Place multiple seaprate PDFs

Clark Kenyon

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    • August 13, 2018 at 8:30 pm #109568
      Clark Kenyon
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      I need to place multiple PDFs into a new InDesign document. This is a PDF someone made by scanning an old book. I tried using the placemultipagepdf script to place the pages of the PDF, but it turned into a mess. So, I extracted all the pages of the PDF into separate PDFs in a folder. Is there a script to batch import separate PDFs from a folder and place them one on a page in an InDesign file? Thanks.

    • August 13, 2018 at 11:33 pm #109569
      Colleen Shannon
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      Not sure how that’s going to help your mess. Can you describe what went wrong with the multipage script?

    • August 14, 2018 at 4:20 am #109570
      Niels JÌürgen Pedersen
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      Simply use InDesigns script-function. Select Javascript – ImageCatalog, and set it to 1 perpage – then InDesign will place 1 pdf per page.

    • August 14, 2018 at 6:34 am #109572
      Clark Kenyon
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      Using the multipage script, the placed pages are cropped, text mangled. Using Image catalog the pages are placed as tiny spreads in the middle of a page. I’ll probably just do it manually.

    • August 14, 2018 at 10:25 am #109670
      Colleen Shannon
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      MultiPageImport retains previous settings; make sure they are set correctly. This is my default setup:
      https://ibb.co/cu5Xi9

      Maybe your PDFs have irregular bounding boxes? You may need to adjust the Crop to: choice to Art or Crop, etc.

      Placing a PDF won’t distort the image; View->Overprint Preview to get a more accurate preview.

    • August 14, 2018 at 12:25 pm #109672
      Clark Kenyon
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      It’s not going to work to use a script or even to place the pages as PDFs. They just look too bad. I’ve decided to open each in Photoshop and save as a tif or png, then place that in the ID layout.

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