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oxanad72024467
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January 27, 2018
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Combine multipage pdfs into one pdf with layers

  • January 27, 2018
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Hello,

I have 10 pdfs 20 pages each. I need to combine them into 1 pdf as layers.

Standard Import layer allows only to import it page by page which is very time consuming. What are the other ways to do that?

I tried to do that in Illustrator as well, but it gives me the same page by page import.

Any help appreciated

Thank you

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JR Boulay
Community Expert
JR BoulayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 1, 2018

The simplest method is to use InDesign.

Batch import (using the "PlaceMultipagePDF" InDesign built-in script*) your 10 PDFs on 10 different layers in an InDesign document, and export as PDF without forgetting to tick the option "PDF layers".

It should take about 5 or 10 minutes.

*

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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Cari Jansen
Legend
January 31, 2018

Hmmm.... you might need to see if someone can write a JavaScript Action for that.  The difficulty I see, is that the Import a Layer option, requires a 'Browse' action to get to the PDF page that needs to be imported as a layer.

I'll move this forum post to the JavaScript forum for you.

I'm thinking what you'd need is a script that:

* prompts you to select a folder with PDFs

* then loops through all PDFs and loops through all pages within each PDF and Imports them as a layer.

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