How to merge a PDF and split a PDF easily.
Make your PDFs easier to share. Learn how to split and merge PDF documents quickly.
Do you have a PDF with a lot of pages, but not every page in it needs to be sent over, so you’d like to split the PDF? Or do you have multiple files that are similar and want to merge PDFs before sending them? PDFs make sharing documents fast — but there’s a way you could make the process even faster. A PDF merger and splitter lets you divide or combine PDFs to share them even more efficiently. Let’s look at how to split and merge PDFs with Adobe Acrobat.
Why would I need to split PDFs?
There are a variety of reasons why you may want to split a PDF. Perhaps you created an eBook for your company, and a co-worker only needs to read a particular section to gather information they need. You could split the eBook saved as a PDF to give them only the necessary chapter. Maybe your PDF is a larger file size with a lot of different sections. You could split up the PDF and send it in separate sections in order to share it more easily, as emails have a limited capacity for attachment sizes.
Why would I need to merge PDFs?
By merging multiple files into a single PDF, you can store and review them more easily. Keeping the content all in one place makes it less likely to get lost. Merging a PDF allows you to share files without worry and makes it easier for the viewer to find the information they need. By eliminating the need to organize multiple documents, merging your PDFs saves time that you could spend working on other projects. Combining files into PDFs leaves more space available on your device and in your email inbox and prevents the need to manage multiple files.
How to split PDF pages.
With the Split tool in Acrobat, you can divide one large PDF file into multiple smaller ones.
- First, open your PDF in Acrobat. Choose Tools > Organize Pages.
- Select the Split tool. Adjust the settings on how you want to split your document.
- Use the Output Options to rename the split files and set a save destination.
- Select Split to finish the process.
You can also complete this task online with Acrobat online services.
- Navigate to the Split a PDF tool.
- Select your file, then determine the split points.
- Save and download your documents.
How to merge PDF files.
The Acrobat Combine Files tool lets you merge several PDFs into a single document for easier sharing:
- Go to the Tools menu in Acrobat and select Combine Files.
- Click Add Files or drag and drop them into the window.
- Rearrange your files if necessary, and choose your output settings.
- Click Combine to merge your files.
- Save your new PDF.
You can also use the Merge PDFs tool in Acrobat online services.
- Open the tool.
- Select and rearrange your PDFs.
- Click Merge.
- Save and download your combined PDF.
For platform-specific instructions, learn how to merge PDF files on a Mac or merge PDF files in Windows.
PDF too large now? Resources to compress files.
Compressing your files is a great way to save storage space on your computer and share files easily, as email inboxes typically have a size limit. Files can be shared quickly, and you can have more room on your device for all your other important files.
You can choose how much you would like to compress your file, with smaller sizes giving you the highest quality PDF and larger sizes giving you a standard quality PDF:
Up your PDF game.
In addition to PDF compression and merging options, Acrobat and Acrobat online services have all the tools you need to make your documents presentation-ready. Your needs are constantly changing, and the features in Acrobat will continue to evolve to meet all of your document-related needs.
Acrobat is much more than just a tool for splitting and merging PDFs. You can easily convert files to PDFs, share them, add comments and annotations, fill and sign documents, and more.
Discover what more you can do with Acrobat to streamline your PDF workflow.
