Batch File for creating editable PDF

[stuarts89151840]

Hello all

I have a PDF which is produced over 100 times by saving through Excel. The format of the PDF is exactly the same. What I have on it is two areas I would like to make editable so users can fill in part of the PDF.

I can make those elements editable for 1 PDF but need to be able to batch this for all PDF's. Does anyone know if this is possible, and if so how to complete it.

Regards

Stuart Scott

[try67]

If you have Acrobat Pro then you can use an Action that executes a script to add the fields in the correct place and with the desired properties.

[xavers96433275]

Thanks a lot, but I don't really know how to do this.

I have "Create New Action" on my screen.

But what exactly do I do now,  to create an "action" that does this job:

Edit pdf and then save it using its original name again.

I have it running that it edits one file after the other.

But after each file I am being asked if I want to save the changes 😞

This should be done automatically...

Thanks for any efforts taken

Regards

Xaver

[try67]

You don't need to edit it. You need to run Text Recognition on it, and then save it. These two commands are available in the left-hand side of the Create New Action dialog. Add them in the correct order (first OCR, then save), and then you'll be able to run the Action on your files.

[xavers96433275]

Thanks a lot. It's working now 🙂

Currently I am using a different name to save the files by adding -OCR at the end of the file name.

Nice feature...

Thanks again and best regards,

Xaver

[try67]

You can set the Action to do that for you, of course, by editing the settings of the Save command to add a suffix to the file-name.