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PDF Split and Merge: split 'em if you've got 'em

PDF Split and MergeWindows only PDF Split and Merge lets you (surprise!) split and merge multiple PDF files. So you only want page 10 of your 34 page TV owner's manual? Just launch PDF SaM, add the PDF, choose Burst mode, and find the desired page in your output folder (you'll have to delete the pdf's of pages you don't want).

You can also split every "n" pages (letting you break a 100 page company-training manual into 5 20-page pdf's), split even or odd pages, and split after a certain page number. If you're more of a unifier and want to merge multiple pdf's into one pdf, then just add your pdf's under the "Merge" tab, choose a destination for your franken-pdf, and click "Run."

PDF SaM is free, open-source software that comes in over 10 languages and has multiple GUI themes. There is also an "enhanced" version available (source code and donationware only) that allows you to add a header/footer and encrypt your output pdf's.

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Office, Adobe, Freeware

PDFTK: Free PDF split, merge and more for the command line

PDFTKI'm gonna warn you: If you're not comfy with a blinking white cursor on a black background, PDFTK probably isn't for you. However, I think it's fantastic. PDFTK is a tool that lets you do a variety of operations on PDF files from the command line. The feature that I found particularly valuable today was the ability to merge an arbitrary number of PDF files into a single PDF document. It can also split a single PDF into multiple documents, produce an unencrypted PDF from an encrypted one (provided you have the password) or vice versa, unpack file attachments from a PDF or attach files to a document, watermark pages, dump data like bookmarks or metadata, and more. PDFTK is totally free and very fast and is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD. The catch, of course, is that the only GUI is your keyboard, and for many tasks you'll probably--gasp--have to read the documentation. However, the PDFTK web site does have some handy sample commands for common tasks. Happy PDFing!

Update: Reader MM alerts us to the existence of GUIPDFTK, a GUI front-end for PDFTK by Dirk Paehl. It's also free and available for Windows and Linux.

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