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Anonymous
November 9, 2015
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Split ONE PDF page down the middle into TWO new pages (Acrobat XI Pro), can it be done?

  • November 9, 2015
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I scan a lot of pages from books on my job, and I need to be able to cut the individual PDFs in two, in order to get one book-page on each PDF.

I am too lazy to scan each page individually- can Acrobat XI Pro do that?

It ought to.. I mean, it´s pretty expencive:-o

    Correct answer try67

    There's no built-in feature that allows you to do that in Acrobat directly. You can use the Crop Pages tool to remove (or rather, hide) half of the page, but that is a manual process.

    Alternatively, you can use a script, like this one I've developed: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Split Pages in 2 Parts and Combine to a New File

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    Greg-au
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    December 29, 2015

    Hi,

    have a look at this blog.

    Page Splitter Redux - KHKonsulting LLC

    He provides a batch sequence file for acrobat X and for acrobat XI that does what you want. I've tried the acrobat X version and it works great. Haven't tried the XI version as yet, I might try that on DC when I install it.

    Download it, open it (it should be linked to acrobat already) and acrobat will ask if you want to import it. Import it and then you'll find the same actions in the popup box are also found in <file> <action wizard> and the popup box can be closed.

    The script doesn't automatically remove the other 1/2 of the cropped pages, so you'll need to go to <tools> <protection> <remove hidden information> and then save the file as a new filename and the excess data will be gone.

    Hope that helps

    Greg

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      JamesPhilpot
      Participant
      January 3, 2017

      I know this thread is over a year old now, but that Page Splitter Redux is fantastic. A simple double click installs it to your Acrobat actions. Click the action. Done. Even works on Acrobat DC.

      Thanks Greg. You're a lifesaver,

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        Anonymous
        November 16, 2015

        I made up a method that helped me a little; When I scan pages from a book, I now scan every 2 pages twice. Then when I edit, I first crop all even pages (eg 1,3,5,7 etc) and then all uneven pages (2,4,6 etc). That way I get the pages nicely 1 on each PDF, And it´s a lot easier to scan twice, while the book is on the glass, than to lift the book and turn it, before scanning it again.

        Hope I can help someone with this tip

        try67
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        try67Community Expert
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        November 16, 2015

        It's much easier to duplicate a page in Acrobat than to scan each page twice...

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          Anonymous
          November 16, 2015

          I'll look into that, thank you

          try67
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          try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
          Community Expert
          November 9, 2015

          There's no built-in feature that allows you to do that in Acrobat directly. You can use the Crop Pages tool to remove (or rather, hide) half of the page, but that is a manual process.

          Alternatively, you can use a script, like this one I've developed: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Split Pages in 2 Parts and Combine to a New File

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            Anonymous
            November 11, 2015

            Thank you for that, a little disappointing, I hope that Adobe makes that feature in the future.

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            Steve Cordero
            Adobe Employee
            November 11, 2015

            The feature that you desire is called imposition.  It is possible to do this with the addition of 3rd party Acrobat plug-in  like "Quite Imposing" ( http://www.quite.com/imposing/ ).

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