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

By: msgraphic

msgraphic — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:03:16 +0000

I have a 60 page book (indb) file that I now want to print to booklet. I have followed all the advice above. Works wonderfully BUT I cannot place spreads. The mpi looks at each page as a single page. When I try to place single pages (vs spreads) Acrobat ads a bleed to the inside (spine) causing overlap, even though I set it up with no “inside” bleed. There is a lot of crossover this magazine. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.

By: Colin Flashman

Colin Flashman — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:02:01 +0000

@Daniel:

Check out this adobe forum thread to add an empty page for every second page:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2310029

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:35:55 +0000

Hi,
Just tested it and it worked great in ID CS5!!!
Is there a way to have it insert the pdfs on the even pages only? Or maybe there’s a way to make InDesign add an empty page between each imported pdf?
All the very best ,
Daniel

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.