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richards18717982
richards18717982
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March 14, 2019
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Combine files processing options in Acrobat, and error handling

  • March 14, 2019
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Suppose I have a folder containing 500 files, which look like they are word files, and I want to merge these into 1 or more pdfs.

1) Can I set the batch merge process to ignore / report on any 'problem'  files?

  • Suppose 3 of the 500 are password protected & cannot be opened.
  • Suppose 2 of them are not recognisable filetypes ( eg .DD88888).
  • Suppose 1 of them is marked up as .DOC, but is in fact an  MP3 disguised.
  • How do I handle these problems seamlessly, and go on to create a pdf of the remaining valid documents, and hopefully have a log at the end reporting what's happened?  

2) Can I set the batch operation to start building a new pdf when a certain threshold is reached.  EG when MyMergeDoc_1.pdf reaches 100 pages, I want to start building MyMergeDoc_2.pdf, then MyMergeDoc_3.pdf  and so on?  

  • Can I use  different criteria eg MyMergeDoc_1.pdf  has reached 'n' megabytes in size?

Thank you

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Legend
March 14, 2019

The essence of low volume automation is that there is no particular error handling. You try a few files, see if it works. If it doesn't, you try less files. People have an understandable wish to scale up to whatever size of job they have to do (some people talk of 50,000 files or a million a day). But in no case is Acrobat the tool for the job ESPECIALLY if you want it to combine and convert at the same time.

In theory you might try converting files one at a time and checking each for success, THEN try combining. Painful, but at least you'll know at what point it failed.

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Test Screen Name
Legend
March 14, 2019

Acrobat is not the tool for you. The automation is for a low volume, low intensity environment. You need something made for volume processing, which is rarely the same thing as an end user tool.

richards18717982
richards18717982Author
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March 14, 2019

Thanks for the reply. 

1) What would you say actually is the threshold for these 'low volume' requests.  I picked 500 as an extreme example.  We are more likely to be in the ball park of 200 files...  Would you consider that to be a low , medium or high volume?  

Also do you have any suggestions for a more suitable tool? 

Thank sagain

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