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 PDFs here
or pick them from your device
Your files are never transmitted. Nothing is uploaded.
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
- 1
Add your file
Add the PDF you need separated into odd and even pages. This exists for one very specific and very common problem.
- 2
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.
- 3
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.