The computers in the FE computer lab have the PDFill and PDFtk programs installed, which are used to edit PDFs. Follow the tutorials below to learn how to join and separate files.
The links below will take you to specific parts of the text:
- How to merge PDF
- How to split PDF
How to merge PDF
With PDFill
In PDFill, you can merge multiple PDF files into a single document. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to do it:
Step 1: Open PDFill PDF Tools (Free).
Step 2: Click on the “1. Merge PDF Files".
Step 3: Import the PDF files and arrange the order of the files. Click the “Add a PDF File" or "Add PDF Files under a Folder” to add the PDF files you want to merge. You can select multiple files by holding down the Ctrl(do not Windows) or Command(do not Mac) while clicking on each file. After importing the files, they will be displayed in the PDFill list. Make sure they are in the correct order. If you want to arrange them, you can click on the file and press the “Move Up”, to move up your position on the list, or “Move down”, to go down.
Step 4: Save the combined PDF file. After the merging process is complete, PDFill will create a new PDF file that contains all the combined documents. You can now save the file by clicking “Save As”. Choose the location on your computer where you want to save the file and provide a name for it.
This way, the edited PDF looks like this:
There you go! Now you know how to merge PDF files in PDFill.
With PDFtk
In PDFtk, you can merge multiple PDF files into a single document. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to do it:
Step 1: Open PDFtk – The PDF Toolkit.
Step 2: Import the PDF files and arrange the order of the files. Click the “Add a PDF…” to add the PDF files you want to merge. You can select multiple files by holding down the Ctrl(do not Windows) or Command(do not Mac) while clicking on each file. After importing the files, they will appear in the PDFtk list. Make sure they are in the correct order. If you want to arrange them, you can click and drag on the file to move it up or down in the list.
The program instructs you to use it: “[…] List the pages to be copied using a combination of page numbers (e.g. 1,3,7) and page ranges (e.g. 1-3, 12-4, 20-8). You can also add “Even“(pair) or “odds“(odd) (e.g. 1-10Even). You can list the same page numbers or ranges more than once. You can also list the same PDF document more than once.”
Step 3: Save the combined PDF file. After the merging process is complete, PDFtk will create a new PDF file that contains all the combined documents. You can now save the file by clicking “Create PDF...”. Choose the location on your computer where you want to save the file and provide a name for it.
This way, the edited PDF looks like this:
There you go! Now you know how to join PDF files in PDFtk.
How to split PDF
With PDFill
In PDFill, you can split a PDF file into multiple individual documents. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to do it:
Step 1: Open PDFill PDF Tools (Free).
Step 2: Click on the “2. Split or Reorder Pages".
Step 3: Import the PDF file and follow the instructions to separate it. A tab will open containing all the files on your computer. Select the PDF you want to separate and click open.
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Step 4: Select the pages to separate. In PDFill, select the page you want to separate, as in the image below, 1 for page 1, 2 for page 2. Keep doing this until you have separated the individual files you need. After the separation process is complete, PDFill will create a new PDF file that contains the separated document. You can now save the file by clicking “Save As”. Choose the location on your computer where you want to save the file and provide a name for it.
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There you go! Now you know how to split PDF files in PDFill.
With PDFtk
In PDFtk, you can split a PDF file into multiple individual documents. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to do this:
Step 1: Open PDFtk – The PDF Toolkit.
Step 2: Import the PDF file. Click “Add PDF…”. A tab will open containing all the files on your computer. Select the PDF you want to separate and click open.
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Step 3: Select the pages to separate. Double-click on the line of the file opened in the PDFtk program and select the pages to separate, as in the image below, 1 for page 1, 2 for page 2.
Cas per the program instructions: “[…] List the pages to be copied using a combination of page numbers (e.g. 1,3,7) and page ranges (e.g. 1-3, 12-4, 20-8). You can also append “Even“(pair) or “odds“(odd) (e.g. 1-10Even). You can list the same page numbers or ranges more than once. You can also list the same PDF document more than once.”
After the separation process is complete, PDFtk will create a new PDF file that contains the separated document. You can now save the file by clicking “Create PDF...”. Choose the location on your computer where you want to save the file and provide a name for it.
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There you go! Now you know how to split PDF files in PDFtk.