Split PDF File
Split File based on Text Match
The split option is like the extract option except that instead of extracting a single page, it will split the file into pages using the pages that matches the text value as a divider.
| Screen Field / Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Pages That Matches on First Page | This option puts the page that matches the text value as the first page in the output file. |
| Pages That Matches on Last Page | This option puts the page that matches the text value as the last page in the output file. |
| Remove Page That Matches Text | This option removes the pages that match the text expressions in the output files. |
| Pages with No Match | This gives the user three options of what to do with pages that do not match the text or barcode criteria specified by the user. - Do Not Copy to Output- Copy to Output- Copy to Output and Rename |
| File Name | If the “Copy to Output and Rename” option is selected you will need to provide a filename mask like the one in the “File Naming” tab, the table below gives you a breakdown of the variables available. |
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
%FILENAME% |
The original file name without the .pdf extension. |
%BOOKMARK% |
This represents the bookmark name and can be used with the “Split by Top Level Bookmarks” split option only. |
%TIME% |
The current Time. |
%DATE% |
The current Date. |
%RUNDATE% |
The Time at which the job was executed, the difference between this and the %TIME% variable is that this value will be same for all files processed in a single job run. |
%JOBNAME% |
The Name of the Job. |
Split File based on Text Change
The split option is similar to the “Split File based on Text Match” option except that instead of splitting everywhere there is a text match, it waits until the text that was matched has changed from the previous text match.
| Screen Field / Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Pages That Matches on First Page | This option puts the page that matches the text value as the first page in the output file. |
| Pages That Matches on Last Page | This option puts the page that matches the text value as the last page in the output file. |
| Remove Page That Matches Text | This option removes the pages that match the text expressions in the output files. |
Split File based on Barcode
The split option is similar to the extract option except that instead of extracting a single page, it will split the file into pages using the pages that matches the barcode value as a divider.
| Screen Field / Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Barcode on First Page | This option puts the page that matches the barcode value as the first page in the output file. Subsequent pages are added to that file. A new barcode match will create a new file and the subsequent pages are added to this new file. |
| Barcode on Last Page | This option puts the page that matches the barcode value as the last page in an output file. Subsequent pages will be added to a document based on the next matching barcode value |
| Remove Barcode Page | This option splits on and removes the first page that contains a barcode (which can be specified by type or location). Subsequent pages are output to the output files. Each new barcode creates a new output file. No post processing of barcode value is possible with this option. |
Split File based on Page Ranges
This split operation uses characteristics like page numbers and bookmarks to split PDFs documents.
Has four split options.
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Split into Single Pages: Split the PDFs into single pages
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Split by Top Level Bookmarks
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Split by Page Ranges
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Split by Repeating Page Ranges
| Screen Field / Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Split Type | One of: Split into single pages Split by top-level bookmarks Split by page ranges (See below) Split by repeating page ranges (See below) |
| Page Ranges | Set of page ranges separated by commas that defines which pages from the original should be extracted. See the table below for examples of types of page ranges allowed. |
| Repeating Range | Apply the page range at an interval of the repeating number. For example, if 2-4 is specified for page ranges, and 4 is specified as the repeating range, then the range is re-applied every 4 pages. Hence the file is split such that the first output file contains pages 2-4 from the original document, the second contains pages 6-8 and so on. |
| Example | Type |
|---|---|
| 1 | Specifies a single page. |
| 1-3 | Specifies a range of pages. |
| 10-20even | Specifies even pages within the range. |
| 10-20odd | Specifies odd pages within the range. |
| 20-lastpage | Note that lastpage can be used to represent the last page in the document. |