Ranges let you cut a document along its real structure: 1-10, 11-25, 26-40 produces three PDFs. Great for splitting a scanned book into chapters or a report into appendices.
In practice: (1) Separate rules with commas; open-ended rules like 30- are allowed. (2) The output is a ZIP so all parts arrive together. (3) Need non-contiguous pages? Use Extract Pages instead.
Frequently asked questions
Which comes first, range or page order?
Ranges are read left to right, so the first rule becomes the first output file.
Can I keep the original bookmarks?
Bookmarks that point outside a chunk are dropped; within-chunk links are preserved.
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