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enamdar
Aug3-09, 05:42 PM
Is there any free way to split PDF pages down the middle?

I have a scanned PDF book with 2 pages on each page. Is there any way I could split the whole doc down the middle so there is 1 book page per page.
berkeman
Aug3-09, 06:54 PM
Is there any free way to split PDF pages down the middle?

I have a scanned PDF book with 2 pages on each page. Is there any way I could split the whole doc down the middle so there is 1 book page per page.

Where did you get it from? Is it a legal copy?
Equate
Aug3-09, 08:59 PM
Maybe this helps...

http://www.pdfsam.org/?page_id=32
berkeman
Aug3-09, 09:09 PM
Maybe this helps...

http://www.pdfsam.org/?page_id=32

I believe that only splits PDF files at page boundaries, or merges PDF files at page boundaries.
MATLABdude
Aug8-09, 05:34 AM
In Acrobat (not Reader), there's an option to span print pages. If you expand (to say, 200%) and then make it print such that half of it is on one page, and half is on the adjacent page, you'll have split the PDF right down the middle.

You can then print directly to Acrobat so that it churns out another PDF.

This feature isn't in Acrobat Reader 9, but it might've been in older versions:
http://www.oldversion.com/

You'd also need a PDF printer:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Melvinjames18
Aug11-09, 04:50 AM
Acrobat is too expensive I think.
I Googled for you but no freeware returned.
So, use this PDF Splitter, the price is reasonable. It's pretty simple but useful.
http://www.anypdftools.com/pdf-splitter.html#163
Hope it helps.
BTW, I'm new here, hello everyone.
MATLABdude
Aug11-09, 05:03 AM
Acrobat is too expensive I think.
I Googled for you but no freeware returned.
So, use this PDF Splitter, the price is reasonable. It's pretty simple but useful.
http://www.anypdftools.com/pdf-splitter.html#163
Hope it helps.
BTW, I'm new here, hello everyone.

Welcome to PhysicsForums!

Unfortunately, that program only splits off individual pages (or groups of pages), it doesn't split parts of pages, as the OP was asking for. PDFCreator can do the same sorts of things (and it's free):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/