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Macro feature in Acrobat Standard 7.0 for MAC

bnagaraj
Registered: Jun 16 2009
Posts: 8

I'm trying to automatically rotate pages 3 and 4 of a 10 page document every time it is created (weekly). I imagine there should be some sort of macro feature available, but I cannot find it! Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

BNagaraj

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 7.0, Macintosh
try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
There are no macros in Acrobat. You can create a script that opens the file, rotates the pages and then saves and closes it, but you will still need to open Acrobat and run the script manually each time.
Maybe it's possible to automate that part using an external application.

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bnagaraj
Registered: Jun 16 2009
Posts: 8
Do you know if Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0 is scriptable? I tried applescript, but it did not record any of my acrobat commands.

Thanks a lot!
try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
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You can write JavaScripts for it, that I know for sure. I think it's also possible to use AppleScript, but I don't know much about it.

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bnagaraj
Registered: Jun 16 2009
Posts: 8
Good to know... I just wrote a JavaScript for my pdf, but it only works in this pdf. Is there a way to save it and run it externally so I can generalize the file name and run on my pdfs each time I create it? Perhaps I should post this to the general forum...
try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
If anything, you should post this on the JavaScript forum. This is the General forum.
To answer your question: Yes, it can be done. You can assign a button to your script and then use the this object to access the currently opened file.

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