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How to assign new meta data to a document.

Misslaura1989
Registered: Aug 10 2011
Posts: 5

Hi,
 
I would like to 10 new fields of metadata to a PDF document.
 
Some of them are generic like Author, Title etc however a lot of the data needed is not. Also some of the fields need to be quite long, for example long enough to fit a book abstract.
 
Is this possible? I am currently using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro.
 
Thanks
Laura

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
This could be done with Acrobat JavaScirpt, but I do not know the size limitation of the text. An attached text file of the book abstract might be a better choice.

doc.Info property
doc.metadata property

George Kaiser

Misslaura1989
Registered: Aug 10 2011
Posts: 5
Thanks for getting back to me so soon.

Where about in those documents am I looking specifically?

Will I be able to lay it out with just the specific fields I require and hide the others?

gkaiseril
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The problems of cutting and pasting hyperlinks.

You can search for "this.info" and "this.metadata".

George Kaiser

Misslaura1989
Registered: Aug 10 2011
Posts: 5
Thanks for your advice, but I still dont know what to do.

I have managed to add a field into the additional metadata- advanced part of the program but not sure what this adds to the document.

What I would like to have is this information showing up when you right click on properties - detail from the file.

Thanks
Laura

gkaiseril
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This is custom field and not detected by most standard metadata viewers unless they are designed to show all the meta data fields. Digital cameras produce hundreds for meta data fields with all sorts of technical details that most people do not want to see.

This field is used by Adobe products that search multiple PDFs. It also maybe picked up by web spiders.

George Kaiser

Misslaura1989
Registered: Aug 10 2011
Posts: 5
Hmmm...So is there away to edit the document to show my 10 specific fields when i click on properties - detail?