Splitting pages in PDF, and EPUB converter

paula-t · 03-05-2011, 02:52 PM

I remember reading about an app to split PDF files.
I have tried the search command but I cannot find the thread in the forum now.

Which app is good to split PDF files into separate pages?

Also, I am using Caliber to convert PDF to EPUB (in my PC).
Is there any app which does this in the EE?

Sorry for my many questions.

sjarrel · 03-05-2011, 03:10 PM

I think you mean the thread: Temporary E-reader landscape view method.

cheyennedonna · 03-05-2011, 03:13 PM

http://www.pdfsam.org/
PDF Split and Merge - - portable and free.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jpdftweak/
also portable and free
http://code.google.com/p/papercrop/ - portable to cut 2 column PDF files into single column

JazzMind · 03-05-2011, 09:05 PM

I use http://sourceforge.net/projects/briss/
to split and crop PDFs

Gunnerp245 · 03-06-2011, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JazzMind

I use http://sourceforge.net/projects/briss/
to split and crop PDFs

Mobileread PDF forum; https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83053

paula-t · 03-10-2011, 06:48 AM

Thanks to all. I will check this solutions, try them and report later.
Stay well!

paula-t · 03-10-2011, 07:02 PM

Hi, JazzMind!
Glad to meet you!

I have tried Briss and this is my report:

The program (just an executable file) will scan the PDF you choose and detect patterns of text boxes. After this is done, you have to act on the pages displayed with those patterns.

You just drag and draw boxes including the areas you want to keep. If you have a wide pdf with two columns you will draw two boxes encompassing each column. Proceed in reading order. The boxes will be numbered. The second box you draw will be defaulted at the same size of the previous one. If you misdraw a box, right click in your mouse while selecting the box and it will disappear, so you can draw again.

After you create the cropping boxes, you have a preview option, and the file is opened in Acrobat or Adobe Reader for you to see if you want to remove pages, or if you need to redo the whole thing again. You can save the PDF from Acrobat or go back to the Bliss interface and choose "Crop" to finalize, and then save.

It is very simple and fast (compared with doing this manually in Photoshop! Augh!)

Limitations: If your document has an irregular layout, things will get complicated.

All in all, it works quite well. After cropping, OCR recognition in Adobe, from there to Calibre, tagging, converting to EPUB, and to the EE.

And your inner voice: "After all the trouble, you'd better read it now!"

Thanks for the information and see you around!

mehdi72 · 03-14-2011, 01:17 PM

My vote also for briss. It was the simplest, fastest and did exactly what was required.
I wanted to convert few scanned pdf files written in Urdu, my native language. For easy scanning most of such books are two page up scan. Reflow can not work and zooming and panning in eReader is pain.
I very conveniently converted such files into single page PDFs. More so, I was able to crop it to discard border and have max font size.
It also allowed me to have slight overlap on gutter/ binding, to ensure text is not cropped.

paula-t · 03-16-2011, 07:41 AM

Thank you, Mehdi! I see you are in Pakistan! It seems people are getting their EE all around the world.
I have also tried A-PDF Page Cut, to compare with Briss. Briss is very simple, but A-PDF PageCut allows more variation among pages, or page-to-page cropping if you have difficult layouts. Also, it works with "lines", while Briss works with "boxes". But both work very well. Acrobat can rotate pages, and you can read the PDF in rotated position.
Yes, it is great! (But I hope this will be able to be done automatically in a next update!)

See you around!

03-05-2011, 02:52 PM	#1
paula-t Edge User	Splitting pages in PDF, and EPUB converter I remember reading about an app to split PDF files. I have tried the search command but I cannot find the thread in the forum now. Which app is good to split PDF files into separate pages? Also, I am using Caliber to convert PDF to EPUB (in my PC). Is there any app which does this in the EE? Sorry for my many questions.

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03-05-2011, 03:10 PM	#2
sjarrel Edge User	I think you mean the thread: Temporary E-reader landscape view method.

03-05-2011, 03:13 PM	#3
cheyennedonna Edge User	http://www.pdfsam.org/ PDF Split and Merge - - portable and free. http://sourceforge.net/projects/jpdftweak/ also portable and free http://code.google.com/p/papercrop/ - portable to cut 2 column PDF files into single column

03-05-2011, 09:05 PM	#4
JazzMind Edge User	I use http://sourceforge.net/projects/briss/ to split and crop PDFs

03-10-2011, 06:48 AM	#6
paula-t Edge User	Thanks to all. I will check this solutions, try them and report later. Stay well!

03-10-2011, 07:02 PM	#7
paula-t Edge User	Hi, JazzMind! Glad to meet you! I have tried Briss and this is my report: The program (just an executable file) will scan the PDF you choose and detect patterns of text boxes. After this is done, you have to act on the pages displayed with those patterns. You just drag and draw boxes including the areas you want to keep. If you have a wide pdf with two columns you will draw two boxes encompassing each column. Proceed in reading order. The boxes will be numbered. The second box you draw will be defaulted at the same size of the previous one. If you misdraw a box, right click in your mouse while selecting the box and it will disappear, so you can draw again. After you create the cropping boxes, you have a preview option, and the file is opened in Acrobat or Adobe Reader for you to see if you want to remove pages, or if you need to redo the whole thing again. You can save the PDF from Acrobat or go back to the Bliss interface and choose "Crop" to finalize, and then save. It is very simple and fast (compared with doing this manually in Photoshop! Augh!) Limitations: If your document has an irregular layout, things will get complicated. All in all, it works quite well. After cropping, OCR recognition in Adobe, from there to Calibre, tagging, converting to EPUB, and to the EE. And your inner voice: "After all the trouble, you'd better read it now!" Thanks for the information and see you around!

03-14-2011, 01:17 PM	#8
mehdi72 Edge User	My vote also for briss. It was the simplest, fastest and did exactly what was required. I wanted to convert few scanned pdf files written in Urdu, my native language. For easy scanning most of such books are two page up scan. Reflow can not work and zooming and panning in eReader is pain. I very conveniently converted such files into single page PDFs. More so, I was able to crop it to discard border and have max font size. It also allowed me to have slight overlap on gutter/ binding, to ensure text is not cropped.

03-16-2011, 07:41 AM	#9
paula-t Edge User	Thank you, Mehdi! I see you are in Pakistan! It seems people are getting their EE all around the world. I have also tried A-PDF Page Cut, to compare with Briss. Briss is very simple, but A-PDF PageCut allows more variation among pages, or page-to-page cropping if you have difficult layouts. Also, it works with "lines", while Briss works with "boxes". But both work very well. Acrobat can rotate pages, and you can read the PDF in rotated position. Yes, it is great! (But I hope this will be able to be done automatically in a next update!) See you around!

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