How do I put PDF pages in reading order?

Drag the thumbnails until the cover comes first, then the exhibits, then the rest of the packet. The download follows that list and is named with _organized before the extension. The editor runs in the browser, up to 100 MB. Open the result and flip through it the way the reader will.

Can I delete a page while I reorder?

Yes, as a secondary step. The x removes a page from the output list, and at least one page has to remain. Those pages stay out of the download. If the only goal is to drop extras from a packet, the delete-pages page focuses on that. This page leads with the sequence a person will read.

Can I rotate a sideways PDF page here?

This organizer does not include a rotate control. Turn that page upright in the file you start from, then drag the reading order. The editor stays in the browser, up to 100 MB, and the download is named with _organized. Sequence is the job on this page: cover, then exhibits. A request to rotate pages lands here because the packet you are arranging is the same file.

What is the size limit?

100 MB, in the browser. Add the PDF, drag the pages into reading order, remove anything that should stay out, and download. If a very large scan is slow in the tab, work from a copy that already contains only the pages you need. The order on screen is the order in the file.

What is the downloaded file called?

The stem of your PDF plus _organized.pdf. A packet named board.pdf comes back as board_organized.pdf. It contains the pages still on the list, in the order you dragged. Pages you removed with the x stay out of the file. Proof the cover and the first exhibit before you attach it to an email.

How is organizing different from deleting pages?

This page is about the sequence a person will read: cover, then exhibits, then the close. Deleting extras is available with the x, and it is secondary. The delete-pages page leads with removal and treats reorder as the extra ability. Both are the same local tool, the same 100 MB cap, and the same _organized download name.

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Organize PDF: put pages in reading order

Drag PDF pages into reading order, cover then exhibits, and download that sequence. The editor runs in the browser, up to 100 MB.

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You need the pages in the order a person will actually read them: cover, then exhibits, then the rest. Drag the thumbnails into that sequence and download the PDF. The editor runs in your browser on files up to 100 MB, so the packet stays on this device while you arrange it. The download is named with _organized before the extension. The x is there when an extra sheet got into the packet, and at least one page has to remain. If a sheet is sideways in the file you already have, turn that source upright before you add it. Sequence is the point of this page. Deleting extras is secondary. If the only job is to drop blank or duplicate pages, the delete-pages page focuses on removal. Here, build the reading order first, then take off anything that should stay out of the download. Open the file and flip from the cover through the last exhibit before you send it.

Reading order first, extras second

Drag pages into the sequence a reader should follow. The x removes a sheet you do not want in that sequence, and the file is built only from what remains.

Cover, then exhibits, then the rest

Start with the page a person should see first, then the exhibits in the order they are cited, then anything else. Dragging is the control. The download follows that list exactly, under the name stem_organized.pdf. A packet that is “almost” in order still wastes the reader’s time, so finish the sequence before you save.

Removing a page is the secondary move

The x takes a page off the list when a blank or a duplicate is in the way of the story. At least one page has to remain. Those pages stay out of the download. If removal is the entire task, the delete-pages page is the one written for that job. This page still lets you do it while you are ordering.

Arranged on this device

The editor runs in the browser on files up to 100 MB, and the download follows the order you can see. If a scan came in sideways, turn that source upright before you build the reading order, so the page sits the way a reader expects. Then proof the download from the cover forward.

How it works

1
Add the PDF
Add one PDF up to 100 MB. The pages stay in the browser while you arrange them. Look at the thumbnails in the order they arrived, which is often not the order a person should read.
2
Drag the reading order
Put the cover first, then the exhibits in the order a person will read them. Use the x only for a page that should stay out of the file. Keep at least one page.
3
Download and flip through
The file is stem_organized.pdf. Open it and move from the first page to the last the way the reader will. If a page is sideways, start again from an upright source.

Use cases

A cover that landed at the end

Drag it to the front, then place the exhibits in the order the letter cites them.

Exhibits that arrived out of number order

Match Exhibit A, then B, then C, so the reader never hunts backward through the packet.

A blank between two sections

Remove it with the x while you are setting the sequence. The blank stays out of the download.

Problems we solve

The story still jumps around

The download matches the thumbnail order. Drag until cover, exhibits, and the closing page read straight through.

A page is sideways

Turn that page upright in the source, then order the packet again. The organizer is here to set the sequence a person will read.

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Always in the browser

Reorder and removal stay in the browser, up to 100 MB, while you build the sequence.

The sequence you can see is the file

stem_organized.pdf contains the pages left on the list, in that order. Proof it before you send.