Move, Cut, Copy, & Paste Pages

You can use the page thumbnails in the thumbnails pane to copy or move pages within a document or between different documents.

When you drag a page thumbnail in the page thumbnails pane, a bar appears between other page thumbnails, indicating the position in which the page will be moved to.

 

Within a PDF, using the Page Thumbnails

Use the mouse to select thumbnail page(s) from the thumbnail pane and then:

Using Drag and Drop

  • Move - Select and drag thumbnail pages to the desired location within the Thumbnail Pane.

Using Right Click (Mac: Ctrl+Click)

  • Copy - Right click (Mac: Ctrl + Click) or use keyboard shortcuts to copy the selected pages.
  • Move - Right click (Mac: Ctrl + Click) or use keyboard shortcuts to cut the selected pages.
  • Paste - Right click (Mac: Ctrl + Click) or use keyboard shortcuts to paste the copied or cut pages in the same document.

Between PDFs, Using the Page Thumbnails

Use the mouse to select thumbnail page(s) from the thumbnail pane and then:

Using Drag and Drop

  • Copy - Select and drag thumbnail pages from the source document to the destination document's Thumbnail pane of the second document.
  • Move - Select thumbnail pages from the source document. While holding Ctrl, drag the pages to the desired location within the Thumbnail Pane of the second document.

Using Right Click (Mac: Ctrl+Click)

  • Copy - Right click (Mac: Ctrl + Click) or use keyboard shortcuts to copy the selected pages.
  • Move - Right click (Mac: Ctrl + Click) or use keyboard shortcuts to cut the selected pages.
  • Paste - Right click (Mac: Ctrl + Click) or use keyboard shortcuts to paste the copied or cut pages in the same document.