Extract pages from PDF with Adobe Acrobat

Want to extract one page from a big PDF file or save separate PDF pages? In this article we will show you how to extract any selected page(s) from a big PDF file with dozens of pages and save them as a new PDF file. We will use Adobe Acrobat Pro to split or grab PDF pages in the demo.

Extracting pages from PDF with Adobe Acrobat Pro

Acrobat Pro is a very powerful PDF editing program. Extracting pages from PDF with Adobe Acrobat Pro is very easy. Launch Adobe Acrobat Pro on your Windows PC or Mac computer. Drag and drop the PDF file to the PDF editor to open it. Then switch to the Page Thumbnails view at the left window. You can then preview thumbnail images of the pages in the PDF document. Right click on the PDF page, then select Extract Pages… from the context menu.

extract pages from pdf file using acrobat pro on windows computer

You will then open a new pop-up menu where you can select the page(s) to extract from the PDF file.

pdf pages selection and extraction in acrobat pro for windows

The PDF page you have just clicked on will be selected by default. You can however specify the page range to extract multiple PDF pages. For example, if you input 2 in the From box, 4 in the To box, it means you will export page 2, 3 and 4 from the original PDF file.

Extract PDF Pages As Separate Files

Want to save separate PDF pages or separate pages in PDF file? The “Extract Pages As Separate Files” option let you create new files for each page you’re extracting. If you have selected 3 pages above, you will export them as 3 different PDF files at the same time.

By default this Extract Pages As Separate Files option is not enabled. Leave it unchecked to keep all extracted pages in one new PDF file.

Also Acrobat Pro allows you to save the selected PDF pages as other file formats, such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, image and so on.