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Good freeware PDF page extractor?
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splitto
2011-03-19 15:31:58 UTC
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Any good freeware page extractor for PDFs?

I got a PDF of a 500 page book and want to extract a 10 page chapter to
a PDF file. Good freeware for this?
















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Bjorn S.
2011-03-19 15:48:42 UTC
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splitto wrote in <***@rip.ax.lt>
(Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:31:58 +0100 (CET)):

>Any good freeware page extractor for PDFs?
>
>I got a PDF of a 500 page book and want to extract a 10 page chapter to
>a PDF file. Good freeware for this?

I've used "PDF Split and Merge" with good success:
<http://www.pdfsam.org/>. Project page on sourceforge: "PDF Split and
Merge by torakiki" <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfsam/>

see also another project there:"Pdf Split and Merge with Bookmark
Import by cvanling" <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfmerge/>

Have not tried the latter my self.

Have also used the PDF-toolkit with good success in the past:
<http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/install-pdftk/>.

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splitto
2011-03-19 18:46:41 UTC
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Bjorn S. wrote:

> splitto wrote in <***@rip.ax.lt>
> (Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:31:58 +0100 (CET)):
>
>>Any good freeware page extractor for PDFs?
>>
>>I got a PDF of a 500 page book and want to extract a 10 page
>>chapter to a PDF file. Good freeware for this?
>
> I've used "PDF Split and Merge" with good success:
> <http://www.pdfsam.org/>. Project page on sourceforge: "PDF
> Split and Merge by torakiki"
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfsam/>
>
> see also another project there:"Pdf Split and Merge with
> Bookmark Import by cvanling"
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfmerge/>
>
> Have not tried the latter my self.
>
> Have also used the PDF-toolkit with good success in the past:
> <http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/install-pdftk/>.
>

"PDF Split and Merge" needs Java which I don't have and so does "Pdf
Split and Merge with Bookmark Import" (= "PDFmerge")

"PDF-toolkit" is going to split the PDF into mega 500 files. Too much.

Any other freewares?
Dave
2011-03-19 20:16:15 UTC
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On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:46:41 +0100, splitto wrote:

> Bjorn S. wrote:
> >>
>> Have also used the PDF-toolkit with good success in the past:
>> <http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/install-pdftk/>.
>>
>>
> "PDF Split and Merge" needs Java which I don't have and so does "Pdf
> Split and Merge with Bookmark Import" (= "PDFmerge")
>
> "PDF-toolkit" is going to split the PDF into mega 500 files. Too much.
>
> Any other freewares?

http://www.paehl.de/pdf/gui_pdftk.html

PDFTK will do what you want,it's just easier to see how with Dirk Paehl's
GUI for it.

Dave


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Craig
2011-03-19 20:26:09 UTC
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On 03/19/2011 11:46 AM, splitto wrote:
> "PDF Split and Merge" needs Java which I don't have and so does "Pdf
> Split and Merge with Bookmark Import" (= "PDFmerge")
>
> "PDF-toolkit" is going to split the PDF into mega 500 files. Too much.
>
> Any other freewares?

Yea, PDFSAM needs Java. You can get Java easily enough or, are you
really saying that you don't *want* to use Java? Do you happen to have
any other requirements?

PDF-toolkit does not "split the PDF into mega 500 files" unless you
instruct it to do so. A sample command to parse out your chapter alone
would look like:

$ pdftk A=tome.pdf cat A22-36 output desired-p22-p36.pdf

If you'd prefer gui over cli, Angus Johnson does a bang-up job with
PDFTK Builder: http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/#pdftkbuilder

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splitto
2011-03-20 02:27:58 UTC
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Craig wrote:

