Thread - How to extract from larger PDF?

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How to extract from larger PDF? ⟨User:Fugalicious⟩ [#35756]

I was wondering how you extracted parts of a larger PDF (such as the Buxtehude organ works, see Special:ReverseLookup/834956). Especially how you got the text that says "Contains: #1831311 (pp.50-56)". I couldn't find a tutorial about how to do this, sorry. What steps should I take? Or is it a separate file?

Posted at 17:25, 17 October 2023 by WillRehwinkel

Hi Will,

Happy to help! I can say a bit about this. I'm using the skin for IMSLP called "Vector" and use the site in English, so when I mention UI elements, I'm going by what I can see under those settings.

First, go to the work page where you want to submit the score (or create a new work page). Click Add file. The default option under the Source picker is "Upload file (default)". Change that to "Already uploaded file" and click Go.

Under the field File #1, this is where you'll put the reference to the existing file. The format of this is pdf://fileNumberOfSourceFile/pageRangeSeparatedByADash.

For the Buxtehude example you mentioned, what I'd have put next to File #1 is pdf://831311/50-56. In case you want to see IMSLP file 831311 to see how the prelude in F major fits into the larger file, file 831311 here: https://imslp.org/wiki/Complete_Organ_Works_(Buxtehude,_Dietrich)

Let me know if you have any questions! The place where I learnt about this is this thread with Carolus: https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Special:WikiForum&thread=24195

Posted at 18:49, 17 October 2023 by Fugalicious
Edited at 18:50, 17 October 2023 by Fugalicious

Thank you!! I didn't realize that it was a different skin...thank you for explaining this to me. One thing I noticed is that the page range should include the final page-number of the PDF, not one higher as if it was in a "for loop".

This will be hugely helpful because I like uploading manuscripts of early music to IMSLP and uploading sections to the work pages.

Posted at 19:33, 17 October 2023 by WillRehwinkel

Great, I'm so happy this was helpful! That's right, the range includes both ends. You can also put just one number if you want to extract a single page.

Posted at 20:09, 17 October 2023 by Fugalicious

There's some documentation about this feature on another page as well: https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Pseudo-URLs#Combining_or_extracting_from_existing_PDF.28s.29

Posted at 21:19, 17 October 2023 by Pnorcks

Posted at 21:19, 17 October 2023 by Pnorcks

»There's some documentation about this feature on another page as well: https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Pseudo-URLs#Combining_or_extracting_from_existing_PDF.28s.29«

Thanks for this! I wish I had found this page myself, I wouldn't have had to bother both of you.

Posted at 21:21, 17 October 2023 by WillRehwinkel

Thanks, Pnorkcs; I didn't know about the feature for combining PDFs!

Posted at 21:43, 17 October 2023 by Fugalicious
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