Request for keyboard shortcut to extract pages

Question

Sometimes I have the need to extract and save out certain page ranges from a multi-page PDF.

Currently I load the PDF in to Acrobat Pro DC, click Page Thumbnails, right-click in the frame and select 'Extract Pages...' to allow me to key in the page range I wish to extract. Once extracted in to a new document, I can save the new file and close it, returning back to the main PDF for further page extraction.

All the actions in my process can be done using the keyboard, except bring up the Extract Pages dialog. Can I request that a keyboard action be added for the Extract Page option?

try67 · Accepted Answer

It can be done using a script that adds a menu item (with a keyboard accelerator) that runs this command.

To do it create a .js file (let's call it MyTools.js) and save it under the following folder (assuming you're on a Windows machine):

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat <VERSION>\Acrobat\Javascripts\

Enter the following code in the file, save it and then restart Acrobat:

app.addSubMenu({ cName: "MyToolsShortcuts", cUser: "&Shortcuts", cParent: "Edit", nPos: 0});
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "MyExtractPages", cUser: "E&xtract Pages", cParent: "MyToolsShortcuts", nPos: 0, cExec: "app.execMenuItem(\"ExtractPages\");"});

Now, when you want to access this tool all you have to do is press Alt+E, S, X, or even just Alt+E, Enter, Enter (since these items are the first ones in the sub-menus).

eastbayroots · Answer

This is the most annoying thing ever. Adobe is shoving AI and all kinds of other garbage into acrobat and doesn't even have a keyboard shortcut to pull up the dialogue window. I bet they have to hold 100 different meetings just to add the simplest function. Other PDF programs have this shortcut.

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