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cutting up a scanned book pdf ?

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2011-09-28 06:35:39
stevenm
Registered: Sep 28 2011
Posts: 3
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I have a pdf of a book that was scanned two pages at a time - the book laid flat in the scanner. I would like to re-make the pdf so that each page of the pdf = one page of the book. From the original, I can make an "even page" pdf and an "odd page" pdf, but am not sure how I can "collate" the two. Is this possible, or is there another route to create what I am looking for?
 
Thanks,
Steve

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.1.4, Windows
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2011-09-28 12:48:12
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KellyMcC
Acrobat 9ExpertTeam
Registered: Jul 11 2011
Posts: 389
Steve,

Unfortunately Adobe doesn't support Acrobat 7 anymore, but there was a crop tool in the application you could use to crop side of the page, Save As, open the original and crop the other side. After making the 2 pieces independent, you coud re-combine all the individual pages using Document > Insert Pages (I believe, it has been a while since I used 7). There is no automated way I know of to accomplish this.

Kelly McCathran
Adobe Community Expert
Certified Technical Trainer+

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2011-09-28 13:26:53
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stevenm
Registered: Sep 28 2011
Posts: 3
Hi Kelly,

Thanks for that. I am familiar with the crop tool: I will be left with two files - one with pages 1,3,5,7, etc, and one with pages 2,4,6,8 etc. The book is 100+ pages, merging those two files one page at a time sounds mighty unwieldy!
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2011-09-28 14:31:16
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KellyMcC
Acrobat 9ExpertTeam
Registered: Jul 11 2011
Posts: 389
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Steve,

Yes, sorry it is quite time consuming. There are some 3rd party electronic imposition plug-ins for Acrobat that would do it. The main issue is I don't think you'll find many out there that still support Acrobat 7.

You could also assemble this in InDesign and someone might be able to write a script for you that pulls in odd & even pages where they need to be. Then re-PDF.

Kelly McCathran
Adobe Community Expert
Certified Technical Trainer+

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2011-09-28 15:32:49
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Merlin
Acrobat 9ExpertTeam
Registered: Mar 1 2006
Posts: 766
stevenm wrote:
The book is 100+ pages, merging those two files one page at a time sounds mighty unwieldy!
Hi,

don't do that!

Split the 2 PDF files to make: one page = one file.

Rename pages from the 1st PDF as something like: page001a.pdf, page002a.pdf, page003a.pdf… and so on.
Rename pages from the 2nd PDF as somethnig like: page001b.pdf, page002b.pdf, page003b.pdf… and so on.

Then use the Acrobat's "Combine file" feature to merge all pages-files into one document.

Since they is not "Split doc" feature in Acrobat 7 you should install my free abracadabraTools first:
http://abracadabrapdf.net/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=717

abracadabraPDF.net

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2011-09-28 20:49:01
#5
stevenm
Registered: Sep 28 2011
Posts: 3
Merlin,

Fabulous! I knew there had to be a procedure that would make it happen, but couldn't see it. I will look at your tools. In the meantime, another way to go (now that you mention it) would be to create the two pdfs (with odd and even pages), then export the pages as images, named as you suggest, then combine all of THEM into the final product. Yee-ha! I gotta go try all this out...

Thanks!
Steve
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2011-09-29 04:40:40
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Merlin
Acrobat 9ExpertTeam
Registered: Mar 1 2006
Posts: 766
stevenm wrote:
then export the pages as images
No, don't export "as image", export pages as PDF or you will lose all texts and vectors objects!

abracadabraPDF.net

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2011-09-30 02:33:17
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try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
Various tools (created by me) to do the processing you described:
http://try67.blogspot.com/search?q=odd

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