Button to Export specific pages from PDF

[Markarius]

Hello, 

I have a large PDF file containing many different documents (e.g. 20 documents, over 60 pages). 

I need a javascript code that when pressed will export specific pages (p.  42, 46, 47-52) into a new single/combined PDF file loaded in acrobat as a new tab. 

It does NOT need to give a "save as" dialogue box or nor silent save it to the hard drive

[try67]

This is tricky to do if the pages are non-sequential. You would need to create a new document and then insert the page (ranges) into it. Doing so requires a bit of scripting know-how, as well as installing a script file on the local computer.

I've actually developed a (paid-for) tool that does just that. You can find it here: http://try67.blogspot.com/2011/04/acrobat-extract-non-sequential-pages.html

[Markarius]

Hi Try67,

can you clarify what you mean by "installing a script file"?  The computers that will be utilizing this PDF are work computers and installation of applications requires admin login, which average user does not have.

[try67]

You would need to place a .js file in a specific folder, either under Acrobat's folder in Program Files or under a user-specific folder in C:\Users\ (assuming you're on a Windows machine). Another option is to run the code from an Action, if you have Acrobat Pro.

[Markarius]

Accessing the program folders is not possible per user permissions for normal users.

I have acrobat pro, but once the PDF is finalized for the users, they will be accessing the PDF via acrobat reader.  

any other way?

[try67]

In Reader it can't be done anyway.

[Markarius]

since non-sequential pages are not possible, I'm thinking that the 2nd best option is to have 4 separate buttons to extract the 4 documents that need to be extracted.

can you give a code to extract specific pages, example: p 47-52

[Bernd Alheit]

Acrobat Reader can't extract pages.

[try67]

This code will do it, but as mentioned it won't work in Reader:

this.extractPages(46, 51);

[Markarius]

Hi Try67, I created a button and tried that code for even just 1-page but it isn't working... this is inside Pro, not reader.

[Bernd Alheit]

What code does you use?

[try67]

Works fine for me. What exact code did you use? Are there error messages in the JS Console when you click it?

[Markarius]

this.extractPages(46, 51); 

[Markarius]

wait, are you saying that this.extractPages(46, 51); works for you?  I thought it wasn't working because 46 and 51 are non-sequential. 

[Markarius]

does this code as you posted it, work for you?

this.extractPages(46, 51);

[try67]

No, it doesn't. The two numbers represent the first and last page numbers of the section to extract.

So in the example I gave above it will extract pages 47-52 as a new file, just like you asked for.

The page numbers in the code are zero-based.

[try67]

You changed your question after I replied... Yes, the code above works for me. No, the numbers do not represent non-sequential pages.

[Bernd Alheit]

The code is for sequential pages.

[Markarius]

since extracting pages is limited to sequential order, maybe I can achieve the same thing via different route?  I created a different thread for my new question:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/button-to-email-specific-pages/td-p/10887099