Use basic page operations
Insert existing pages
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Select Insert Pages at or Insert from a context menu or from the
Options drop-down list in the
Pages panel.
The Open dialog box appears.
- Move to the desired folder (this can be via a Cloud Connector or from a DMS)
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Select one or more files from the Open dialog box and
click Open.
Note If you select non-PDF files, they are converted to PDF before insertion.
- In the Insert Pages dialog box, click Add to select more files from other folders.
- Select an insert location and (in the case of a single contributing file) a page range or a specified page, then click OK.
Insert blank pages
- Select New from a context menu or from the Options drop-down list in the Pages panel.
- In the New Pages dialog box, select size, orientation and location options.
- Define how many blank pages you want to add, then click OK.
Delete pages
![Delete icon Delete icon](../All_Images/edit_basic_delete.png)
- Select Delete at or from a context menu or from the Options drop-down list in the panel.
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In the Delete Pages dialog box, select current page, a
page range or specified pages.
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Current Page
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Range
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Selected
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Click OK, then confirm to proceed with the
deletion.
Important Deletion cannot be undone.
Crop pages
With cropping you can remove part of the page area. The file size will not be reduced.
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Click the Crop tool at .
The mouse pointer turns to a crosshair.
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Draw a rectangle to enclose the desired page part and click
Crop again.
Note Alternatively, cropping can also be initiated from the Options drop-down list in the Pages panel. In this case, the Crop Pages dialog box appears instantly; draw the crop rectangle in the page preview.
The Crop Pages dialog box appears.
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You can resize the rectangle in the preview area, and select options on the
right.
Example
- Use the Remove White Margins option, for instance to trim presentation slides converted to PDF.
- Select to crop the current page, selected pages or the whole document.
- Click OK.
Use the Undo button at the left of the Edit ribbon if the result is not satisfactory.
Copy or Move pages
Proceed with the preferred steps to move or copy pages using the Page panel. For copying or moving pages between documents, use the command to display multiple documents at the same time with their Pages panels open.
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To copy pages within a document, press and hold the Ctrl
key while dragging the page thumbnails to a new location.
Note Verify that the plus sign appears while dragging thumbnails as you are copying pages.
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To copy pages between documents, drag the page thumbnails to a new
location.
Note Verify that the plus sign appears while dragging thumbnails as you are copying pages.
- To move pages within a document, drag the page thumbnails to a new location.
- To move pages between documents, press and hold the Ctrl key while dragging the page thumbnails.
Rotate pages
This command is different from Counterclockwise which only temporarily displays a rotated page. See Rotate View for details.
or![Rotate icon Rotate icon](../All_Images/home_pages_rotate.png)
- Select Rotate from a shortcut menu or from the Options drop-down list in the Pages panel to open the Rotate Pages dialog box.
- Select a Rotate Angle (90 degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise, or 180 degrees) and a page range.
- This rotation becomes permanent when you save the document.
Extract Pages
You can extract one or more pages from a PDF document.
To extract selected pages, select the required page thumbnails in the Pages panel before opening this dialog box.
- Select Extract from a shortcut menu or from the Options drop-down list in the Pages panel to open the Extract Pages dialog box.
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Select which page or page range to extract.
- Current Page
- Range
- Selected
- Optionally, select Delete After Extraction, if you do not need these extracted pages in your original document any more. They will be deleted from the document.
You may not be able to extract pages from a protected PDF file. Select Modify from the drop-down list to see the security settings of the current document.
and selectYou can also extract pages using Split for details.
. That lets you define pages to be extracted not only by page range, but also by a text search, by a bookmark or a bookmark level. See