Batch saving large # of .ai files to PDF

[bfcreativenyc1]

Hi,

Is there a way to take a large number of Illustrator files and batch save them as PDFs? Thanks!

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

In Acrobat Pro:

File > Create Multiple PDF Files

Drag and Drop files to window (or use the menu)

Fill this out as desired

[jane-e]

You can also batch with Distiller, but that is now obsolete.

[bfcreativenyc1]

Thank you!

[Ton Frederiks]

Or record an Action in Illustrator and use the Batch option from Illustrator's Action Panel to apply it to a folder full of Illustrator files.

[SamBastion]

That's much easier. For dome reason the other way suggested here I couldn't import the .ai files!

[edwink80424516 · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

When i 'acrobat > create multiple pdf files' i can't import the .ai files either. BUT i can drag and drop the .ai.

Odd, but works here.

(but actually i wanted multiple .ai's merged into one pdf, so i ended up choosing 'acrobat > combine files into 1 pdf'..)

Cheers, Ed'

[iris.imaginations]

Hi Ton, I tried that, but it saves all with the same name that was recorded in the action. So I end uo with one file as it overrides always with the same name. Even having override blanked out. Any suggestions?

[PaulusMaximus]

THANK YOU for this suggestion! I've been trawling through script builders and trying codes etc and all I wanted to do was open a folder full of older EPS files and save them as default 2023 illustrator files!
(In doing so, it creates a smaller file with a proper preview!)
I thought it should have been a simple operation!
Greatful! 

[Larry G. Schneider]

Check your Scripts folder for a script to do what you want.

[Ton Frederiks]

But that only saves open documents.

[bfcreativenyc1]

Hi Larry,

Thanks for the reply. Where is the scripts folder? What would the script name be?