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fairhopecr3
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January 6, 2017
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Anyone know how to Batch rename multiple PDF's to specific file names using an action?

  • January 6, 2017
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Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

In an attempt to streamline workflow, I am trying to batch rename multiple PDF's using an action that would re-name the file based on it's page number. I know the pages can have suffixes added before or after parts of a file name, but, this does not help me- I need to find a way to run an action that specifically re-names pages in a sort of "Find and replace" manner, or, page #="specific".

Basically, I have 51 pdf's labeled 1-51 that I want to re-name specific to that page's advertiser.

In an attempt to help clearly explain what I am asking for, lets say I have built a multi-page file for Cola advertisers, and have split it into multiple pages, and now wish for those pages to be specifically renamed without doing it manually.

So, I've created a multi-page PDF in InDeign, exported it, ran an action with (Acrobat's) Action Wizard to split the multi-page PDF into individual files.

I now have a folder full of pdf's labeled generically "filename #.pdf" (ex: Cola-Brands 1.pdf, Cola-Brands 2.pdf, Cola-Brands 3.pdf)

As each page has a unique advertiser logo, and I want to re-name each file specific to that advertiser (ex: if the Coke logo is on page 1, the Pepsi logo on page 2, Sprite logo on page 3, I want the pdf for page 1 renamed to "Coke.pdf", page 2 "Pepsi.pdf", page 3 "Sprite.pdf", etc).

Is there a way to run an action that can accomplish this?

Any help would be great- I've tried figuring it out myself, to no avail.

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Correct answer Bernd Alheit

Acrobat can't rename files. You can creates copies with new names.

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Dmitry Frolov
Participant
January 8, 2019

The AutoSplit plug-in for Adobe Acrobat can be used to split a PDF document and automatically name output files using any combination of text from the document. Here is a link to a tutorial that shows how to split a file with multiple invoices and name each file with an invoice number: Splitting PDF Invoices by Invoice Number . The same approach can be used to name files using company names, student names or any other text from the document. If the files are already split, then they can be auto-renamed in the similar way: .Automatic Renaming of PDF Files.

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jessicaw50647498
Participant
June 20, 2019

Is there an option for this for Mac users? I have googled it and I can't seem to find one.

try67
Community Expert
try67Community Expert
Community Expert
June 20, 2019

Most of these things can be done using a script (except for actually renaming the files), which are cross-platform.

Another option is to use a stand-alone application to do it, although that requires more work.

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jonathanj89796545
Participant
August 23, 2017

Always when you want to specifically re-names pages in a sort of "Find and replace" use Batch Rename Files Tool. You can easily found hier BatchRenameFiles.org
that allows you to quickly rename all the files in a specified directory.

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prhmusic2
Inspiring
January 6, 2017

I don't know how to do what you want within Acrobat so this is a workaround. If I had this requirement, and assuming that the logo name is present in the file as a heading, I would (somehow) get the content into Word documents and then use a macro that I have to split MS Word docs into separate documents by heading style.

fairhopecr3
fairhopecr3Author
Participant
January 6, 2017

The name isn't within the file as copy...the logo's are named the clients, however.

MichaelKazlow
MichaelKazlow
Legend
January 8, 2017

Take a look at Keyboard Maestro. https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/

Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
Bernd AlheitCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 6, 2017

Acrobat can't rename files. You can creates copies with new names.

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