Split PDF Documents Wizard

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The Split PDF Job is used to split PDF documents into multiple documents as they are received. The options allow to split incoming documents by page count, page range, bookmarks, blank page or search text.

• 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 PAS file renaming options).
  • 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 test1,3-5;7-10.pdf.
  • 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 lower case letters, upper case letters and numbers will be preserved in the bookmark name to guarantee that all operating systems will accept this file name.

Screenshot of the Split PDF Documents Wizard

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