Insert Pages

This command inserts empty pages before selected pages or before every page if no page is selected.Have a look at some examples.

Usage

  1. pdfcpu pages insert [-v(erbose)|vv] [-pages pageSelection] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile [outFile]

Flags

namedescriptionrequired
verboseturn on loggingno
vvverbose loggingno
pagespage selectionno
upwuser passwordno
opwowner passwordno

Arguments

namedescriptionrequired
inFilePDF input fileyes
outFile…PDF output fileno

Examples

Insert an empty page before every page of notes.pdf. This way you get a PDF that gives you space for adding annotations for pages:

  1. pdfcpu page insert notes.pdf
  2. inserting pages into notes.pdf ...
  3. writing notes_new.pdf ...

Insert an empty page before pages 1 to 5:

  1. pdfcpu page insert -pages 1-5 notes1.pdf notes2.pdf
  2. inserting pages into notes1.pdf ...
  3. writing notes2.pdf ...