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Is it possible to move items across entire multi-page document simultaneously?
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8:33 am
December 16, 2011


jenna

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I'm printing postcards with addresses merged in from an excel spreadsheet.  I'm running them 3 up, but they're 2 sided, so I had to set up one document with the fronts of the cards, then I have the multipaged document with the backs of the cards.  Stupidly I printed the fronts first, and now I've loaded the paper back into the printer to print the backs and I need to nudge the image a little in order to get the crop marks to line up from front to back, but since there are about 50 pages in the document I have to go to each page and select all, group, nudge one step, then go to the next page and repeat, etc.  I'm just wondering if there is some simple way to move everything on every page at the same time, other than with the master spread.  I kind of doubt it, but I thought I'd ask just in case.

Thanks!

12:41 pm
December 17, 2011


Jongware

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Post edited 12:44 pm – December 17, 2011 by Jongware

As with a lot of repeating stuff, Javascript can help you here! This short script will move all items to the left by '-4' in your current units. (So if your setup is in inches, you might want to start with a somewhat smaller value :D )

Change the '-4' into whatever you want — negative moves to the left, positive to the right.


if (app.version < "6″)
nudgeAll();
else
app.doScript(nudgeAll, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Nudge All");

function nudgeAll ()
{
for (i=0; i<app.activeDocument.allPageItems.length; i++)
try {
app.activeDocument.allPageItems[i].move (undefined, [4, 0]);
} catch (e) {}
}

(Edit: hmm, on hindsight I'd better add an undo for this!)

11:06 pm
December 18, 2011


atwfg828

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You might try your printer dialog (under print then printer). Some printers allow you to shift where it prints on the page by a prescribed increment.
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