Split document

GroupDocs.Merger allows to split source document into several resultant documents. Document splitting can be performed in different ways by specifying page numbers array or start/end page numbers and setting different SplitOptions modes.
Here are the possible use cases:

1. Page numbers array specified and splitting mode is set to SplitMode.Pages - specified page numbers indicate exact page numbers, which will be saved to the separate one-page documents.
   Ex: Array{ 3, 6, 8 } will produce 3 documents with 3rd, 6th and 8th pages.

2. Page numbers array specified and splitting mode is set to SplitMode.Interval  - specified page numbers indicate the boundaries of the page intervals, which will be saved to the separate multi-page documents.
   Ex: Array{ 3, 6, 8 } will produce 4 page intervals 1-2, 3-5, 6-7, 8-10.

There is also an ability to set parameter RangeMode and obtain only even or odd pages from desired pages range.

The steps to split document to multiple on-page documents are the following:

• Initialize SplitOptions class with output files path format;
• Instantiate Merger object with source document path or stream;
• Call Split method and pass SplitOptions object to itfor saving resultant documents.

Split the document to several one-page documents (by exact page numbers)

The following code sample demonstrates how to split document to three one-page documents with 3rd, 6th and 8th pages:

string filePath = @"c:\sample.docx";
string filePathOut = @"c:\output\document_{0}.{1}";

SplitOptions splitOptions = new SplitOptions(filePathOut, new int[] { 3, 6, 8 });
           
using (Merger merger = new Merger(filePath))
{
     merger.Split(splitOptions);
}  

This code snippet will  produce:

Split the document to several one-page documents (by start/end page numbers)

The following code sample demonstrates how to split document to several one-page documents starting from 3rd and ending at 7th page number:

string filePath = @"c:\sample.docx";
string filePathOut = @"c:\output\document_{0}.{1}";

SplitOptions splitOptions = new SplitOptions(filePathOut, 3, 7);
           
using (Merger merger = new Merger(filePath))
{
     merger.Split(splitOptions);
}  

This code snippet will  produce:

Split the document to several one-page documents (by start/end page numbers and even/odd filter)

The following code sample demonstrates how to split document to several one-page documents for odd pages starting from 3rd and ending at 7th page number:

string filePath = @"c:\sample.docx";
string filePathOut = @"c:\output\document_{0}.{1}";

SplitOptions splitOptions = new SplitOptions(filePathOut, 3, 7, RangeMode.OddPages);
           
using (Merger merger = new Merger(filePath))
{
     merger.Split(splitOptions);
}  
 

This code snippet will  produce:

Split the document to several multi-page documents

The following code sample demonstrates how to split document to several multi-page documents:

string filePath = @"c:\sample.docx";
string filePathOut = @"c:\output\document_{0}.{1}";

SplitOptions splitOptions = new SplitOptions(filePathOut, new int[] { 3, 6, 8 }, SplitMode.Interval);
           
using (Merger merger = new Merger(filePath))
{
     merger.Split(splitOptions);
}  

This code snippet will  produce:

More resources

Advanced Usage Topics 

To learn more about document merging features, please refer the advanced usage section.

GitHub Examples 

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

• GroupDocs.Merger for .NET examples, plugins and showcase
• GroupDocs.Merger for Java examples, plugins and showcase

Free Online App

Along with full featured .NET library we provide simple, but powerful free Apps.
You are welcome to merge your documents with our free online GroupDocs Merger App.