One PDF holds five customers' invoices, two pages each. How do I split out a separate file per customer?
Pick “One PDF per range” in the Split PDF tool and type 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10. You get a ZIP with five files, one two-page invoice per customer, and your original file is left untouched.
Why you end up with one big file
Most accounting systems and store dashboards, Salla and Zid included, let you print or export a batch of invoices at once, and they come out stacked in a single PDF. That is handy for your records, but not for sending. Forwarding the whole file means every customer sees the names, addresses and totals of everyone else in the batch, which is a real privacy mistake.
Step by step
- Open Split PDF and choose the invoice file. Its page count appears once it is open; in this example, 10 pages.
- Choose the “One PDF per range” mode. Here every range between commas becomes its own file.
- Type: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10
- Read the preview line under the field. It should say the output is a ZIP with 5 PDF files and 10 pages in total.
- Press “Split and download”, open the ZIP and rename each file after the customer before you send it.
The original is called invoices.pdf and has 10 pages.
The download is named invoices-split.zip
Inside: invoices-pages-1-2.pdf, invoices-pages-3-4.pdf and so on up to invoices-pages-9-10.pdf, each with two pages.
When the invoices are not all the same length
Real batches are rarely tidy. One customer's invoice fits on a single page, another runs to three because the order was long. The tool does not assume a fixed length; you type the boundaries as they really are. For invoices of 2, 1 and 3 pages you would type 1-2, 3, 4-6. Before typing, flip through the file in any PDF reader and note the page where each new invoice number and customer name appears.
If you type a number past the last page, or a reversed range such as 4-3, you get an error message and nothing downloads, so you never end up with a silently incomplete invoice.
Before you hit send
- Open each output and check that its first page shows the right customer. One wrong boundary sends an invoice to the wrong person.
- Give each file a clear name, such as the invoice number and customer, because the automatic name only describes page numbers.
- Invoices made in Basic invoice generator already download one file per invoice; splitting is for combined exports from other systems.
- Extracted invoices are copies for reading and printing. A digital signature in the original is not valid in them.
Common questions
Does my original invoice file change?
No. The tool creates new files and leaves the original on your device exactly as it was.
Are my customers' invoices uploaded anywhere?
No. Splitting happens inside your browser, which matters for documents full of names, addresses and amounts.
How many invoices can I separate at once?
There is no limit on the number of ranges. The tested limit for the file itself is 100 MB and 500 pages.