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PDF management - How to split a PDF file for submission to the eFiling website using Adobe Acrobat Pro

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    • Purpose: If your PDF exceeds the maximum size limit of 50 MB, it can be split into several smaller files with Acrobat Pro for submission to the eFiling website.

    Applicable Users: eFile users with large PDFs

    1. Open the PDF with Adobe Acrobat Pro. 
    2. Select Organize pages.
      Adobe Acrobat Pro organize pages menu with attention called to Split option
    3. Select Split.
      Adobe Acrobat Pro - Split.PNG
    4. The Split by window displays. Select File Size. Enter 50 in the Max Mb field.
      Adobe Acrobat Pro split document pop-up window with attention called to Split by dropdown set to File Size and Size field set to 50 megabytes
    5. Select Output options.
      Adobe Acrobat Pro split document pop-up window with attention called to Output options button
      Note: If you wish to split more than one PDF at a time, select Split multiple files. You will have an opportunity to select all of the documents you wish to split and then will be prompted to proceed through the following steps.
    6. Under Target Folder, choose where to save the newly divided documents on your computer.
      Adobe Acrobat Pro Output Options window with attention called to Target folder options with "The Same Folder Selected at Start" option selected
      • By choosing The Same Folder Selected at Start, the files will be saved to the same location as the original document.
      • By choosing A Folder on My Computer, you can specify a different location to save the new files.
    7. Under File Labeling, you can choose how to name the newly divided files.
      Adobe Acrobat Pro Output Options window with attention called to File name options and "add label and number after original name" option selected
      • Select Add label and number before original name to add a prefix before the original file name.
      • Select Add label and number after original name to add a suffix after the original file name.
        Note: By selecting Use bookmark names for files names the new PDFs will automatically be titled according to bookmark titles in the original document. This option works well if you chose to split the document by Top-level bookmarks in the previous window.
    8. Select the Use label check box and enter the label you wish to add as a prefix or suffix to the new file names.
      Adobe Acrobat Pro Output Options window with attention called to Use label checkbox with label suffix field set to Part
    9. Select the Use separator between original name and label checkbox to choose how you’d like to combine the label and original file name (e.g., hyphen, dash, underscore). For the example in this guide, the file names would be “Summons and Complaint_Part 1.pdf”, “Summons and Complaint_Part 2.pdf”, and so on.
      Adobe Acrobat Pro Output Options window with attention called to "User separator between original name and label" checkbox with separator field set to underscore
    10. Select the Do not overwrite existing files check box to maintain a copy of the original. 
      Select [OK].
      Adobe Acrobat Pro Output Options window with attention called to "Do not overwrite existing files" checkbox and OK button
      Acrobat will display a message indicating that the document has been successfully split. 

    Note: Adobe has a document on splitting PDFs How to split a PDF file.

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