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March 22, 2012
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Placing a multiple page PDF into InDesign

  • March 22, 2012
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I have CS5.  I'm working on a multipage document in InDesign and I want to bring in a multipage PDF document into that InDesign document.  For some reason, when I do File>Place, it brings in the first page of the PDF (with perfect formatting) but the other pages do not come in.  Is there some other setting that I'm missing to capture all pages of the PDF to transfer into the same number of pages in my InDesign document?

    Correct answer Srishti Bali

    Hi all,

     

    See  (https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/place-a-multipage-pdf-in-indesign/td-p/11343293 )  for a consolidated list of scripts and solutions to place multipage PDF in InDesign. Try the solutions and let us know if you still need assistance.  

     

    Regards,

    Srishti

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    Playful_musician16B8
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    August 3, 2014

    Is there no way to bring all pages in at one time or do I need to click 69 times if there are 69 pages?

      Peter Spier
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      Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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      August 3, 2014

      There's a link to a script in response #2. Use it.

        Grant H
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        Grant HCommunity Expert
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        March 23, 2012

        this question has been discussed to death on this forum... search the forum.

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        Anonymous
        March 22, 2012

        You can load your cursor with All Pages as shows above by tman, then just click to place... either in a frame or to margins (depends what you're doing I guess). Make sure you have set frame fitting options first.

          Jongware
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          JongwareCommunity Expert
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          March 22, 2012

          GArshamA wrote:

          [...]   Is there some other setting that I'm missing to capture all pages of the PDF to transfer into the same number of pages in my InDesign document?

          No, there is no such option. Steve's suggestion does pop up a dialog so you can select page 2, page 3, etc. -- and even "all" -- but InDesign does not create the pages for you, as it does with text.

          Use Scott Zanelli's script for this: http://indesignsecrets.com/zanelli-releases-multipageimporter-for-importing-both-pdf-and-indd-files.php

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            Anonymous
            March 22, 2012

            there IS such an option

              Jongware
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              JongwareCommunity Expert
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              March 23, 2012

              Read the OP's question:

              Is there some other setting that I'm missing to capture all pages of the PDF to transfer into the same number of pages in my InDesign document?

              (my emphasis). Now please point out where you see that option in the dialog ...

              Scott's script is the best way to do this.

                Steve Werner
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                Steve WernerCommunity Expert
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                March 22, 2012

                When you choose File > Place, in the Place dialog box, check Choose Import Options. Then you'll be presented with a screen where you can choose the pages to place.

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                  Doge Dogest
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                  April 6, 2020

                  thank you for the solution!

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