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katman96
Participating Frequently
January 29, 2018
Question

Problem Extracting Pages in DC "Please enter a valid page range"

  • January 29, 2018
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I recently seemed to have lost the extract functionality in Adobe Acrobat DC

While trying to extract 1 page or multiple pages i get a prompt "Please enter a valid page range" and there is no place to enter this "page range"

I havent had issues with this in the past, Ive checked for updates and Im current, I repaired the installation all to no avail.

What could this possibly be?

Thanks

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4 replies

Participant
September 3, 2020

It appears the problem has to do with the use or presence of sections in the page labeling. I have a set of construction drawings that has been updated several times with additional sets of sheets. Using the normal Extract function I am able to extract sheets from the original section, but I get the error message when trying to extract those from later (added) sections. Re-labeling the later sections permits me to extract the needed pages. I can also eliminate the problem by selecting the later pages, activating the Page Numbering tool (right-click and click on Page Labels...) and click the radio button next to "Extend numbering used in preceding section to selected pages". This approach may not work for you if your pages have complex page labels. In that case, use the approach described above by johnh87962111.

 

Participant
July 11, 2018

My workaround on this is as follows:

1.     Organize Pages

2.     on tool bar click "More" icon

3.      select 'page labels'

4.     select all pages

5.     under numbering, select 1,2, 3, 4 etc

6.     hit OK

this will renumber all the sheets in order then you can extract easily. Works well with architectural plans when they all have different numbering systems

Gimmer 2.0
Participant
February 16, 2018

Count the actual pages in the document say for instance you have 74 pages and you want to extract or delete pages 17 thru 26 enter the actual page number of the document 17-76 hit delete it asks if you are sure and then deletes them. i had teh same issue until i tried this method and it works for me....good luck

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 29, 2018

Do the pages in this file have labels? If so, you might need to do those

instead of the physical page numbers.

katman96
katman96Author
Participating Frequently
January 29, 2018

The pages are numbered M.7001, M.7002 is that what you are referring to?

Also this Extract functionality worked in the not too distant past with this exact same PDF

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 29, 2018

I hear what you are saying, but again there is no place I can see while using the Extract command to enter pages with any sort of labels, be it numbers, letters or what have you..


I don't follow. Please post a screenshot of the "extraction utility" you're using.