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on Mac, how to export pdf for certain pages.

For example, I have a pdf file for 40 pages, I just want to export page 10 and 11. Can anyone help me?thnaks

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  1. Open the PDF in Preview.
  2. Turn on the sidebar. alt text
  3. Turn on thumbnails. alt text
  4. Select first desired page in sidebar and copy it (command + c).
  5. Click File > New From Clipboard or type command + n.
  6. Turn on the sidebar and thumbnails in the new document.
  7. Drag remaining pages from original document sidebar to the new document sidebar.
  8. ???
  9. Profit.
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Dragging every page separately is very laborious. Step 5's keyboard shortcut is wrong (at least on Mac OS X 10.6). – Daniel Beck Jan 22 '11 at 16:43
@DanielBeck, Correct, it should be command + n. And LOL @ "very laborious". – tyblu Jan 22 '11 at 16:47
THANK YOU.this works.:) – Andy Leman Jan 22 '11 at 16:57
Not an issue with 2 pages, but how about 50? From your description I assume you copy them one by one. – Daniel Beck Jan 22 '11 at 17:00
@DanielBeck, No, I either edit the original, deleting unwanted pages, or use your method. – tyblu Jan 22 '11 at 17:02
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Alternatively you can open your document and choose File > Print… . Set the page range desired as if you would print the document, and then click on the PDF button and choose Save as PDF…

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Open the PDF in Preview, show the sidebar's thumbnail view (Cmd-Opt-2), and select the pages you want to have as a separate document in the sidebar (you can select multiple pages by holding Cmd down while clicking, or select a range of pages by selecting the first, then selecting the last while while holding down Shift).

Then drag and drop them to the desktop. A new PDF file will be created with just those pages.

Alternatively, press Cmd-C to copy the selected pages in the sidebar to the clipboard and create a new document from clipboard by pressing Cmd-N. Don't forget to save (Cmd-S)

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A variation: command-click in the sidebar to select the two pages you want. File > Print Selected Pages. Save as PDF from the PDF pulldown button on the lower left of the print dialog.

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