PDF Editor - Add tool to delete and insert pages, split and merge PDFs

[Pvivvy]

Hi there. I really like the new PDF reader. It's almost everything I want. The one feature I didn't see, which I find so useful in my work, is the ability to easily break up documents. This is a feature of Preview on the Mac, which allows you to drag pages from the thumbnails list onto the desktop to create a new document. The only other PDF reader out there that seems to have this feature without paying for it is Wondershare.

[Jon]

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[Joris]

Split and merge PDF.

admin use case:

1. merge pdf invoice and their annexes, split HR documents per theme, ...

2. annotate when you processed the invoice, timestamp when you received the pdf

[Laurent-]

Gestion des Vignettes / Thumbnail Management

Bonjour,

Avec l'application "Aperçu" sur MacOs, il y a aussi la possibilité de gérer les vignettes correspondant à chaque page d'un Pdf. Sauf que contrairement à "Aperçu", Firefox ne permet pas :

- de supprimer des vignettes (donc des pages). Très intéressant, notamment quand il y a des pages blanches intermédiaires. Mais pas seulement.

- de glisser un pdf, donc ajouter une page ou plusieurs d'une autre source, ce qui peut permettre de composer un document final.

Hello,

With the "Preview" application on MacOs, there is also the possibility of managing the thumbnails corresponding to each page of a PDF. Except that unlike "Preview", Firefox does not allow:

- to delete thumbnails (and therefore pages). Very interesting, especially when there are intermediate blank pages. But not only.

- to drag a PDF, therefore adding a page or several from another source, which can allow you to compose a final document.

[tofflock]

PDF Editor - add tool to delete and insert pages

One of the most useful features (IMHO) of any PDF editor is the ability to delete and insert pages from a PDF document.  The page export feature (leaving original document unchanged) is also very useful, but one can get by with copying the original document and then deleting all unwanted pages to finally leave the "exported" selection.

I know there are web-sites offering such editing features, but I am unwilling to upload personal or sensitive documents to a third party site to achieve such a simple task.  The current Adobe route to providing this simple task is a monthly fee which is unjustified.

I recognise that some PDF document structures will probably not permit such an operation, but when it is possible, I am sure that this tool would be very popular.

I have looked in the New Idea section for a mention of this type of tool, and failed to find it.  If it's already been suggested, then please accept my apologies.

[Jon]

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[marco]

This would be a really useful feature, and it is in our roadmap! Not sure yet when we'll be able to start working on it though.

[marco]

Like I mentioned in the related idea PDF Editor - add tool to delete and insert pages , this feature is in our roadmap, just not sure when we'll start working on it.

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[tofflock]

@marcoIs there anything we can do to encourage this New Idea higher up the priority list, apart from giving it kudos.  Of course it's actually a very old idea in reality, it's only become new here because Mozilla has suddenly implemented a PDF editor.

[marco]

@tofflock giving it kudos and bringing other people who are interested in the feature to give it kudos are definitely good ways.

Another way is to help us find additional proof that this is a widely requested feature.

[CoderTobi]

I am currently studying at a university, thus I constantly have to add text and notes to PDF documents. Often, I have to solve some calculations on the document where space might be rare. This it would be incredibly valuable to have the option to add blank Pages in between.

[destia]

Gonna have to bump this. Exactly what OP said, so many third-parties and subscription-based services/software that force you to pay (whether through monetary value or personal data) for such a simple feature.

[Sarin]

Its criminal that this hasn't been added yet

[marco]

@Sarin  that's maybe too much, but we hear you 🙂

[LearngNverEnds]

Hello -- Yes, there is a definite need for a simple, free tool to make basic edits to PDFs on a Windows machine - such as adding text, deleting pages, or combining files. At this point in time this basic level of PDF manipulation should not require a fee, and Mozilla is in the distinct position of creating a tool that would be trust-worthy.