If you have a large Microsoft Word document and you want to extract specific pages from it, the best method might not be clear to you. However, there are a few approaches you can use to extract pages from a Word file, from the very simple to the more efficient but technically demanding. If you want to save the file as a PDF, there is an additional option, but regardless of the format you want the extracted pages to be in, there is an approach that will work.
The simplest way to extract specific pages from a Word document is to copy the content you want and paste it into a new file, as described by Microsoft. Highlight the content on the page you want, and press "Ctrl" and "C" to copy it. Open a new file with "File" or the Windows icon and then "New" and then press "Ctrl" and "V" to paste the content into the new document. You can paste the content anywhere you want - a WordPad file or a Google Docs page, for example – and if you want to save it as a PDF, you can either use Word's "Print to PDF" feature or an online converter.
If you're looking to save the page in question as a PDF, Word can do this easily using native features, as explained by GCF Global for Word 2013 or later. Position the cursor on the page you want to extract. Go to "File," "Export" and "Create PDF/XPS" to open the "Save As" dialog. Choose the location you want to save the file, give it a name, and choose "Options."
Advertisement Article continues below this adThe first section in this new window gives you the option to save all pages, the current page, or pages within a specified range. Choose the appropriate option (if you don't have your cursor on the right page, you can specify the page number you want), click "OK" and choose "Publish." This approach is useful if you want to extract pages from Word with headers and footers intact, which doesn't happen by default with the copy and paste method.
For older versions of Word, choose "Print" from the main menu and select "Microsoft Print to PDF" from the list of printers. Use the "Page Range" section to specify the page you want to print and click "OK" to save it.
If you're comfortable copying a bit of code, you can extract a specific page from a Word document using Visual Basic, with an approach given by Data Numen. Make sure your cursor is on the page you want to extract, then either go to the "Developer" tab (if you have it) and "Visual Basic," or press "Alt" and F11 if you don't have the tab.
Advertisement Article continues below this adChoose "Normal" from the options on the left of the window and click "Insert" and choose "Module." Double-click the module and paste the code below into the editing area.