> On 03/19/2011 04:12 PM, splitto wrote:
>> On Saturday Craig wrote:
>>>
>>> On 03/19/2011 11:46 AM, splitto wrote:
>>>> "PDF Split and Merge" needs Java which I don't have and so
>>>> does "Pdf Split and Merge with Bookmark Import" (=
>>>> "PDFmerge")
>>>>
>>>> "PDF-toolkit" is going to split the PDF into mega 500 files.
>>>> Too much.
>>>>
>>>> Any other freewares?
>>>
>>> Yea, PDFSAM needs Java. You can get Java easily enough or,
>>> are you really saying that you don't *want* to use Java? Do
>>> you happen to have any other requirements?
>>>
>>> PDF-toolkit does not "split the PDF into mega 500 files"
>>> unless you instruct it to do so. A sample command to parse
>>> out your chapter alone would look like:
>>>
>>> $ pdftk A=tome.pdf cat A22-36 output desired-p22-p36.pdf
>>>
>>> If you'd prefer gui over cli, Angus Johnson does a bang-up
>>> job with PDFTK Builder:
>>> http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/#pdftkbuilder
>>>
>>
>> (Cann't work PDFTK Builder to extract pages. GUI is too
>> wicked hard for me) :-)
>>
>> So I install Pdftk 1.44 for Windows from here:
>> http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/install-pdftk/
>>
>> I opened Win CMD box and use the line command:
>> pdftk A=trigger.pdf cat A107-127 output extract.pdf
>>
>> It fails with "Error: Failed to open PDF file"
>>
>> Here is my file. I want pages 107 to 127 in one PDF. Can
>> anyone extract the pages?
>>
>> http://www.datafilehost.com/download-3c4fb630.html
>> (PDF is called "The Trigger Point Manual")
>
> $ pdftk A=trigger.pdf cat A107-127 output iliopsoas.pdf
>
> yields
>
> http://www.datafilehost.com/download-52657140.html
>
> file name is iliopsoas.pdf
>

Good job & appreciated.

Same command as me. Didnn't work on my pc with latest pdftk.exe and
libiconv2.dll in same folder as trigger.pdf. Why is that possibly so?
Craig
2011-03-20 03:03:33 UTC
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On 03/19/2011 07:27 PM, splitto wrote:
> Craig wrote:
>
>> On 03/19/2011 04:12 PM, splitto wrote:
>>> On Saturday Craig wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 03/19/2011 11:46 AM, splitto wrote:
>>>>> "PDF Split and Merge" needs Java which I don't have and so
>>>>> does "Pdf Split and Merge with Bookmark Import" (=
>>>>> "PDFmerge")
>>>>>
>>>>> "PDF-toolkit" is going to split the PDF into mega 500 files.
>>>>> Too much.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any other freewares?
>>>>
>>>> Yea, PDFSAM needs Java. You can get Java easily enough or,
>>>> are you really saying that you don't *want* to use Java? Do
>>>> you happen to have any other requirements?
>>>>
>>>> PDF-toolkit does not "split the PDF into mega 500 files"
>>>> unless you instruct it to do so. A sample command to parse
>>>> out your chapter alone would look like:
>>>>
>>>> $ pdftk A=tome.pdf cat A22-36 output desired-p22-p36.pdf
>>>>
>>>> If you'd prefer gui over cli, Angus Johnson does a bang-up
>>>> job with PDFTK Builder:
>>>> http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/#pdftkbuilder
>>>>
>>>
>>> (Cann't work PDFTK Builder to extract pages. GUI is too
>>> wicked hard for me) :-)
>>>
>>> So I install Pdftk 1.44 for Windows from here:
>>> http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/install-pdftk/
>>>
>>> I opened Win CMD box and use the line command:
>>> pdftk A=trigger.pdf cat A107-127 output extract.pdf
>>>
>>> It fails with "Error: Failed to open PDF file"
>>>
>>> Here is my file. I want pages 107 to 127 in one PDF. Can
>>> anyone extract the pages?
>>>
>>> http://www.datafilehost.com/download-3c4fb630.html
>>> (PDF is called "The Trigger Point Manual")
>>
>> $ pdftk A=trigger.pdf cat A107-127 output iliopsoas.pdf
>>
>> yields
>>
>> http://www.datafilehost.com/download-52657140.html
>>
>> file name is iliopsoas.pdf
>>
>
> Good job& appreciated.
>
> Same command as me. Didnn't work on my pc with latest pdftk.exe and
> libiconv2.dll in same folder as trigger.pdf. Why is that possibly so?

I'd wager BeAr's explanation holds the answer.

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Rolf Erbe
2011-03-19 16:24:10 UTC
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I had the same problem and found a solution by opening the .pdf document
with an 'old' version of Ghostview, which printed the stuff nicely.
Propose, you try the same.

