PDF script for single pages

Ann Johnson

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- January 18, 2018 at 4:37 pm #101095
  
  Ann Johnson
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  I’m not finding the right thing that I need with “page exporter utility” or “insta export pro”. What I need is the following:
  
  We have a 20 page ad that multiple designers work on.
  They work in spreads.
  We need to supply single page PDFs.
  I need the each PDF to be named the same name as the slug on each page.
  Destination folder can be the same folder as the INDD, because the designers can manually move them.
  
  Can anyone help me?
  
  BONUS: If I can also make a spread PDF at the same time, named the same as the document name.pdf
- January 18, 2018 at 8:15 pm #101096
  
  David Blatner
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  Does output factory do it? https://creativepro.com/inreview-zevrix-outputfactory-2.php
- January 19, 2018 at 1:37 am #101097
  
  Kai Rübsamen
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  Allthough it seems that outPutFactory can do that, I would go with a custom script, especially if you want multiple outputs at once. The destination folder can be every folder or a custom script can create a new folder in dependence of the INDD-folder.
  
  If you interested, you can contact me directly at [email protected]
  
  Kai
- January 19, 2018 at 5:29 am #101099
  
  Michel Allio for FRIdNGE
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  Just by curiosity: What is there on each slug?
  
  (^/)
- January 19, 2018 at 9:46 am #101103
  
  Ann Johnson
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  The left side page has a slug on the left with the date of the ad and the page number. The right side page has a slug on the right with that same info.
  
  So for example: the document is named 0128 (date) 0405 (spread pages) 0128_0405.indd
  The slugs on each page have the date and just that page number 0128_04 (left) and 012805 (right) This is what I need my single page PDFs to be named. I was thinking I could use that slug as a naming source, but if there is another way to make it happen that would be fine.
  
  Thank you for your interest!
- January 19, 2018 at 10:06 am #101104
  
  Michel Allio for FRIdNGE
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  Be precise:
  
  You have 2-pages docs! whose name is: 0128_0203.indd, 0128_0405.indd, 0128_06-07.indd, …
  … and you want to export each .indd file [e.g. 0128_0203.indd] to 2 single pdf named: 0128_02.pdf and 0128_03.pdf.
  … and we can find “0128_xx” text [surely with a para style] in the slug the page “xx”.
  
  Right?
  
  (^/)
- January 19, 2018 at 10:48 am #101105
  
  Ann Johnson
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  Exactly!
- January 19, 2018 at 10:51 am #101106
  
  Ann Johnson
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  The paragraph style is called “PageName”
- January 19, 2018 at 10:56 am #101107
  
  Ann Johnson
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  So, I have discovered that it’s not recognizing the paragraph style from the slug, or outside the live page area. Even though I”m including slug in the PDF output settings. If I can get this to happen, it would work great.
- January 19, 2018 at 11:03 am #101108
  
  Ann Johnson
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  I got it working. Thank you. You questions led me to where I needed to be. I appreciate the help.
- January 19, 2018 at 11:08 am #101109
  
  Michel Allio for FRIdNGE
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  So no need script!
  
  Good WE!
  
  (^/)
- January 23, 2018 at 12:04 pm #101167
  
  Ann Johnson
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  OH no!…. I discovered that is it making two PDFs but each PDF is two pages. ;-( I’m using the Paragraph Style to name the PDFs and that is working. But the spreads are now two pages instead of one page each. Any idea why?
- January 23, 2018 at 1:42 pm #101168
  
  Michel Allio for FRIdNGE
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  Humm!!
  
  Some will tell you I’m really rude! … it’s a “spread”!!
  
  What do you use to create the PDF?
  
  (^/)
- November 20, 2020 at 11:04 am #14332746
  
  Kirsten McMillan
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  your textbox with the filename using the paragraph style “PageName” just needs to be touching the edge of the page. So put it in the slug area and format the textbox to bottom align and the have the top of the text box touch the edge of the page. This way your filename doesn’t show on the page. You can also but that textbox on a separate non-printing layer.
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