Sections, how to export sections into individual pdf???

You have to add teh prefix with the page number and it will pdf that specific section.

i.e. B1-B10, C2-C5 etc.

Select them in the page panel, right mouse click and in the context menu you can export selected spreads.

This is a pretty old thread but I had the same question in 2022. My solution: select all the pages/spreads in the section you wish to export. (Pages can be out of sequence too if you use the CMD key to select.) Then right click and select > Print Spreads. In the resulting dialog box, set the Printer as "Postscript File" and then click Save. This will create a postscript file that you can open in Acrobat or Preview and then save again as a PDF. It sounds more complicated than it is. Seems the best option until Adobe decides to fix this odd bug. 

Hi kajzica,

you could iterate over all sections in your document and calculate the pageRange for the PDF export.

here is the key code snippet:

var curPageNameWithPrefix = getPageNameWithPrefix(curPage);

app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = curPageNameWithPrefix;           

app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, curPDFfile, false, curPDFJobOptions);

You may also need the property documentOffset:

firstPageIndex = curSection.pageStart.documentOffset;

Thanks Stefan

Try this free script. I think it has what you need, at least close to it. Sections will be numbers, not actual section names (so they sort correctly). Let me know if it works. If not, I could tweak for actual section names, if it is a must.

https://www.marspremedia.com/software/indesign/pdf-export-single-pages

This can be done with my http://www.id-extras.com/products/extract-pages

(a commercial product).

Ariel

Hi,

Have you found an answer?

Best,

Michel

Moved to InDesign Scripting​

I'm pretty sure that would require a script. You can now separate into individual pages in the File > Export > PDF (Print) dialog but not as you specify. You might ask in InDesign Scripting:

InDesign Scripting