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2008-09-18 08:22:25
mtpaper
Registered: Sep 18 2008
Posts: 9
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hi -
Please excuse me if I'm not using the correct terminology, and please let me know if I should be asking this in a different forum.

I am in the process of converting 1000s of faxes, received and sent via WinFax, to pdfs. That's fine.

I have a log file from WinFax with pertinent data about the faxes. After massaging it, I will also have a field in the logfile that corresponds to the name of the pdf.

I want to batch transfer the information from the log file into the metadata of the pdf.

My ultimate goal is to import the pdf files into Expression Media and be able to sort or find the pdf by the metadata.

I know that when I take a test PDF in acrobat,and populate its title and author fields via File->Properties, the data appears within Expression Media. I also know that when I edit the Expression Media properties from within Acrobat, the info transfers beautifully to Expression media.

What I don't know is how to have acrobat read the info from my log file and automatically populate the fields of the corresponding files? Do I use Applescript? Javascript?

Thank you -
Marion

PS - the source files are on Windows Xp, but the destination is Mac, with Acrobat Pro 9

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0
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2008-09-19 08:17:38
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Your log file will need to be in XMP format in order to import it as metadata into a PDF. XMP is the XML format used to store the metadata in a PDF. Once your data is in XMP format, you can follow the steps in [url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/offer_search_a_hand/]Donna Bakers tutorial[/url] to import into your PDF. If the metadata is very similar, you can also create a template to reuse as mentioned in Donna's tutorial as well.

To automate the process, check out Thom Parker's tutorial on [url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tech_corners/javascript_corner/tips/2006/auto_insert_metadata/]Automating PDF Document Metadata Insertion with Acrobat JavaScript[/url].

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2008-09-19 08:35:43
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mtpaper
Registered: Sep 18 2008
Posts: 9
Thank you Ikassuba - I will take a look at the links
I have also found a script to xfer data from log file to Expression Media, so that's a start.
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