How to verify extract of a PDF? Consecutive page ranges


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    How to verify extract of a PDF? Consecutive page ranges


    I need help to ensure the contents of child PDF matches its parent PDF of which pages (consecutive) are extracted..

    With Adobe or Microsoft Office 365, how to verify target extracted from pages say 3 to 29 of source?

    To illustrate my operation on said PDF

    1. copy source (40 pages) file
      paste file
      rename file as target
      select pages 30 to 40
      delete
      select pages 1 to 2
      delete
      target should match source Page 3 to 29
      save



    If possible, this will save my visual compare of two PDFs which needs time and prone to human error.
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       #2

    Image based pdf or text based, or mixed?

    Presumably you've seen
    https://www.adobe.com/uk/acrobat/how...pdf-files.html

    or for example:
    Compare two PDF files. Free online tool to compare PDFs
    With this tool you can easily compare the text of two PDF files. It quickly shows you any discrepanices in the content and indicates the respective line numbers. This saves you a lot of time compared to going through both files manually.

    If you're simply extracting pages using one of the many programs or online options, I would have thought that would have been low-risk.

    What is it you fear? Corruption? Layout change? Loss of content?

    Thanks.
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    Thread Starter
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    Verification and its documentation is requirement of some business


    Thanks, verification is requirement of some business; example is to document differences to ensure authorities that the changes are as intended; otherwise authorities may require much more work from a company; example is Fire Alarm Monitoring System software change.

    I am hoping there is someone who have experience in verification of PDFs .

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    Example is I accidentally discovered unreliability of Adobe PDF Maker which is already latest. I am now starting to minimize Windows 10 Enterprise loading before I run Adobe PDF Maker for PowerPoint.
    This creates hestitation in my mind to just extract and rely on brief visual as QC.
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       #4

    Perhaps
    Overlay Comparison of PDFs and Drawings – PDF Studio Knowledge Base

    There doesn't seem a way to generate a hash code for selected pages, only for files.
    Last edited by dalchina; 28 Dec 2023 at 04:08.
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