For the life of me I can't understand why Adobe has chosen to (1) not make available keyboard shortcuts for any of the Document Processing menu items and (2) why they cannot be added to the Tool Bar.
I frequently have to use the Number Pages function and am getting quite fed up with the menu navigation hassle each time.
Does anyone know of a faster way than to move the mouse up, down and across all the time? Is there a script perhaps, or an undocumented way to add a button?
Grateful for any ideas!
This article shows the code for creating a toolbar button:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/10/apply_security_with_js
This article talks about folder level script files, which is what you'll need to do this:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/folder_level_scripts
Here's an article on executing menu items from JavaScript:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2008/06/executing_menu_items_from_javascript
Here's an article on using a tool called AcroButtons (written by me) to create toolbar buttons that run menu items:
http://www.windjack.com/resources/howto/WJHowTo_MenuButton.html
And here's a web page with free Acrobat Automation tools. All of which use custom toolbar buttons, one of which you'll find very useful for this task:
http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/65.cfm
Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]
The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html[/url]
Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]
Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script