Saving a few pages out of a large PDF file

[Ghostin]

I have a users manual that is a couple hundred pages of PDF and too large to email the entire thing. My customer just needs about 10 pages of reference sheets from this document. How can I extract just those 10 pages and email them? If I try to print them to the distiller, it says it cannot re-distille an encrypted PDF file. The file is not password protected, but I am not sure if it is encryted or not.

 

[tgreer]

What tools/programs do you have? Acrobat allows you to extract/delete pages and page ranges.

Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

 

[ctarr]

If the document is secure you'll see a yellow key in the status bar at the bottom.

If it says that you can't print or extract it's due to that security.

You either have to turn off the security (click the key) and enter the password. Or ask the creator of the PDF to unlock the document or extract the pages for you.

Craig

 

[horqua]

Ghost,
In Acrobat, open your primary doc (Manual.pdf) and do: File>Save As> and give it the name of your client (Client.pdf). Close the primary doc (manual.pdf) and work on the copy (client.pdf).

With Client.pdf open in Acrobat, do: Document>Delete Pages> and remove the un-wanted pages reducing the doc to exactly what you want to show the client. When you've finished removing the pages, Save the doc (client.pdf) and you're good to go.

Knock and the door shall be opened unto you. Seek and ye shall find!

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[Ghostin]

Thanks for your help guys. It looks like the doc is encrypted. I have a tool to remove the encrytion. I will try that and use the extract or remove feature.

Thanks Again.

 

[jvcalara]

Ghostin
Where can I buy the tool for removing PDF encryption?

 

[JCG4LOM]

Does anyone know how to do this in code? I need to break a PDF file down from 100 pages to 100 files with one page. Any assistance is appreciated.