Adobe acrobat pro extract page and keep the page name

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November 1, 2021
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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if it's possible to extract a page from a pdf and keep the name of the page?

As you can see, below each page I have a name for the color. When I extract the page, acrobat safe them with the pdf file name and add a different number at the end.

Ideally, I would like the first page to be named Cyan:1, the second page Magenta:1, and so on just like in the pdf file. Any idea how to do so?

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Correct answer Abambo

For the first 4 (CMYK) you could even use a small OS script, renaming the first page to Cyan etc. But as the other plates can convey any spot colour or even "vernis", that part can only be automated if you have always the same colours (in the case of a customer having hundreds of files like this). If you want to have a universal solution, you need to hire @try67.

Before that, however, I suggest you look at this: https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-sdk-discussions/js-to-extract-multiple-pages-and-name-as-page-label/td-p/8128399

Abambo

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For the first 4 (CMYK) you could even use a small OS script, renaming the first page to Cyan etc. But as the other plates can convey any spot colour or even "vernis", that part can only be automated if you have always the same colours (in the case of a customer having hundreds of files like this). If you want to have a universal solution, you need to hire @try67.

Before that, however, I suggest you look at this: https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-sdk-discussions/js-to-extract-multiple-pages-and-name-as-page-label/td-p/8128399

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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ericb51631030Author

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Thank you I'll look into that!

try67

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This can be achieved using a script, but not with the built-in Extract Pages command.

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ericb51631030Author

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Hi,

Thank you for the quick answer. Do you happen to know what kind of script it is?

try67

Community Expert

Depends on how you want it to work, but it will need to read the page's label first (using getPageLabel) and then extract that page (using extractPages), using that name as the file-name of the new file.

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