Monday, October 25, 2010

Each page of PDF into separate PDF File (Splitting PDF)

This article is about splitting pdf files for FREE.




On Linux, you can do it very easily.




1) Install pdftk




$> sudo yum install pdftk




2) Make a copy of your original pdf file.




3) Run the following command

$> pdftk MY_ORIG_PDF_NAME burst




NOTE: the second parameter in the command is your pdf file name.




If you want to do the same on a Mac or Windows, just look here. http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/




Split PDF on Windows.

Split PDF on Mac.

Split PDF on Fedora/Ubuntu/Debian Linux.




References:



http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/



PDFTK Tutorial: http://www.linux.com/archive/feed/53701