Split odd / even pages
Separate odd and even pages into two files — for single-sided scanners.
- Zero-transmission processing
- No watermark
- Limited daily trial
- Unlimited on Pro
Drop your PDF here
or choose it from your files
Your files are never transmitted. Nothing is uploaded.
Before you start
- You get two files: the odd pages and the even pages — you'll see how many each holds.
- Scanned fronts and backs separately? Alternate & mix puts them back together.
Good to know
- Accepts
- Files at once
- One at a time
- Transmission
- None — nothing is uploaded.
Chain it
Run this tool and the next one back to back — nothing to download in between.
How to do it
Add your file
Add the PDF you need separated into odd and even pages. This exists for one very specific and very common problem.
Set it up the way you want
Nothing to configure. You get two files: one with pages 1, 3, 5 and so on, another with 2, 4, 6.
Download the result
Download both. If you were rescuing a two-pass scan, the next step is to interleave them back together with Alternate mix.
Questions about Split odd / even pages
- When would I actually need this?
- Scanning double-sided pages on a single-sided scanner. You scan all the fronts, flip the stack, scan all the backs — and end up with two files in the wrong order. Splitting and re-interleaving is how you rebuild the document.
- My second pass came out backwards.
- It usually does. Flipping a stack reverses it, so the backs come out last-page-first. Alternate mix can reverse one file while interleaving, which is exactly the case it was built for.
- Can I use it to print double-sided on a one-sided printer?
- Yes, and it is a good use. Print the odd file, put the stack back in, print the even file. Check the paper orientation with two sheets before committing a hundred.