You can now split your large PDF files and Word documents with Zamzar! We’ve released a brand new tool to help you easily manage those chunky files, whether you’re looking to extract certain parts, reorganise sections, or divide the file to make transferring the contents a breeze.
How can splitting a PDF help me?
Whatever your role, having a handy file-splitting tool in your back pocket can save you time, effort and – let’s face it – frustration. Here are some examples of ways a PDF splitter could help you out at work:
- Administrators: Easily remove pages with outdated information from company documents, or segment long PDFs to reorganise the content into a new structure.
- Employees: Want to extract an infographic or chart from a report to use in communication with management? Just separate the PDF pages to get the one you need.
- Educators: Break a large textbook or workbook into sections to create manageable study guides and lesson plans for students.
- Company accountants: Pull out summary pages or P&L statements from annual financial reports, so you can share with board members or directors.
- HR team: Need to onboard a new starter? Split employee handbooks into topics, so you don’t overwhelm them with too much information at once.
- Sales people: Divide a product catalogue into pieces, and send potential customers product selections tailored to their interests.
- Paralegals or solicitors: Extract parts from a long contract, so you can send only the applicable sections to the relevant parties.
- Bookkeepers: Separate out invoices and receipts from a large PDF to make date-entry and archiving much easier.
- Customer support workers: Break long technical manuals and help guides into smaller chunks, so you can send the customer just the part they need, whether that’s for setup, onboarding or trouble-shooting.
And what about splitting a Word document?
As well as PDFs, with Zamzar you can split DOC and DOCX files too. Here are a few ways this could be useful:
- ✏️ You need to request some edits from a copywriter. Sending just the parts of the Word document that need reworking can simplify things, speeding up the review and completion process.
- 💰 You want to create a customised proposal for a client from a company template Word document. By splitting the file, you can extract just the parts relevant to that particular client.
- 🧑🎓 You’re designing a short training course, and breaking the full curriculum into smaller pieces will enable you to set up individual lessons.
- 📆 You’ve compiled a schedule for a conference or event, and separating out each day’s activities will allow you to send the relevant parts to different attendees or post daily agendas on social media.
How to split PDF documents and Word files with Zamzar:
1. Go to Zamzar’s document-splitting tool.
2. Click the ‘Choose Files’ button to choose the file you want to split:
3. Select the file from where it’s located on your computer, and click ‘Open’ to add the file:
4. In the Advanced Settings window, select how you’d like the file to be split (e.g. every 1 page, every 2 pages, every 10 pages, etc.):
5. The click ‘Split now’ to upload and split the file:
6. Once the file has been processed you’ll see a blue ‘Download’ button. Click this to download the split file to your computer:
7. Once downloaded, open the zip file by double-clicking on it and you’ll see the separate PDF files inside, ready for you to use:
What types of file does Zamzar offer file splitting for?
Zamzar’s file-splitting tool allows you to divide the following file types:
AND COMING SOON! You’ll also soon be able to split these types of files with Zamzar:
- Audio files (WAV, MP3 and AVI)
- Video files (MP4 and MOV)
- PowerPoint files (PPT and PPTX)
- Excel files (XLS and XLSX)
How to split a document file in the way you need:
How to separate PDF pages:
If you want to separate a PDF into single pages, perhaps to separate out invoices from a batch, first upload your file to Zamzar’s PDF-splitting tool. In the ‘Split every X pages’ section, choose ‘1 page’ from the dropdown menu, then click ‘Split now’. Your file will then be divided into separate PDF pages, which you can download in a zip file.
How to extract pages from a PDF:
Whether you want to isolate a summary page from a report or remove a chart to use in a presentation, if you need to extract one or more pages from a PDF file you first need to separate the PDF into individual pages. You can do this with Zamzar’s PDF splitter, by uploading your file and then selecting to split it every ‘1 page’. Once you’ve downloaded the split PDF file, open the zip folder and simply drag the PDF pages you need to another folder ready to use.
How to split a PDF into multiple files:
To split a PDF file into multiple files, for example if you need to divide a large textbook into sections, just drag-and-drop your file onto Zamzar’s PDF-splitter tool. You can choose the size of sections you want to separate the file into, and then the tool does all the work for you. The new PDF sections can be downloaded as a zip file to your computer, and you can double-click on the zip file to open it and access the multiple PDF files inside.
How to split a Word document in half:
It takes just a minute or two to split a Word document with Zamzar’s DOC splitter or DOCX splitter. Once you’ve uploaded your Word file to the tool on Zamzar’s site, simply select where you want to split the file, such as after 5 pages, 20 pages or 50 pages, and then click ‘Split now’. Your Word document will then be automatically divided for you and ready to download as a zip file. Just double-click on the downloaded zip file to get to the new Word documents inside.
Easily split your PDF and Word document files online with Zamzar
With no need to download and install any extra software on your device, Zamzar’s online document-splitting tool provides a convenient way to manage your sizeable PDF, DOC and DOCX files. Now you can easily break up large files to send them by email, or extract pages you need from a long document.
Why not try out our document splitter today?
