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Exctracting pages according to a word

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
January 23, 2020
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Hi,

i have several PDFs and i wish to extract a single page from each of them.

I would put all the files into a folder and then open one by one. When i find a world that i decide, the batch would extract the page in which it's found, close the source file and go on with the next one.

The n pages need to be melted in a single binder.

I have no idea how to program software into Adobe, can you help me?

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Thom Parker

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You'll find some Acrobat Action (batch) scripts here that will help you to do this.

https://www.acrobatusers.com/actions-exchange/index.html

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

gtsolidAuthor

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I downloaded some and i notice they're in xml format, for example

	<Group label="Convert to PNG">
		<Command name="WorkflowPlaybackSaveFiles" pauseBefore="false" promptUser="false">
			<Items>
				<Item name="AddToBaseName" type="boolean" value="false"/>

Do you have a list of instructions about those?

Thom Parker

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What doi you mean here?

you'll to get and HTML entity decoder

Yes, there are some typos. Typing too fast.

I meant, you'll need to get an HTML entity decoder. If you've ever written HTML you'll know that certain symbols can't be used in the text, such as "<" and ">". These are called entities and in HTML they are encoded with a special format. You see this in the JavaScript code in the ".sequ" file.

Anyway, before going down this path, just load the sequ file into Acrobat and see if you can edit the Action.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

try67

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This is not a simple task for someone without any Acrobat JavaScript experience. If you want to do it yourself you'll have quite a steep learning curve ahead of you. I would recommend starting with a simpler task and then moving on to more complex ones.

gtsolidAuthor

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I have basics of C++ and MatLab, how can i write code in Acrobat?

try67

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Acrobat uses JavaScript. Load the sequ files you downloaded in Acrobat and then you'll be able to see the actions in them via Tools - Action Wizard.

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