How to Crop Pdf Without Acrobat

Dec 10, 2020 · 4 minute read

Sometimes you receive a pdf file and don’t have access to a professional program like Adobe Acrobat to crop your file and maybe you do not have access to the Internet to use it to crop your file in the websites which provide this opportunity for you. In this article, we are going to explain how to crop pdf file by using sniping tools and print screen option in Win 10 and How to crop your file in mac.

How to Crop a PDF File Using the Snipping Tool in Windows10.

  1. Open your PDF file.

  2. Find the page or section you wish to crop.

  3. Click on the search bar of your PC which is usually located at the bottom-left of the screen.

  4. Search the Snipping Tool title, then click on it.

  5. In the Snipping Tool window, click on the New option. It is located on the top-left of the screen. You can also use the Ctrl + N keyboard shortcut.

  6. Go to your PDF file and select the section you want to crop with the cursor.

  7. The section will be shown in your Snipping Tool window.

  8. In the Snipping Tool window, you can edit your image including cropping, highlighting, writing etc.

  9. Once your editing completed, you need to save your file.

  10. In the menu bar that is located at the top of the Snipping Tool window you will see a floppy disk icon.

  11. Click on the floppy disk icon (you can also use Ctrl + S keyboard shortcut) in order to save your image.

  12. Choose the place you want to save the file.

  13. Select your File name and format.

  14. Click on the Save button.

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How to Crop a PDF File Using the Print Screen option in Windows10.

  1. Open your PDF file.

  2. Find the page or section you wish to crop.

  3. There is a key on your keyboard named “prt sc”. It is the print screen button.

  4. Press this key.

  5. Click on the search bar of your PC which is usually located at the bottom-left of the screen.

  6. Search the Paint app title in the search bar, then click on it.

  7. Once the Paint app opened, click on the Paste option. It is located at the top-left of your paint window.

  8. You can also use Ctrl+V keyboard shortcut instead of the Paste option.

  9. You can edit your image in the Paint app. You can find the editing options in the menu bar on the top of the Paint window.

  10. Once your editing completed, you need to save your file.

  11. At the top-left corner of the screen you can see a floppy disk icon. Click on this icon to save your image. (you can also use Ctrl+S keyboard shortcut)

  12. Choose the place you want to save the file.

  13. Select your File name and format.

  14. Click on the Save button.

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save the paint file

How to Crop a PDF File on Mac system.

  1. Open your PDF file.

  2. Find the page or section you wish to crop.

  3. On your keyboard press the Command + Shift + 4, keys at the same time.

  4. Your cursor will be changed into a crosshair cursor. With the crosshair cursor you are allowed to select the area you want to crop from the PDF.

  5. Click and drag the crosshair cursor on the area you wish to crop.

  6. Once you selected the portion you want, you need to release the mouse button.

  7. Your selected area will be saved automatically on your desktop as an image file.

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TIP: You can also copy and paste the PDF section you want into another application in order to edit it. Follow the steps below:

  1. Open your PDF file.

  2. Find the page or section you wish to crop.

  3. On your keyboard press the Command + Shift + Control + 3, keys at the same time.

  4. Open your application that can edit the image. You can use Photoshop Adobe.

  5. On your keyboard press the Command + V keys at the same time to paste the portion you have cropped.

  6. Once your editing completed, save your file.

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mac keyboard command v

In these pages you can find more information about how to crop pdf with adobe and without adobe too.

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