Optimize, Flatten, Split, Extract

methods to optimize or reduce file size include flattening the document, splitting the file into smaller documents, or extracting selected pages optimize when you optimize a pdf, you reduce the file size by compressing images, removing unnecessary data, and streamlining content for faster performance and easier sharing to optimize a pdf document there are 2 options to access the optimize file menu choice open your pdf and click on the create create tab, then click optimize file optimize file alternatively, you can use the optimize option found under the file file tab file menu choice from file optimize menu choice when optimize file is selected, the optimize pdf dialog box will be displayed make the required choices that meet your file size requirements and usage reduce size option reduce size option reduce size and print ready option reduce size and print ready option custom option custom option when you are satisfied with the choices, click the optimize optimize button the result dialog box will appear, showing details about the process result of optimization in this instance, the example file was significantly reduced in size note some files may take a while to process, especially those that contain images please be patient and avoid clicking cancel even if the progress bar appears to stop, the process is still running in the background note some files may take a while to process, especially those that contain images please be patient and avoid clicking cancel even if the progress bar appears to stop, the process is still running in the background flatten when you flatten a pdf document, it combines all layers into one, removing interactivity such as fillable forms and checkboxes this ensures consistent viewing and prevents further editing to flatten a pdf document there are 2 options to access the flatten file menu choice open your pdf and click on the create create tab, then click flatten file flatten file from create tab alternatively, you can use the optimize option found under the file file tab the flatten document menu choice is one of the options available there file menu choice from file optimize menu choice when selected, the flatten pdf document dialog box will be displayed flatten pdf dialog box make the required selections and click create create the result dialog box will appear, providing information about the process in this instance, the example file was flattened, resulting in only a minor change in file size split pdf pro keeps the original file intact after the split process is completed when a file is split, two or more new pdf files are created based on the selected split options, while the original document remains unchanged video video split a page to split a pdf, open your pdf and click on the create create tab, then click split file split file menu choice the split pdf file dialog box will be displayed ❶ ❶ option to select what page to split from in the main document ❷ ❷ option to have a fixed interval split split every x pages ❸ ❸ output options original file name with + \[1,2,3 ] change original file names to ( new name entered ) + ( 1 number added ) save to a specific folder note the sample document currently shows 1 of 10 pages in this example, the document will be split at page 5, creating two new documents the original document will remain unchanged with all 10 pages each of the new files created will contain 5 pages ❹ ❹ make the required selections and click split split confirmation message of success will appear the selected folder will open and display the newly created files this will be either the original folder where the file was saved or a newly selected folder, depending on the option chosen in the split document menu in this example we have 2 files new files the file extracted from the original document will now be displayed as will the updated original file with its new new name as selected to do so file sp 1 is has pages 1 5 and file sp 2 has pages 6 10 extract pdf pro extracts content from the last saved version of the pdf file so, be sure to save your pdf file before extracting pages video video extract pages to extract pages from a pdf, open your pdf and click on the create create tab, then click extract pages extract pages file menu choice the extract pages file dialog box will be displayed extract pages options ❶ ❶ option to select specific pages or a page range to split from the main document ❷ ❷ option to create a new file name or the system will automatically append a version number to the original ❸ ❸ destination folder select where you would like the file to be saved ❹ ❹ option to either remove the page from the original pdf or leave it intact ❺ ❺ option to open the file after creation ❻ ❻ run the process note the sample document currently shows 1 1 of 10 pages in this instance, we will remove 3 pages, and the page count in the original document will update accordingly make the required selections and click extract extract the pages extracted from the original document will now open as it was selected to do so it was a multi page extraction and is indicated by the 1 of 3 1 of 3 page count the extracted document in this instance, the original document has 3 less pages because the option to remove the pages from the source document was selected now shows 1 of 7 1 of 7 new version of original pdf