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How can I split a password protected PDF file by using A-PDF Content Splitter?

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Question

A-PDF Content Splitter is an amazing application that helps me a lot in splitting composite PDF documents, especially invoice into separate files by keyword. But recently I had a question: if my PDF files are password-protected, can I use A-PDF Content Splitter to split as usual?

Solution

Thanks for your question.A-PDF Content Splitter can still on work with the password-protected PDF files. A-PDF Content Splitter is a unique program that helps you split PDF files into smaller PDF based on the location and text information. You can use it to split a PDF file into individual sections based on keywords.

If you want to split a password-protected PDF file, the most important part is that you must know the password of the PDF. Then you need an additional operation when you select a rule for splitting. The following comes with the step-by step tutorial:

1. Add the PDF;

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2. Input the password: click on the left side of the mouse, and then chose “input password”;

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3. Select a rule;

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4. Set the rule: you can define the splitting rule by yourselves and add two flexible type tag-split tag and macro tag;

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5. Select output directory;

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6. Split and save;

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