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Extract pages from a PDF

Pull out just the pages you need — the signature page of a contract, the two pages of a manual you actually use, or the figures from a paper — and save them as one new PDF.

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How to use

  1. Choose a PDF. Thumbnails of its pages appear as they render.
  2. Click the pages you want, or type a range such as 2-4, 9 and press Select these.
  3. Check the counter at the bottom, then select Extract to new PDF.
  4. Download the new file. The original is left untouched.

How it works

Thumbnails are drawn by pdf.js, Mozilla's open-source PDF renderer, which runs in a background worker inside your browser. Selecting pages only records their positions. When you extract, pdf-lib copies the selected pages, with their fonts and images, into a new document in their original order, and copies the title and author fields across.

Worked example

From a 40-page user manual you need the quick-start pages 3 to 5 and the troubleshooting table on page 37. Type "3-5, 37", select the pages, and extract. The new file has 4 pages: the old pages 3, 4, 5 and 37, in that order.

Limitations

  • Pages are kept in their original order. To change the order, extract the parts separately and combine them with Merge PDF.
  • Thumbnails are shown for the first 400 pages; later pages can still be chosen with the range box.
  • Links that pointed to pages you did not extract will no longer lead anywhere.

Questions

What is the difference between Extract pages and Split PDF?

Extract makes one new file from the pages you choose. Split makes several files at once, one per range or chunk.

Is the text in extracted pages still selectable?

Yes. Pages are copied, not converted to pictures, so text, vector graphics and image quality are preserved.

Some thumbnails are blank or slow. Is something wrong?

Pages with large scanned images take longer to draw. Thumbnails are only previews; extraction does not depend on them.

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