PDFs exported as individual pages?

Export the pdf as single pages. Open the PDF and then use the Split tool to split the document into single pages. Easy as can be.

If you want to export each page with bleed into a separate file, it is more complicated but relatively easy to do.

Here is how I figured it out.

In InDesign

First, I changed deselected the "facing pages" option in the document set up found in the "file" menu. To make sure all items on the page don't move around and to avoid the master page settings change when the order of the pages moves, I changed the margins and columns and I overrode all master page items.

1. select all pages and go to the pages panel options and select override master page.

2. Select all pages and apply the default master page or "none"

3. Select all pages and then go to Layout > Margins and Columns, change the margins and columns so that they are centered on the page. I typed in "0" as the starting location for the margins. When the margins and columns are centered the items on your page will not move because the margins and columns remain in the same location.

4. Deactivate the "facing pages" option. Go to File > Document Setup and uncheck the "facing pages" option. Press "OK"

5. Go through your pages and you should see all single pages with all items in the same position as they were originally. The only thing left to do is to make sure that items that are meant to bleed are extended out to the bleed line.

6. Export your doc as PDF

7. Open the PDF, use the split tool to split the PDF into individual pages.

Done.

Older versions of Acrobat X (10.1.16 is the one I use) allow you to take the original PDF and extract pages individually under Tools/Pages/Extract. Easy. The CC version (which I seldom use) doesn't allow this, or if it does, it is not easy to find. Export it from InD with crops and whatnot, then extract in Acrobat. The newer version is not as intuitive as older versions. Glad to see InD allows it, but my OS is too old to update. Glad I kept the older versions of CS, the Adobe Cloud is so demanding, tempted to divorce it. Unfortunately, I have clients that use it—Love hate thang.

Nice to see the feature is (finally) added to InDesign. But still not many options. I've made a free script to export single pages that provides more options. Have a look here: https://www.marspremedia.com/software/indesign/pdf-export-single-pages

That's an easy one. In the 'Export Adobe PDF' dialogue box, General tab, in the 'Pages' box just check off 'Create Separate PDF files.'

This will export each page of your document as its own separate PDF.

Whew! That was hard!

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Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Sincerely,

Leo Revzin

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I've written an AppleScript that does this. It has the following features:

• Export PDFs and/or JPEGs straight to the Indesign file folder or automatically to a sub folder with a specific name.
• Exports individual pages. Each page is specifically named from one of the following options:

        – Indesign filename & suffix-of-your-choice & page no.

        – CSV or text file (names separated by returns).

        – The content of a character style from each page.

        – The content of a paragraph style from each page.

• It includes the option to combine the exported JPEG files into a single PDF meaning that you have a PDF that only contains flattened images.
• It can export the current document or all open documents.

http://www.drscripto.com/?p=873

It's a free download with no registration so if you want to hear about updates, leave a comment or your name through the contact form.

What version of ID are you using, and are you exporting PDF (Print) -- in which case you would get single pages by default, or PDF (Interactive) where the default is spreads?