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extracting automate multiple pages

dimosthenis
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 2

is there a automate way to define the number of the extracting pages from a large document in separate documents.
for example i want from a 50 page and more document extract separate documents of 2 or 4 pages each one.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 7.0.0, Windows
dthanna
ExpertTeam
Registered: Sep 28 2005
Posts: 248
Dimosthenis;

There are two ways to handle this - depending on budget and skill level...JavaScript or third-party tool.

With JavaScript (please consult the JS Ref and Programming guides for details) can be accomplished using doc.extractPages();

With this you can specify nStart, nEnd (start and end pages) and cPath (where to place the resulting extraction). This method is fairly straight forward, but will only be useable (without a lot of coding) if the "splits" are the same number of pages. Simple for loop that increments based on the number of pages in the split.

Third-party tools range from the inexpensive AutoSplit plugin from EverMap to the expensive ARTS Split Pro Server. These have the ability of searching on key phrases and splitting, creating file names, etc. based on that criteria.

Note: Mention of third party products does not constitute and endorsememt by myself, the AUC or Adobe Systems, Inc., and may not be inclusive or fully represntative of all the products in the category.

Douglas Hanna is a member of the Production Print Technology team at Aon.
www.aonhewitt.com