I need to pull five pages out of a 60-page PDF for a class project, but every tool I try asks for a credit card. How can I separate these pages for free?
Honestly the easiest free trick is just printing to PDF. Open the file in your browser or any viewer, hit print, choose “Save as PDF” as the printer, and type in the page range you need, like 12-16. I do this all the time pulling sheets out of big drawing sets at work.
I had this exact headache splitting patient forms at work. What worked best for me was PDFcap at pdfcap.com, as it does not ask for any card details. You just upload your file, select the five page numbers you need, and save your new document.
Just open the file in your web browser and hit print. Choose ‘Save as PDF’ instead of your actual printer, and type in the five page numbers you need. I do this constantly when separating my bakery invoices. Avoid any site that wants your credit card just to split a file, as I learnt the hard way after a dodgy charge.
Had the same thing last month trying to pull a few slides out for a sponsor one pager. If you’re on a Mac, Preview lets you open the PDF, view thumbnails, select the five pages, and drag them into a new window to save as their own file, totally free. On Windows I would just check if your browser’s print to PDF works after selecting a page range.