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You receive a multi-page PDF but only need one or two of the Pages to use in On-Screen Takeoff or are trying to use Takeoff Boost (v.1) that does not support multi-page PDFs.

Extracting Single Pages from Web Browser

The easiest way to extract individual pages from a multi-page PDF is to open the file in Chrome or Edge (we only tested these two browsers, others likely work the same).Note

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Saving a single page using this method preserves the architectural dimensions of the individual pages.

Review the pages and note the page number you want to print.

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Repeat this process for each page you want to extract from the multi-page PDF.

Extracting Single Pages by Printing

This is how most users accomplish this task.

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You will need a 3rd Party PDF Viewer installed on your computer to perform these steps (such as: Adobe Reader, FoxIT PDF Reader, or any other).

You will also need a PDF "printer" that supports printing to Architectural sizes. Although Windows comes with Microsoft PDF printer built-in, it does not support printing to Arch Page sizes (Arch A, B, C, D, and E). See Printing Plans and Takeoff to PDF for some potential PDF Printers that may suit your needs.

Open the multi-page PDF in your chosen PDF viewer, in our example, we are using FoxIT's PDF Reader.

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