What is the easiest way to rearrange pages in a PDF document?

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Mac's Preview can be used to rearange pages in a PDF document by simply drag-and-dropping the pages around in the side panel. Is there any equivalent tool for Ubuntu? I have noticed, that the Document Viewer, which comes with Ubuntu, also has this nice side panel. However, it cannot be used to manipulate a PDF document. If there is no drag-and-drop solution, what is the easiest way to rearrange pages in a PDF document?

Perhaps you could: (1) upgrade to a supported version of Kubuntu (2) create a question of your own to seek an updated answer for this problem? If this is something that you're struggling with, there are likely others with the same question who would appreciate finding a solution — matigo, Apr 04 '22 at 03:08

score 49 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 20 '19 at 12:42

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You can use PDF-Shuffler.

You can install it via terminal:

sudo apt-get install pdfshuffler

As shown in the image, you only have to import the PDF file you want to manipulate and drag & drop the pages in the desired order. It also lets you to rotate the pages in orthogonal angles.

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You can save it in the same file or export it as a different PDF file.

edited Nov 20 '19 at 12:42

BeastOfCaerbannog

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answered May 17 '12 at 19:59

Ángel Araya

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Have you found a way to drag-and-drop .jpg document in the pdf file? – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Jun 08 '16 at 12:04
Here a thread about it http://askubuntu.com/q/784390/25388 – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Jun 14 '16 at 13:24
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Just for the info: pdfshuffler is now marked as "transitional package" in APT (tested on Ubuntu 20). It seems to have been superseded by pdfarranger, which is a fork thereof: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/12/pdfarranger-merge-split-rotate-crop-or.html – Gabriele Buondonno Sep 25 '20 at 00:32
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pdfshuffler is no longer available, you can use pdfarranger instead. – Raknos13 Jan 07 '24 at 08:33

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 20 '19 at 12:44

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You can install PDF-Shuffler using the following command:

sudo apt-get install pdfshuffler

edited Nov 20 '19 at 12:44

BeastOfCaerbannog

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answered May 17 '12 at 19:44

Fakhri Zulkifli

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pdfshuffler is no longer available, you can use pdfarranger instead. – Raknos13 Jan 07 '24 at 08:34

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 10 '19 at 11:44

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The easiest way is to print the PDF to another PDF with a different page ordering. For example, if you want to reverse a 3 page PDF, you enter 3,2,1 under Pages.

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answered Sep 10 '19 at 11:44

Konrad Höffner

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score 6 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 11 '24 at 12:18

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On Ubuntu >= 19.10, there is PDF Arranger, which is able to do this. Note that it is derived from PDF Shuffler.

To install PDF Arranger using the GUI run snap-store, search for "PDF Arranger", and click Install:

Or, if you prefer the command line, run the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install pdfarranger

edited Mar 11 '24 at 12:18

BeastOfCaerbannog

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answered Nov 20 '19 at 12:02

ntg

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score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 07 '21 at 21:14

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Re-printing as PDF worked for me when I needed to insert the last page at the middle:

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ChanganAuto

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answered Jun 07 '21 at 20:15

throbi

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You have posted an existing answer. – cipricus Mar 13 '23 at 09:38
+1 for the english screen capture ;-) – David Jacquel Apr 01 '23 at 11:09

What is the easiest way to rearrange pages in a PDF document?

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