ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ Version 2.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Contents Contents INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 3 1. 2. SETUP .......................................................................................................... 4 2.1. System Requirements ................................................................................ 4 2.2. Installation...............................................................................................
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Introduction 1. Introduction ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ is an Adobe® Acrobat® plug-in for splitting and merging batches of PDF files. The split functionality lets you split one or more PDF files based on page groups, page ranges and bookmarks. The merge functionality lets you quickly sort and then combine a collection of files into a PDF document.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Setup 2. Setup 2.1. System Requirements Windows • • • • • • • • Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent For Acrobat 5.0 users: Microsoft Windows 98 SE, ME, Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 6, Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 2, Windows XP Professional or Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition For Acrobat 6.0 users: Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation 4.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Setup 3. 4. 5. 6. Open the CD and double click the Install file. Navigate to ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite. Click install. Follow the prompts to install ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™. Macintosh (.hqx) If you 1. 2. 3. 4. downloaded ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™, to install: Verify that Adobe Acrobat is not running. Decompress the distribution file provided. Execute the installation file. Follow the prompts to install ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Setup 2.4. Registration ARTS PDF provide the option of registering your copy of ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ online. Online registration allows you to protect your serial number. In the event you lose or misplace your serial, we can locate and provide your serial to you on request. Registered customers will also receive important upgrade information and notification of product updates. 1.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Setup Windows To install on a Windows platform: 1. Verify that Adobe Acrobat is not running. 2. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel. 3. Open Add/Remove Programs. 4. Select ‘ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite 2.2’ from the menu. 5. Click ‘Add/Remove’.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Using ARTS PDF Split & Merge 3. Using ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ consists of a collection of splitting methods and one merging function: Split into files of n pages, Split by bookmarks, Split by page range, and Merge files/folder. 3.1. Starting ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ To start the merge function: 1. Start Adobe Acrobat. 2.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Using ARTS PDF Split & Merge 3.2. Menu ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ can be accessed from the Plug-ins > ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite menu. Figure 1. The ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ menu 3.3. Toolbar ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ can be accessed from the ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ toolbar. Merge Files Figure 2.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Splitting PDF Files 4. Splitting PDF Files ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ offers a rich set of methods for extracting pages from a PDF file to separate files. • • • Split into files of n pages – split into files containing n pages per file Split by bookmarks – split files based on bookmark hierarchy Split by page ranges – split individual pages and page ranges Figure 3.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Splitting PDF Files 4.1. Split into files of n pages This method splits the open PDF document into a series of files, which contain ‘n’ pages in each file. Figure 4. Split into pages To split into ‘n’ pages: 1. Select and open the source PDF file to be split. 2. Select ‘Split PDF Into files of’ by checking on the radio button. 3. Enter the number of pages in which to split the PDF file. 4.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Splitting PDF Files 4.2. Split by bookmarks This method will split a PDF file by level 1 bookmarks. Each page that is bookmarked will be the start of a new PDF, and the title of the bookmark will be used as the name of the file. All subsequent pages will be added to the new PDF stopping at the next bookmarked page. Figure 5. Split by bookmarks To split by bookmarks: 1. Select and open the source PDF file to be split. 2.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Splitting PDF Files 4.3. Split by page range This method of splitting will split a PDF file into smaller PDF files containing one or more pages in the destination folder specified by the user. Figure 6. Split by page range To split by page range: 1. Select and open the source PDF file to be split. 2. Select Split PDF ‘by page range’. 3. Select the destination folder where the PDF files will be stored following splitting.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Splitting PDF Files The example string would perform the following: 1. Create • • • • one PDF containing the following (in this order): Pages from 1-20. Pages from 21-40. Pages 41-45. Page 50. 2. Create a second PDF containing the following (in this order): • Page 50.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Splitting PDF Files 4.4. General splitting options Figure 7. General Options • Enable Fast Web View Restructures the PDF file so that it can be served a page-at-a-time over the Web. This is referred to as Fast Web View within Adobe Acrobat. • Support identical form fields (slow) Inserts pages into the target files, page-at-a-time. Whilst this is much slower, it will ensure that PDF files that contain form fields with identical names will still function correct.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Splitting PDF Files • Nothing – used in splitting by bookmarks or page marks where the base filename changes for each file. The files are saved in the folder specified in the Destination Folder box or the source folder, if that option is selected.