Comments on: Zanelli Releases MultiPageImporter for Importing both PDF and INDD Files

By: Alvin

Alvin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:55 +0000

Is there a way to get this to work with importing illustrator files (with bleeds)?

The default import scripts work fine if there is no bleed, however, there are no options for alignment, which forces the bleed to align to the artboard.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:37:50 +0000

I’m importing hundreds of Korean Docs that came in as PDF’s and needed to be aligned a certain way. Can’t tell you how much time this script saved. Thank you.

By: Zanelli, S

Zanelli, S — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:39:45 +0000

Unfortunately, I have been out of the printing industry for over three years now and thus do not have access to the latest ID version and Mac OS (I am now a Microsoft Dynamics AX developer). Because of this, I am sorry to say that further updates to fix the current problems will not come to fruition (at least from me). As this script is released under the GNU license, others may or have already, made updates to keep it working in current and future versions of ID.

I apologize for any heartache this may cause now or in the future.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:06:22 +0000

Howdy,

I downloaded the CS5 friendly version that was referenced in the comments above and I can only import the first page of my PDF document. Whatever I try I only seem to be able to import the first page. First, I tried launching the script and loading the PDF. Then, I launched inDesign and made 10 blank pages to import the PDF. In each instance only the first page imported.

The Multipage Importer dialog box won’t allow me to change the number of pages to import. (i.e. Import page 1 of 1.) I get the error message “The end Page Number must be less than 1″

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

By: N Baron

N Baron — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:11:14 +0000

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. Just saved me from having to place 490 pages and either stepping and repeat all or placing them again. So, saved me from having to place a total of 980 pages. Great script!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:52:14 +0000

Love the script. Using it to imposition pages from a PDF so that the file can be printed and then bound into books.
I am having a an issue where is crashes after 330ish (332 to 336) pages have been inserted. This happens on multiple window PC’s (All windows7) and all of them have Indesign CS5.
If I break the file into 300 page pieces they work fine.
The error message is useless: “Indesign has stopped working”

Thanks for the script and thanks for the help.
Dave

By: Tsais

Tsais — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:08:16 +0000

thank you very much for the script.

Though its a little hard to believe for all that cash, InDesign doesn’t support this natively.

Sometimes I wonder about how half baked a lot of Adobe products are, not to mention needing to crack open the manual for things that are completely intuitive in other programs just by looking at the screen.

By: bruno

bruno — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:31:29 +0000

@Koby Goldberg
You can use and adjust the following script to place multiple images on different pages.
http://toolbox.brunoherfst.com/?p=1382

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:55:44 +0000

Penny, as Jongware pointed out, you would need PDF2ID to convert the PDF to editable objects (to actually edit inside them). Other methods: you could open the document in Adobe Illustrator, edit them inside Adobe Acrobat, or use one of the many PDF editing tools on the market (do a google search for “edit PDF”).

By: Penny

Penny — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:36:03 +0000

Thank you so much for your comprehensive response. I understand now.
Is there anyway to edit a PDF to add style, etc.
I am converting a BLOG to a PDF to make a book. The blog outputs as a PDF. I have seen software that does this but at this point, its cost prohibitive for me.
Any ideas or suggestion?
Thanks again for you prompt and helpful responses,
Penny