How to use Split PDF by Text
Separate a document at pages containing a repeated heading or marker, such as the start of a new section.
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How to: step-by-step
- Select a PDF with an existing text layer.
- Enter a distinctive phrase to find.
- Choose case sensitivity and whether to split before or after matching pages.
- Run the split and inspect each resulting boundary.
Tips for better results
- Search for the phrase in a PDF reader first.
- Use a distinctive heading rather than a word repeated in every footer.
Common pitfalls
- Scanned pages without OCR text cannot match the search.
- Font encoding or line breaks can prevent an expected phrase from matching.
Before you finish
Matches are based on extractable text, not the visual appearance of letters in an image.