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Printing_Services
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January 3, 2012
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Placing & scaling a multi-page PDF in InDesign?

  • January 3, 2012
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I need to place a 300+ page PDF that is 8 1/2 x 11 into an InDesign doc that is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, and have the PDF pages scale proportionately to the smaller size.….can anyone help? In the "Place" command there is no option for this; yes, I can import then scale the pages one at a time but to have to do that 300+ times is simply ridiculous. There is what seems to be a great script here:

http://indesignsecrets.com/placing-all-the-pages-of-a-pdf-inside-indes ign.php/comment-page-3#comment-494840

however, there is no way I can figure out how to get to the dialog box pictured in the article. All I can do is right click on the script itself and tell it to run, but it doesn't bring up that snazzy little dialog box.......Am I missing something? Is there a particular folder inside the Scripts folder where I must place this script? And then is there some specific menu I must go to to bring up that dialog box?

Many thanks in advance!

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    Jongware
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    JongwareCommunity Expert
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    January 4, 2012

    Printing_Services wrote:

    ..  All I can do is right click on the script itself and tell it to run, but it doesn't bring up that snazzy little dialog box.......Am I missing something?

    Yup. It only takes a left (double) click to run them, but right-click ought to bring up a snazzy little popup menu, of which the top item is "Run script". If you do that and it still doesn't appear to do something, read any or all of these:

    Place multiple page PDF script no longer runs correctly

    Scripts stoped worked!

    "MakeGrid" scripts in InDesign CS3 aren't working

    JS Scripts not working in CS3

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    Printing_ServicesAuthor
    Participant
    January 19, 2012

    And thank you as well!

    Colin Flashman
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    Colin FlashmanCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 4, 2012

    1) get this script: http://indesignsecrets.com/downloads/MultiPageImporter2.5-CS5.zip (it's the latest version of the script that the OP is talking about);

    2) read this page to find out how to install scripts into indesign: http://indesignsecrets.com/how-to-install-scripts-in-indesign.php

    as a regular user of this script i can say that it will do what the OP wants.

    If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!
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      Printing_ServicesAuthor
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      January 19, 2012

      Thanks very much!

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