How to change page order of a PDF file

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I am looking for an fast online/offline free solution to change the page order of a PDF file, such as changing the 5th page of a PDF with 3rd.

JRobert · Answer 1 · 2015-11-05T12:37:41.530

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If you use or have access to a Mac:

Open the pdf with Preview.
Select View -> Contact Sheet or View -> Thumbnails
Drag the pages into the order you want them in.
Save the file.

edited Nov 05 '15 at 12:37

answered May 27 '10 at 12:06

JRobert

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score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '12 at 14:16

Easiest way? Print the original PDF, choosing either Cute PDF Writer or Adobe PDF from the print dialogue screen. Under "Print Range", simply type all of the pages in the order you want them printed (eg. "1,2,5,4,3,6,7,8). The file will prompt you to save to a location. The saved PDF will be with pages in the new order.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 25 '11 at 03:20

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You can use the free PDFill PDF Tools

edited Oct 25 '11 at 03:20

Gareth

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answered May 27 '10 at 09:03

harrymc

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score 4 · Answer 4 · answered May 27 '10 at 00:09

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pdftk can be used to perform various operations on a PDF file.

answered May 27 '10 at 00:09

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered May 27 '10 at 00:07

For changing the page ordering, there's a very simple online tool called PDFHammer that should do the trick.

If you happen to be on a Mac, Preview can be used for more advanced editing of PDFs, including annotating pages, adding extra images as well as rearranging and deleting pages.

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered May 27 '10 at 10:54

PDFSAM (PDF Split and Merge) is a free open-source tool that can split PDF documents out to individual pages and then remerge them in whatever order you like. I've used it previously and it works great. I think it requires the Java runtime which is installed on practically every machine these days so generally it "just works".

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Jul 30 '11 at 00:28

If you need to re-order the pages of a PDF document on Windows then take a look at Infix PDF Editor from Iceni...

To re-order pages using Infix, simply open your document and then from the menu select 'Document > Pages > Re-order...'

A user-friendly dialog will pop up enabling you to specify a range of pages to move and a target destination. No messing around with command line stuff!

The free version of Infix will apply a small watermark to the footer of saved documents however you'll find this can be removed fairly easily, and there's no trial period expiry.

How to change page order of a PDF file

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