"splitto" <***@vade.earth.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Any good freeware page extractor for PDFs?
>
> I got a PDF of a 500 page book and want to extract a 10 page chapter to
> a PDF file. Good freeware for this?
>
splitto
2011-03-19 23:12:38 UTC
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On Saturday Craig wrote:
>
> On 03/19/2011 11:46 AM, splitto wrote:
>> "PDF Split and Merge" needs Java which I don't have and so
>> does "Pdf Split and Merge with Bookmark Import" (= "PDFmerge")
>>
>> "PDF-toolkit" is going to split the PDF into mega 500 files.
>> Too much.
>>
>> Any other freewares?
>
> Yea, PDFSAM needs Java. You can get Java easily enough or, are
> you really saying that you don't *want* to use Java? Do you
> happen to have any other requirements?
>
> PDF-toolkit does not "split the PDF into mega 500 files" unless
> you instruct it to do so. A sample command to parse out your
> chapter alone would look like:
>
> $ pdftk A=tome.pdf cat A22-36 output desired-p22-p36.pdf
>
> If you'd prefer gui over cli, Angus Johnson does a bang-up job
> with PDFTK Builder: http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/#pdftkbuilder
>

(Cann't work PDFTK Builder to extract pages. GUI is too wicked hard for
me) :-)

So I install Pdftk 1.44 for Windows from here:
http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/install-pdftk/

I opened Win CMD box and use the line command:
pdftk A=trigger.pdf cat A107-127 output extract.pdf

It fails with "Error: Failed to open PDF file"

Here is my file. I want pages 107 to 127 in one PDF. Can anyone extract
the pages?

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-3c4fb630.html
(PDF is called "The Trigger Point Manual")
Craig
2011-03-20 00:26:12 UTC
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On 03/19/2011 04:12 PM, splitto wrote:
> On Saturday Craig wrote:
>>
>> On 03/19/2011 11:46 AM, splitto wrote:
>>> "PDF Split and Merge" needs Java which I don't have and so
>>> does "Pdf Split and Merge with Bookmark Import" (= "PDFmerge")
>>>
>>> "PDF-toolkit" is going to split the PDF into mega 500 files.
>>> Too much.
>>>
>>> Any other freewares?
>>
>> Yea, PDFSAM needs Java. You can get Java easily enough or, are
>> you really saying that you don't *want* to use Java? Do you
>> happen to have any other requirements?
>>
>> PDF-toolkit does not "split the PDF into mega 500 files" unless
>> you instruct it to do so. A sample command to parse out your
>> chapter alone would look like:
>>
>> $ pdftk A=tome.pdf cat A22-36 output desired-p22-p36.pdf
>>
>> If you'd prefer gui over cli, Angus Johnson does a bang-up job
>> with PDFTK Builder: http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/#pdftkbuilder
>>
>
> (Cann't work PDFTK Builder to extract pages. GUI is too wicked hard for
> me) :-)
>
> So I install Pdftk 1.44 for Windows from here:
> http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/install-pdftk/
>
> I opened Win CMD box and use the line command:
> pdftk A=trigger.pdf cat A107-127 output extract.pdf
>
> It fails with "Error: Failed to open PDF file"
>
> Here is my file. I want pages 107 to 127 in one PDF. Can anyone extract
> the pages?
>
> http://www.datafilehost.com/download-3c4fb630.html
> (PDF is called "The Trigger Point Manual")

$ pdftk A=trigger.pdf cat A107-127 output iliopsoas.pdf

yields

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-52657140.html

file name is iliopsoas.pdf

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Bjorn S.
2011-03-20 00:52:40 UTC
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splitto wrote in <***@rip.ax.lt>
(Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:12:38 +0100 (CET)):

>Here is my file. I want pages 107 to 127 in one PDF. Can anyone extract
>the pages?
>
>http://www.datafilehost.com/download-3c4fb630.html
>(PDF is called "The Trigger Point Manual")

Just to confirm the file in it self splits just fine using the (Java
dependent) PDF Split and Merge from <http://www.pdfsam.org>. Another
simple method to try if all else fails is to open the file in your PDF
reader - and print the range of pages to a PDF printer. Like maybe
CutePDF Writer <http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/Writer.asp>
or Bullzip PDF printer <http://bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php>

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