How do I make a wholesale version and a retail version of my catalog from one master PDF?

The idea: one master file, versions pulled from it

Say your catalog is 12 pages. Pages 1 to 4 hold the cover, the store introduction and the shipping policy, pages 5 to 8 hold retail prices, and pages 9 to 12 hold wholesale prices and minimum order quantities. A trade buyer needs the general pages plus the wholesale section. A retail customer needs the general pages plus retail prices, and neither should see the other's price list.

Rather than designing two catalogs and editing both every time a price moves, keep one master file and pull both versions out of it whenever you need them.

The fastest way: one split, both versions

1. Open Split PDF and choose the master catalog.
2. Choose “One PDF per range”.
3. Type: 1-4 9-12, 1-8
4. The space between 1-4 and 9-12 keeps them in the same file, and the comma starts the second file. The preview line will say the output is a ZIP with 2 PDF files and 16 pages in total.
5. Press “Split and download” and open the ZIP.

The alternative: extract twice

If you would rather get each PDF directly without a ZIP, choose “Extract to one PDF” and type 1-4, 9-12 to get catalog-pages-1-4_9-12.pdf with 8 pages. Then type 1-8 and download again to get catalog-pages-1-8.pdf. In this mode commas and spaces make no difference, because everything you type goes into the same file.

What the split cannot do for you here

• Pages inside each output are written in ascending order, so splitting cannot put page 12 before page 9. If you want a different sequence, reorder the output afterwards.
• If a page mixes wholesale and retail products, the whole page is copied; the tool does not hide part of a page. Separate the content in your design file first.
• To add a page from another file, such as a wholesale order form, extract the version and then combine it with that form in Merge PDFs.