Batch Converting JPG's to PDF's

Hi --

Yes, but you don't use a batch or droplet to do it.

You can create the conversions in Acrobat using the Create PDF > From Multiple Files task button command. When the Combine Files dialog box opens, select the files, specify a conversion setting, and process the files. You choose the location on saving.donna.

Thanks for the reply, Donna.

So, if I don't want to combine the JPGs into a single PDF, but into multiple PDFs, I choose the "Assemble files into a PDF Package" option, then to pull the PDFs out of the PDF Package, I "select all/save as" from the file list in the left hand pane of the package window? Is this the most best way to get them out of the package as a batch-like process? TIA, Jim

This works...
Advanced > Document Processing > Batch Processing
In the Batch Sequences dialog, select a sequence that is fairly innocuous such as "Fast Web View".

- Select "Edit Sequence"

In the Edit Batch Sequence - Fast Web View dialog you will observe three choices and an "Output Options" button.

1. Select sequence of commands:
Click the "Select Commands..." button.
Select "Description" under "Document".
Click "Add >>"
If you want to set values for Title, Subject, Author, or Keywords then click on the "Edit" button. Otherwise, click OK.

2. Run commands on:
Select from the drop down ( I left it with the default)

3. Select output location:
Select "Specific Folder" and browse to the desired destination folder you have
established. (I selected "c:\_01a\bin for my trial run.)

Output Options...
Selecting this opens a dialog which affords you some file naming options.
Output Format options are also available. As you are working with JPEGs you may want to check "PDF Optimizer" and then click on the "Settings..." button.
The PDF Optimizer dialog provides a large inventory of tools for customizing the PDF creation process. The Image Settings may be of interest to you.

When completed with the Output Options dialog, click OK.
Again, click OK. You are left with the Batch Sequences dialog.
With "Fast Web View" still selected, click "Run Sequence".
Click OK. In the Select Files to Process, browse to the folder with the JPEG files.
(I went into "My Pictures" and selected 138 JPEGS in one of the folders there.)
Select the JPEGs, click on "Select" & wait while the JPEGs are processed into PDFs.The PDFs will be in the selected folder you designated in item 3, above.

hope this helps...

Thank you, daka630, just what I wanted. Works perfectly! Jim

This worked for me too - making many PDFs in one folder from many TIFFs in one folder - but only to a point.

Is there any obvious reason that I would be limited to around 400 at a time?

When i select too many TIFFs to process, I get a "FIle Not Found" error message that gives a partial filename of one of the files in the selected range.

Please help

Nattering here, but I suspect the offending variable is not a "file count" issue with Acrobat.
Just ran 494 jpeg files through to PDF. The average file size was 2 MB. No problems encountered.
So, some speculation.
What is the average file size of the tiff files you are processing?
During my JPEG to PDF run I observed that the typical cpu usage was 23% to 27%.
The larger JPEGs showed a cpu usage of 35% to 40%.
Large tiff files would have a large cpu usage rate during the conversion process.
The problem may well be that your computer is running out of resources and/or lacks sufficient RAM.
More often than not these become the limiting factors in processing intensive activities.

Can you remove processes not required by the OS?
That might give you some margin.
If you have to drop back and punt, put in more RAM.
If neither is an option; smile-be-happy, you can do 399 files with one whack .Be well...

If you're not familiar with how to use batch sequences, be sure to check out Donna's tutorial on [url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/10/baking_batch_of_pdf]Baking Up a Batch of PDF files[/url].