How to crop PDF

Bris (Windows, MacOS, Linux e)

The first tool I invite you to turn to if your need is to crop PDF is Briss. This is a free and open source application that perfectly fulfills the task for which it is in charge - that is to say crop PDFs - and that also allows you to optimize documents for viewing on devices such as tablets and ebook readers. It is compatible with Windows, macOS and Linux but requires software to work Java (I explained how to download and install it on your computer in my guide on the subject).

To download Briss on your computer, connect to the official website of the program via the link I provided you a little while ago and click on the item first http://sourceforge.net/projects/briss/files/ and then 0.9 release e briss-0.9.zip. When the download is complete, extract the software files from the ZIP package that contains them and start the executable brise-0.9.exe or briss-0.9.jar if you use a Mac.

In the window that is shown to you at this point, select the item Load File from the menu Fillet and choose the document to cut out. Then click on Cancel and use the cursor to outline the area of ​​the document to keep. When done, select the item Crop PDF from the menu Action, indicate the folder where you want to save the output PDF and that's it.

K2pdfopt (Windows, macOS and Linux)

The software to crop PDF that I proposed in the previous lines has not been able to attract your attention in a particular way because, how can I say, too simple? Then take a look at immediately K2pdfopt and you will see that you will not regret it. It is in fact a free application full of useful features that allows you to crop and optimize the viewing of PDFs on devices such as Kindle, Kobo and other ebook readers. Officially it works on Windows, macOS and Linux but the Mac version does not seem to be fully compatible with the latest versions of the Apple operating system.

To download K2pdfopt on your computer, connect to its official website via the link I have just indicated, copy the verification code in the text field located in the left sidebar and click on the button for the version of the operating system in use (eg. 64-bit Windows) that you find in correspondence with the most updated version of the program (eg. v2.40).

When the download is complete, start the program using the file obtained and click on the button Add file to select the document or documents you intend to cut out. Then, select the PDF destination device from the drop-down menu Device and adjust all the parameters of your interest.

Using the fields located in the upper right part of the program window you can specify the page size (width, height e DPI) while using the drop-down menu Conversion mode you can indicate how the document is to be converted. In the box Crop areas instead find the commands to indicate the thickness of the margins to be cut (in inches) while at the bottom right there is a box to preview the output document and at the bottom left there are the rest of the options to customize the PDF to cut.

Once you have adjusted all your preferences, click on the button Preview at the bottom right to view a preview of the final document and, if this satisfies you, click on Convert all files to start the cropping process of your PDFs.

If you want to "manually" cut the margins of a PDF, after opening it in K2pdfopt, click on one of the buttons Select placed in the box Crop areas, select with the cursor the area of ​​the page to keep and click on Set Margins per salvare i Cambiomenti.

LibreOffice (Windows, macOS and Linux)

You can crop PDF with LibreOffice, the well-known suite for free and open source productivity that I spent many times proposed to you as a valid free alternative to Microsoft Office. The procedure to follow is very simple, just change the format of the pages. Now I'll explain everything.

To download LibreOffice on your PC, connect to its official website using the link I have just indicated and click on the button Download version xx. If you are using a Mac, also click on the button Translated user interface to download the LibreOffice cittàn translation package (which is included as standard in the Windows version of the suite). At the end of the download you have to proceed differently depending on the operating system you use.

Next, if you are using a Windows PC, open the LibreOffice installation package (LibreOffice_xx_Win_x86.msi) and complete the setup by first clicking on NEXT twice in a row and then on Install, Yes e end. If you are using a Mac, open the package in .dmg format that contains LibreOffice, drag the suite icon into the folder Applications macOS and open the software by right clicking on its icon and selecting the item apri give the menu to compare.

At this point, close LibreOffice, open the .dmg package that contains the cittàn language pack for the suite, right click on the icon LibreOffice Language Pack and select the item apri from the menu that opens. Then click on the button Install twice in a row, and if you are told that you do not have high enough privileges to continue, click the button Yes, identify me to authenticate and type the password of your user account on macOS.

Now you can take action and start cropping your PDFs with LibreOffice. Therefore, proceed to start LibreOffice and then go to the menu Filletclick your apri, select the file you intend to act on and wait for the document to be imported into Draw, the suite application for creating printable documents.

At this point, go to the menu Size located at the top, click on Page, select the format in which you want to adapt the pages of the document from the appropriate drop-down menu, put the check mark next to the item Fit the object to the paper size so that the content of the document fits the page format and then click OK per salvare i Cambiomenti.

Optionally, you can also change the orientation of the pages by placing the check mark next to the items Horizontal e Vertical and adjust the thickness of the margini (in pixels) by filling in the appropriate text fields.

When you are satisfied with the result, select the item Export to PDF format from the menu Filletclick your OK and select the folder to save the output document.

Online2PDF (web)

Don't feel like downloading and installing new programs on your computer but still need to crop PDFs? Then you can turn to Online2PDF, a very famous web service for editing and converting PDF documents that I have told you about on several occasions here on my site. Thanks to this service you can crop the margins of your documents and zoom in / out on their content in just a few clicks. In short, try it and you will see that you will not regret it.

All you have to do to use it is to connect to the main page of Onlne2PDF using the link I have just provided, click on the button Select the files and select the PDFs to edit.

Once you have selected the files you intend to act on, go to the tab layout located at the bottom right, set the item 1st page - with custom setting give menu to tendin Layout in PDF page and adjust your preferences using the menus that appear below: you can change the page layout, specify the size of the outer margin of each page and adjust the size of the content.

After adjusting all the parameters of your interest, click on the button Converted and wait for your PDFs to be processed first and then downloaded to your computer. Later, if you haven't made any changes to the web browser's default settings, you'll find your cropped PDF file in the folder Download Of computer. Simple, right?

Please note: The service imposes an upload limit of 50 MB for each single file and a total of 100 MB. Also, you can select up to 20 files at a time.

Other useful solutions

If you don't need to crop PDF to redefine the margins of your files but are looking for a tool that allows you to split or remove pages from documents, let me suggest you take a look at my tutorial on how to split a PDF file and my guide on how to extract pages from PDF in which I have indicated various software and online services that should prove particularly useful for your needs. You can also find more useful tools in my post dedicated to PDF editing programs.

If, on the other hand, you are looking for a valid system that allows you to transform your PDF documents into ebooks compatible with all the ebook readers currently on the market, you can read the instructions I gave you in my post on how to transform PDF into ePub in which, in fact, I told you about a free software thanks to which it is possible to convert all the main formats of electronic books between them. I recommend, at least take a look!

How to crop PDF