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• • September 8, 2011 at 12:09 am #60466
    Anonymous

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    Morning :)

    I'm just wondering if someone knows of a script (or several that together can do the job) that will take a PDF file, save each page as a picture in Photoshop (preferably TIFF or PSD to keep quality) in correct sequence and then import each picture into InDesign in the right order and place/fit them on the page (Like the MultipageImporter script)?

    At the printing office where I work we often receive PDF-files of doctoral or master thesis' that are made in some weird/corrupt ways that won't let us print differnt pages (error message), or omit certain pages when sent to the printer without giving any warning (the pages simply don't print). So I am looking for a way to help my boss with these crazy files and I think this would be the last way if every other trick fails.

    Thanks for any help :D

  • September 13, 2011 at 3:03 pm #60519
    Chuck Nigash

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    That's a fairly unqie request. But you could easily:

    –Open the PDF and extract all the pages to a folder (one command)

    –Open Photoshop and batch process the PDFs to a folder (one action).

    –In InDesign, Place multiple photos, place them as a contact sheet (one action)

    While it's manual, it's not bad.

  • September 13, 2011 at 3:04 pm #60520
    Chuck Nigash

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    For $300 U.S. you could also buy PDF2ID. This will open and convert a pdf to ID. Done.

  • September 13, 2011 at 6:54 pm #60522
    Adam Jury

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    Are the PDFs corrupt in such a way that they simply can't be placed page-by-page into an InDesign document, then exported again?

  • September 13, 2011 at 9:55 pm #60525
    Anonymous

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    Chuckie: I believe I got step one and two, but the third (with the contact sheet) you lost me on, sorry. Do you think you could explain a little more detailed? Buying the PDF2ID is sadly not an option.

    Adamjury: Usually when I need help like described in my first post, the PDF files are corrupt in such a way that when I use the script MultiPageImporter it will first of all crash/stop the script. It also usually means that I can not view the page in Acrobat because it simply won't show or I get a message that this is not how it should be (can't remember at the moment exactly what Acrobat tells me). Luckily I can still open the page in Photoshop manually.

    Thanks a lot for your help so far, both of you!

    Another question on the side by the way, is there some webpage where you can learn Acrobat tips & tricks? Of course I know there are, but not all are good. I.e. I have helped my boss a lot after learning how to save optimized PDF-files about a month ago in the easiest situations that is enough to get the file printing again.

  • September 15, 2011 at 2:34 pm #60536
    Adam Jury

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    What happens if you take one of the broken PDFs and try to print it to Postscript from Acrobat? Does it output a PS that can then be distilled back to a working PDF, or does it crash?

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