# Extract PDF pages | Shortcuts Library

> Extract any number of pages from a PDF file

## What this shortcut does

I was surprised with how little can be done with PDFs in Shortcuts, specially because PDF is a native format of the platform.
Printing is the native workaround to extract a page (or a selection of them), but it's hard to find if no one tells you about it.
And you can't use it to get non-continuous pages.
¹ So I decided to see what could be done with Shortcuts. The results are far from spectacular, but the shortcut may be useful in a pinch.
A Spanish version is also available.
(¹) Well, what do you know! Since releasing version 1.1.0 I've found out the system's printing dialog
can
be used to get non-contiguous pages. And it also creates PDFs if you pinch out!
What you
can
do
Extract any single page
Extract any range of pages
Extract any combination of
ordered
pages
And all this without losing resolution or access to the text of the PDF!
What you
can't
do
Preview the pages (yet)
Extract each page to a separate file (yet)
Reorder pages (although Toolbox Pro has an Edit List action. Mmmm...)
Rotate pages²
Combine pages²
(²) I don't see a way to do these without converting the pages to images

## Compatibility

iPhone, iPad

## Required apps



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