so I don't have to load all the thumbnails.  Is there a way to do so or an easy keyboard shortcut so I can just click to extract, ctrl+s to save, and immediately be back to the original doc?

 

Thank you in advance!

 

Brent Goren

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try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2020

Yes, this can be done using a script, like this (paid-for) one I've developed that allows you to simple enter the pages numbers (or ranges) of the pages you want to extract into a simple dialog window and it then extracts them as a new file.

You can even specify non-sequential pages, which can't be done using the built-in Extract Pages command.

You can find it here: http://try67.blogspot.com/2011/04/acrobat-extract-non-sequential-pages.html

gary_sc
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2020

Hi Game_Haven,

 

I'm assuming that you mean multi-paged PDFs as opposed to pages that are very large in size?

 

If so, have you looked at the Organize Pages tool in Acrobat Pro DC? Here's a screenshot:

 

Here I've one page selected but you can either Shift-Click or Command/Control-click for multiple pages. The one thing that this does not let you do is to name it at time of creation. (That's a good idea BTW) but it does let you place the extracted documents to your desired location.

 

Does this do what you want/need?

 

Best,