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Merging Files 5. Merging Files Figure 8. Merge File Dialog ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ allows you to convert and merge a set of up to 100 files into one single PDF document. You can select either all pages, or a page range from a document you wish to merge, as well as reordering the files as required. It supports a number of file types: • Adobe PDF Files (*.pdf) • AutoCAD (*.dwg, *.dwt) • BMP (*.bmp, *.rle, *.dib) • Compuserve GIF (*.gif) • JPEG (*.jp,*.jpeg, *.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Merging Files 5.1. Adding Files or Folders To add files or folders and merge the files into one PDF document: 1. Choose “Plug Ins > ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite > Merge Files” from the Acrobat menu bar. 2. Alternatively select the ‘Merge File’ tool from the ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ toolbar. 3. Browse and add the files that you want to merge. - Click “Add Files”, from the ‘Merge Files’ dialog to open the browser window and select the files that have to be merged.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Merging Files The Merge Options dialog allows you to specify the pages of the file you want added to the final merged file. You can set which pages to merge by selecting a predefined range: • All pages • Odd pages • Even pages • Last page • First page Alternatively, you can define the pages (using hyphens and commas to separate the pages) i.e. 2, 6, 10-20; or by page range from page 1 to 6 for example.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Merging Files -f [full pathname of the output merge file] [full pathname of the source file] Merging all pages from a file For the [page range] the following can be entered: Parameter (Hyphen) “-“ Function From/To (Comma) “,” Page separator “odd” Odd page “even” Even page Example “1-5” would extract pages 1 through 5 into a new PDF. “1-20, 30-40” would merge pages 1-20 and 3040.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Merging Files Examples of a Control File • A control file where the page range of a file is specified: -f C:\Sample Files\Output\Merge.pdf 1-10,15,18 C:\Sample Files\File1.pdf C:\Sample Files\File2.pdf 1-20 odd C:\Sample Files\File3.pdf odd C:\Sample Files\File4.pdf Result - • is output file ‘Merge.pdf’ containing Only pages 1 to 10, page 15 and page 18 of File1.pdf All pages of File2.pdf Only the odd pages from page 1 to 20 of File3.pdf Only odd pages of File4.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Batch Processing 6. Batch Processing Acrobat’s Batch Processing allows you to perform ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ functions across multiple files or folders rapidly and automatically. The Help file in Adobe Acrobat describes Batch Processing as “allowing you to create and execute a series of commands on one document, several documents, or an entire collection of documents in one automated process.” Batch Processing with ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite allows you to: 1.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Batch Processing To create a batch process for ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™, follow these steps: 1. Open Adobe Acrobat. 2. In Acrobat 5.0, from the file menu go to ‘File > Batch Processing’ to open the Batch Processing dialog. In Acrobat 6.0 Professional, from the file menu go to ‘Advanced > Batch Processing’ to open the Batch Processing dialog. 3. Create a New Sequence; choose a meaningful name for the new sequence.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Customize a Toolbar Button 7. Customize a Toolbar Button ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ functions are accessible from within ARTS PDF Aerialist. ARTS PDF Aerialist is a plug-in for Acrobat that contains a number of handy tools, and the Productivity feature allows you to create customizable toolbars. For more information on ARTS PDF Aerialist, visit the ARTS PDF website: http://www.artspdf.com/arts_pdf_aerialist.asp.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Customize a Toolbar Button To create an ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ toolbar button with ARTS PDF Aerialist, do the following: 1. In Acrobat, click the Productivity Add/Remove Tools button on the ARTS PDF Aerialist toolbar, or use the menu system: ‘Plug-ins > ARTS PDF Aerialist > Productivity > Add or Remove Tools’. 2. In the Add or Remove Tools dialog, click the “New” button. This will open up the Edit Tool Properties dialog. 3.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Troubleshooting 8. Troubleshooting 8.1. Frequently Asked Questions This section provides some answers to common questions and details on what to do if a problem is encountered concerning the following: • • • • Control File error message Files on a network drive Disabled split features General Control File error message “When I attempt to merge PDF files using the Control File method I get an error message.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Troubleshooting General “I am having a problem with ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ and it is not covered in this FAQ. What can I do?” • Visit our ARTS PDF Forum (http://forum.artspdf.com) to talk with ARTS PDF technical support and other ARTS PDF product users. Search the existing discussions and/or post your own questions. Each ARTS PDF product has it own dedicated discussion area. • Visit our website at http://www.artspdf.com/support.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Troubleshooting 8.4. Maintenance At times ARTS PDF will release updates that may include significant enhancements to the product. It is recommended that you take up annual maintenance to be entitled to free upgrades (whether it be minor or major release versions) over a period of 12 months from the initial purchase. Annual Maintenance also entitles you to priority phone and email support.
ARTS PDF Split & Merge Lite™ User Guide Troubleshooting 8.5. Technical Support Before contacting us please read the complete Troubleshooting section as the answer to your problem may be found in the FAQs or on the ARTS PDF Forum. To contact ARTS PDF Technical Support, submit your query using the support contact form found on our website: http://www.artspdf.com/support_contact.asp. The information below will help us assist you with the problem you are experiencing. a.
