How to Split PDF document at pages matching specific text pattern?

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How to Split PDF document at pages matching specific text pattern?

You can use A-PDF Content Splitter (free download here) to Split PDF document at pages matching specific text pattern,it lets you split large Acrobat files into smaller (multiple parts) pdf files base on location and text information within a PDF Page, This feature is ideal for large invoicing, billing, reporting and enterprise payroll systems, where a single output file may contain many thousands of individual records that need to be extracted and distributed. Text within the document can be used to dynamically name output files and extracted to a delimited file for data storage. here is an easy tutorial to tell you step by step

1. Free download and Install A-PDF Content Splitter.
2. Then launch the program, you will be presented with the primary screen from which all actions are taken
3. In Split Rules list window, click the icon to open the New Split Rule Configuration window. You can configure the split rule properties here. Once you set the desired options for the rule, you can click Save Button to save it. Note: A Split Rule defines text position information within a sample pdf. A-PDF Content Splitter according to the rule to search for text, compare text and then split the document up for you automatically .
4. Click the Browse button in configuration window. You can select a Pdf file (for example: 'invoice.pdf') as sampling document. Normally the sampling document can be the pdf document that you want to split.
5. In the opened sample PDF view. You can find the Invoice Number words (for example the sample words is: 90005519) in it. Click left mouse button to select it. Then you will find have a Red dashed border on it.
6. Click the Add to Split Tag List -> button to add the Position of selected sample words to Split Tag list. Then open the Add Samples to Split Tag List configuration window. You can adjust the Position deviation (X, Y) to mitigate the impact of position deviation in sample PDF
7. To choose how the split output files will be named, The 'Filename pattern' dropdown lets you choose from several 'patterns' of nomenclature so that each of the split files is logically named and can be easily identified later, click save button to save the 'Invoice Number' Rule.
8. Clicking the Add PDF Document icon, or selecting File then choosing Add PDF Document will open the standard file browse and select window. From that window you can navigate to the folder and find the files you want to add to the list of files to split; Select Split Rule, The Split Rule for applying to PDF(s) are listed in the Split Rule List window; Set Output Directory, You can browse an alternative folder to save output.
9. Click Split all to start split.

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