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Nathman_F
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August 25, 2018
Question

Duplicate PDF pages based on field value.

  • August 25, 2018
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Hello, this may be a scripting question.

I also am not sure if I should duplicate the pages in Indesign or within acrobat.

I have a large document for printing created as a merge in Indesign from CSV.

I need to provide a proof with only one instance of each page

When we are ready to print, the pages need to be duplicated based on data from the original CSV.

My thinking is I bring the number of copies required for each page as a field, non printing, screen only. This way the proofing process can also check and potentially amend the number of copies required while the content is being checked.

I then need a method to duplicate the pages based on that field value.

Alternatively...... 

Please give me a suggestion.

Thanks

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Nathman_FAuthor
Participant
August 25, 2018

Hello,

Abambo, thankyou for the transfer. I did wonder..

Try67, yes I imagined the script on the click of a button. I already have a non printing layer to put the button on. It would need to be only one button for the whole document and become inactive once it was actioned.

I also did see some posts on adding a function within a menu, is this an action? I assume this wouldn't follow the file which is fine in this case as only one user will complete the page duplication step.

Thanks

Nathan

try67
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try67Community Expert
Community Expert
August 26, 2018

Yes, that would require installing a script on the local machine, which will probably also be required for the script that duplicates the pages.

This is not a simple task and would require a custom-made tool. If you're interested in hiring someone to develop it for you feel free to contact me (try6767 at gmail.com) and we could discuss it further.

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Nathman_FAuthor
Participant
August 25, 2018

Hello Abambo,

Thankyou for the reply. I am able to achieve the outcome by manipulating the CSV data, in fact that is my current workflow.

For a few reasons specific to my project, a script at the end of the process in acrobat would be the ideal.

I have a non printing field in the PDF, I just need some help with the Javascript to duplicate the pages based on the field.

Thanks

Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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August 25, 2018

I transferred from Printing & Prepress to JavaScript.

May be there are qualified users knowing how to do that.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 25, 2018

If you want to solve this at the last station in the chain, you can do that only with scripting. I would do it at the first element in the chain, even before it enters Indesign by generating the csv data sets accordingly.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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