How to Save Multiple PDF Pages as One Image

The reason behind converting multiple PDF files into a single image could be due to the ease of sharing. Sometimes, it is efficient to send an image of the document rather than the PDF files because it is difficult for the receiver to open PDF documents. The current post details about how to save multiple PDF pages into one image.

Part 1. The PDF Software You Need
Part 2. Step-by-Step Guide

Part 1A Great Tool to Save Multiple PDF Pages as a Single Image

Wondershare PDFelement (PDFelement for Mac) provides an excellent choice and a better alternative to Adobe Reader. With this software, you can create PDF files from scratch, edit existing PDFs, and convert different file formats into a PDF. Filled with essential professional tools, PDFelement from Wondershare outlives its expectation and ensures that the user has everything at their disposal. The following are the major specialties of the program:

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Edit - With this tool, you can edit text, add images, and modify content on a PDF page.
OCR - The industry-leading optical character recognition tool ensures that you can easily convert an image document into a fully editable file.
Convert & Create - With this tool, you can convert a PDF document to any file format including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and convert any document to a PDF.
Forms - This option allows you create fillable forms from scratch. It even helps highlight the fillable fields within a PDF document automatically.

Part 2How to Save a Multi-Page PDF as One Image

Wondershare PDFelement is available on both Windows and Mac platforms. After downloading, you can then install the software using the simple steps appearing on the screen once you double click the executable file. Below is the steps for exporting all PDF pages to a single image file.

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Step 1. Import PDF into PDFelement

After completing the installation, launch PDFelement by clicking the icon that appears on the desktop. Now, you can open a PDF document in different ways. You can use the drag and drop feature to open the PDF file directly into the main interface. Alternatively, you can click the "Open" button (the "Open File" button in Mac version) to browse the files and select the needed file.

Step 2. Edit Your PDF (Optional)

Text Editing: To begin editing the text, you can select the "Edit Text" option under the "Edit" tab. Here you can opt for either line mode or paragraph mode. You can add additional sentences by choosing the "Add Text" option.
Image Editing: After choosing the "Edit Objects" option, you can select the object and adjust its size or position by dragging the blue dots that surround the object. You can add an image by clicking the "Add Image" option.
Page Editing: Under the "Page" tab, you can insert, delete, crop, rotate, split, extract, or replace pages within a PDF file.

For Mac users, you can click the Edit button on the top toolbar to make changes on text and images; navigate to the Pages menu on the right side to get various options for editing and organizing pages.

Step 3. Export Multiple PDF Pages into One Image (Way 1)

To convert all PDF pages into a single image file, navigate to the Thumbnail area on the left side. Select the first page and right click the mouse to choose the "Extract Page(s) as One Image" option. PDFelement will open a dialog box asking you to set page range, output image format and the location for output. Click "Save" to get your image.

For Mac users, you can expand the "File" menu and choose "Export as Single Image". Then you can customize image format, page range and destination folder for the output file. Finally click "Save".

Step 4. Save Multiple PDF Pages into One Image (Way 2)

There is another way to convert multiple PDF pages into a single image. You can click on "To Image" under "Home" tab first. And then in the pup-up, click on the setting button next to the output format options.

You can see a new "Convert Options" pup-up. Check the option "Extract page(s) as one image", and you can also click on the "Setting" button next to it to customize the exported image properties. Then click "OK" and "Convert" to get the conversion done.