PDF Organization

[ablaye31]

Hello,

I would like to know if there is anyway to organise PDF automatically with a code.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[try67]

Depends on what you mean by "organize", "automatically" and "code"...

[ablaye31]

Thank you for your quick feed-back.

I’m using a tool that generate pdf (100pdf) in one document and i need to organise all these pdf by priorityzing the order and the bookmarks.

my question is if there is a way to run à macro for it instead of doing it manually.

Many thanks

[try67]

Acrobat supports scripting, yes. But you still didn't really explain what you want to do.

Do you mean that you want to re-order the pages in the file based on something? If so, what? Text on the pages themselves? The bookmarks? Something else? You need to be more specific.

[ablaye31]

Indeed i need to reorganize pages and bookmarks the order they appear. In other words i would like to re-order all the pages and bookmarks according the importance they have.

Many thanks.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Define "importance". Also, sorting pages and sorting bookmarks are two very different, and unrelated, tasks.

[ablaye31]

If i can only re-order pages, it would be good.

any possibility to do so with a script?

Many thanks.

[try67]

Yes. You can use the movePage command to re-arrange the location of pages in a file.

Bookmarks can also be re-arranged, by the way, but it's much more complicated, especially if there's more than one level.

[ablaye31]

I know we can move pages manually i am looking for another solution like a script or a macro for time savings.

many thanks

[try67]

The method I suggested is using a script. If you explain how to determine the "importance" of a page then I could let you know if the entire process can be automated...

[ablaye31]

The method i use to determine the « importance » is the header name of the pages.

many thanks

[try67]

What do you mean? Try being more concrete. Your answers are very vague...

[ablaye31]

what can you propose me as a solution please?

[Test Screen Name]

We suggest you be less vague. We cannot guess how you would decide what things are important!

[try67]

Maybe provide a sample file that demonstrates what you mean, as your descriptions have not been sufficient so far.

[ablaye31]

Sorry for my late answer.

Ok to provide a sample file, how can i attach it for you?

Many thanks

[try67]

You can email it to me directly (try6767 at gmail.com) or upload it to a file-sharing website like Google Drive, Dropbox, Adobe DC, etc., and post the link to it here.

[ablaye31]

the document is heavy and i have some trouble to send it to you.

Let me try to explain you my needs in other words.

i am looking for a script able to order my pages in my  pdf document, i would like to have always in position 4 of my pages the page named «Beauvais » and in position 5, the page named « BRIVE », in position 101 the page named « LYON »....

example: if on the header of the page the name is « BEAUVAIS » the page should be in position 4 ....

the priority of the order depends on the name of the pages.

hope this can help you to understand my needs.

many thanks.

[try67]

PDF pages don't have a name. I'm assuming you're referring to some kind of title text on the page itself.

Identifying such text with a script is tricky, but might be possible. Without seeing a sample file I can't help you any further, though.

[try67]

If you want, extract some pages from the file and send them over, instead of the whole thing.

[ablaye31]

Just sent it to you by e-mail.

Please let me know when received.

Many thanks

[Thom Parker]

You'll find the JavaScript functions for moving pages and bookmarks in the Acrobat JavaScript reference here:

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/acrobat_dc_sdk/2015/HTMLHelp/#t=Acro12_MasterBook%2FJS_API_Acro...

As an example of what you can do. There is a tool here for reorganizing pages to match the bookmark order (available to members):

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