Split PDF Tab

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The Split PDF tab allows the user to set options when splitting a PDF document to multiple PDF documents. The tab has the following sections:

• Split Options - This section sets the options when splitting the document into multiple documents:
  • Split Method - Use this section to tell PAS how to split the document into multiple documents. The available options in this section are:
    
    
    • Split into documents of - Use this method to split the document into equal size documents of a given number of pages. Enter the page count in the textfield.
    • Split by page range - Use this method to split the document into multiple documents based on page range. Enter the page range in the textfield. Dash is used for a page range, comma to separate pages within the same document, semicolon to separate documents. So for instance, 1,3-5;7-10 will output 2 documents, the first document with page 1,3,4,5, the second document with page 7,8,9,10.
    • Split by blank page - Use this method to split the document when a white page is encountered. The white page will be used as a separator between documents and will be dismissed.
    • Split by bookmarks - Use this method to split the document based on bookmark at level 1. You can also choose the split up to a higher level, for instanceup to level 3; in this case the document will be split at bookmark level 1, level 2 and level 3. In this method, we assume that the bookmark contain goto page action within the PDF document itself and that bookmarks have been created in ascending page order.
    • Split by text - Use this method to split the document when specific text in the document is encountered. When the text is encountered in page, this page will set as the first page of the next document.
  • File Name Pattern - Use this section to tell PAS how to name the output PDF files (the PDF documents obtained by splitting the incoming document):
    
    
    • Append - For each output PDF file, you can choose to append the page range or an incremental counter starting at any given number. PAS will start with the original PDF file name (note that the original PDF file name can first be altered using the Change the PDF File Name section below).
    • When the "page range" option is chosen, PAS will append a string containing the page range for instance test_p4-p6.pdf. When the "split by page range" method was selected, the page range formula will be appended as a string, for instance for the page range formula 1,3,5-10, the output file name will be test_1_3_5-10.pdf. Note that an underscore character preceeds the page range formula and commas are replaced with an underscore character.
    • When "incremental counter" option is chosen, PAS will append an incremental counter. The counter will bereset for each new incoming PDF file.
    • Append bookmark name - This option is only available when the "split by bookmarks" method was selected. This will append the name of the starting bookmark to the output documents names. So for instance if "Cover Page" is the first bookmark name, the first output document will could be named test_p1-p1_CoverPage.pdf. Only letters, numbers, hyphen and underscore characters are preserved in the bookmark name to guarantee that all operating systems will accept this file name. Commas are replaced with an underscore.
• Print the PDF File - Use this section to print a copy of the PDF file before processing.
• Change the PDF File Name - Use this section to change the name of the PDF file before processing. When used, the name of the image files will use the new name as a starting point.
• Save the Image Files to a Folder - Use this section to save the image files to a folder.
• Post the File using FTP - Use this section to send the image files to an FTP server.
• Send the File in an E-Mail - Use this section to send the image files by e-mail.

Screenshot of the Split PDF Tab

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