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Merge, split, duplicate and remove PDF pages on iOS and Mac

Drawboard Support Team
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How to merge PDF documents in Drawboard PDF

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In the iOS and Mac apps…

To merge a whole document with another document:

  1. Open the first document that you would like to merge
  2. Open the pages panel from your canvas
  3. Tap select at the bottom of the pages panel
  4. Tap Select All
  5. Select either Copy or Cut 
  6. Go to your dashboard and select the second document that you would like to merge with
  7. Open the pages panel
  8. Tap Paste (at the bottom of the pages panel)
  9. Select either Paste before selection or Paste after selection

How to split a PDF document in Drawboard PDF

In the iOS and Mac apps…

To split a PDF document:

  1. Open the document that you would like to split
  2. Open the pages panel from your canvas
  3. Select the pages that you would like to extract. You can do this by either tapping select from the bottom of your pages panel and then selecting the pages you would like to extract OR by holding command on your keyboard and then selecting pages
  4. Once you have selected your pages tap Cut from the bottom of your pages panel
  5. Go to your dashboard
  6. Go to Create. In the iOS app, tap the green plus icon button in the top right corner of your canvas
  7. Tap From Clipboard

Your Cut pages will then appear in a new document that you can save and edit

 

How to duplicate PDF pages 

In the iOS and Mac apps…

  1. Open the document that you would like to split
  2. Open the pages panel from your canvas
  3. On iOS, tap the three dots next to the page that you would like to duplicate.
  4. Tap Copy Page
  5. Tap the three dots again
  6. Select Paste page 

A copy of your page will now appear in the pages panel.

 

How to delete multiple pages at once

To batch delete pages in the iOS and Mac apps…

  1. Open the pages panel from your canvas
  2. Select the pages that you would like to delete. You can do this by either tapping select from the bottom of your pages panel and then selecting the pages you would like to extract OR by holding command on your keyboard and then selecting pages
  3. Once you have selected your pages tap Delete from the bottom of your pages panel

 

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