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title: "Split parameters [used with splittiff and splitpdf operations]"
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description: "Detailed parameters for PDF splitting, including options for page selection, bookmarks, and metadata retention."
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# Split parameters [used with splittiff and splitpdf operations]

| Parameter                | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **/splitby**             | Pages, ranges, repeatingrange, bookmarks (PDF Only)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **/splitrange**          | Set of page ranges separated by commas that define which pages from the original should be extracted. The following types of page ranges are allowed:

- **1**: Specifies a single page

- **1-3**: Specifies a range of pages                                                                                                                                 |
| **/splitrepeatingrange** | Apply the page range to each set of Page Ranges pages within the document. For example, if 2-4 is specified for page ranges, and 4 is specified as the repeating range, then the range is re-applied every 4 pages.
 Hence the file is split such that the first output file contains pages 2-4 from the original document, the second contains pages 6-8 and so on. |
| **/RetainBookmarks**     | Generated files will include bookmarks from the original file.
 **Note**: This works with the spit pdf operation only.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **/RetainMetadata**      | Generated files will include metadata (such as Author and Title) from the original file.
 **Note**: This works with the spit pdf operation only                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

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