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Extract Pages

If you are working with a long PDF and wish to send only a few pages to someone else, or create a new PDF with those selected pages, you can use the Extract Command to extract those pages from the PDF into a new PDF

1.  Open the file you want to extract pages from

2.  Do one of the following:

  • Under the Tools pane on the right, click on Pages > click Extract

  • Under the Page Thumbnails panel on the left, select the pages you wish to extract > click on the Options Button > select Extract Pages

  • Under the Page Thumbnails panel on the left, select the pages you wish to extract > right click on the selected area > click on Extract Pages

3.  In the Extract Pages window

  • If you haven’t already selected the pages, enter in the pages you wish to extract in the From and To boxes
  • Select Delete Pages After Extracting check box if you want to have Adobe delete the pages from the original PDF after they have been extracted into a new document
  • Select Extract Pages as Separate Files check box if you want Adobe to create a separate PDF for each page that you are extracting
  • Click OK button

4.  A new PDF will open, it will be titled Pages from (Original PDF name).pdf


5.  Go to File > Save As… to save the extracted pages