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How can I crop PDF pages for free?
If you’re using a Mac, Preview lets you crop PDF pages for free without installing anything else. For a few documents, it’s worth trying first.
Make a copy of the PDF, open it in Preview, and choose View > Thumbnails. Show the Markup toolbar, select Rectangular Selection, and draw a box around the content you want to keep. Select the thumbnails of the pages that should receive the same crop, then choose Tools > Crop.
For your wider tables, leave those pages out of the first selection and crop them separately with a wider rectangle. Applying one rectangle works best when the selected pages have the same size and orientation.
Save the copy and check the table edges and page numbers. Preview crops the visible page area; it doesn’t securely erase anything outside the crop.