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Jamal5C69
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February 19, 2021
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Do not print certain pages (of a spread) in Adobe Reader

  • February 19, 2021
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Just out of necessity, I had to add an additional page and create a double-spread in InDesign. It was because it was not possible to show those (pop-menu) buttons on top of the existing buttons (of original page), as Adobe Reader doesn't differentiate overlapping layers automatically and one has to go and manually check/uncheck the layers, which my client didn't want.

 

Since I had to add additional page just to show buttons (pop-up menu) and those buttons are non-printing anyway, it looks bit odd having additional blank page along side the original page, when printed. So I was wondering if there is a way to not print certain page of certain spreads.

 

Please note, it is not just a two page document, there are 100 pages and more than 80 of them had to be added an additonal page, just to show a pop-up menu.

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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February 19, 2021

The page itself does not have a "printable" property, but you can add a button to print the file where you specify which pages to include in the print range. The user will always be able to change it, though, and it will not work if they manually go to File - Print.

Doing it requires a script, such as this one:

 

var pp = this.getPrintParams();
pp.printRange = [[1, 99], [101, this.numPages-1]];
this.print(pp);

 

The code above will open a Print dialog with all the ranges 2-100 and 102-(last page number) already entered into it.

Note the page numbers are zero-based.

    J
    Jamal5C69Author
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    February 19, 2021

    Thank you for your response.

     

    So this code has to be added in Adobe Acrobat as an action to some button, right?

     

    Putting page range here would be one time thing, as I being creator already know which pages were put as necessity and are therefore to be prevented from printing. I just need more clarification on how to use this code.

     

    Thank you once again.

     

    Regards,

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    February 19, 2021

    Yes, you can use it as the Mouse Up event of a button that you add to your file.

      BarlaeDC
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      BarlaeDCCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 19, 2021

      Hi,

       

      Can you provide a sample of what you are trying to do, it seems excessive to have to add a extra page just to show a pop-up menu, maybe there is another solution that we can work out.

       

      Malcolm

      J
      Jamal5C69Author
      Participating Frequently
      February 19, 2021

      Please check attached files. Pop-up menu when appearing over existing buttons do not work properly in Adobe Reader, as it does in EPUB. That's why i had to add additional page just to show pop-up buttons.

       

      Please check pdf to see how does it look like when pop-up buttons appear on top of main buttons.

       

      Regards,

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