How do I do this in Word?

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I’ve got a large document in word (just under 400 pages) and I want to split them and save them as individual files . (Save every 2 pages as a separate file)
I’ve googled this to death but am still no closer to working this out.

I have found articles online instructing me to download apps that would do this , but we cant download external apps in our company.

i thought about converting to a pdf then splitting . (Which is what I would prefer to do , as these individual files will need to be emailed out to clients) in which case does anyone know how to split it when in pdf form? We have adobe reader only.

loosing the will to live.

please help

[RampantIvy]

Download PDFsam.

I use it all the time at work. Our IT team have given it the thumbs up.
You can merge or split PDF files.

[FusionChefGeoff]

I can select "Print to PDF" and then select a page range so it would only create 1-2 then 3-4 etc would that be an idea?

[Ovoconfused]

You could copy and paste the pages you want to new word document and save that to pdf

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@Ovoconfused

You could copy and paste the pages you want to new word document and save that to pdf

Yes, however it would take a long time. I’m trying to figure out a way of doing it quicker; as this is a task I will have to do again from time to time .

[dreamfield]

I actually wouldn't convert to PDF because that makes it less accessible for the people you are sending it out to. Converting it to PDF doesn't stop people editing it, but it does stop them using a screen reader if they have a visual impairment or easily reading it on a small device. So you're excluding disabled clients.

I think this is what you're trying to do isn't it? If you've already structured the document properly using styles it'll be even quicker:

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@FusionChefGeoff

I can select "Print to PDF" and then select a page range so it would only create 1-2 then 3-4 etc would that be an idea?

It need to be in separate files as these files will then be uploaded into a MIS which holds all the emails . (each file will then be emailed out from the MIS)

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@dreamfield

I actually wouldn't convert to PDF because that makes it less accessible for the people you are sending it out to. Converting it to PDF doesn't stop people editing it, but it does stop them using a screen reader if they have a visual impairment or easily reading it on a small device. So you're excluding disabled clients.

I think this is what you're trying to do isn't it? If you've already structured the document properly using styles it'll be even quicker:

I used exactly this tutorial and it wouldn’t work.

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@RampantIvy

Download PDFsam.

I use it all the time at work. Our IT team have given it the thumbs up.
You can merge or split PDF files.

I will ask , thanks

[RampantIvy]

@Zoommeout

It need to be in separate files as these files will then be uploaded into a MIS which holds all the emails . (each file will then be emailed out from the MIS)

Use PDFsam

[GreenBanana445]

@FusionChefGeoff

I can select "Print to PDF" and then select a page range so it would only create 1-2 then 3-4 etc would that be an idea?

This would work, but 200 times over would take you all bloody day

[dreamfield]

Really? I just tried it and it worked for me.

Did you select all the text before clicking "create"?

[dreamfield]

What happened when you tried it?

[dreamfield]

It took me less than 5 minutes from reading your post saying that the tutorial didn't work for you to switch on my laptop, set up a dummy file and convert that into 3 sub documents, to then reply saying it worked for me.

If you can troubleshoot why it's not working for you, this will be a much faster solution than messing about with PDFs.

[FinallyHere]

@FusionChefGeoff

I can select "Print to PDF" and then select a page range so it would only create 1-2 then 3-4 etc would that be an idea?

If you want *.pdf id go for this

Thereise, I'd make lots and lots of copies of the word document, edit the name then delete the bits you don't want

Tedious.

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@dreamfield

It took me less than 5 minutes from reading your post saying that the tutorial didn't work for you to switch on my laptop, set up a dummy file and convert that into 3 sub documents, to then reply saying it worked for me.

If you can troubleshoot why it's not working for you, this will be a much faster solution than messing about with PDFs.

I will try again. I’m clearly doing something really wrong. The large file contains lots of tables , i don’t know if that had any bearing on it.

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Just incase it benefits anyone who read this thread in the future - I got it to work(!)

I did try it again, and it didn’t work again.
i ready some of the comments on the video and found one person saying it doesn’t work on shared network (words to that affect)
so I downloaded the file onto MY PC instead and like magic problem solved- it worked(!)

thank you for all your help