Delete duplicate pages of data merge

[alfredohd]

Hello everyone

I'm working on an editorial project to create agendas. I am using data merge to create the pages with calendar data, however due to a project specialty the data merge creates the duplicate pages.

I need to create a script that I can automatically remove from two pages from a page number specified by me.

I tell scrip that two pages he starts deleting, he deletes these two, jumps two and deletes the next two and continues until the document is finished.

Can someone help me?

[crazyPanda · Accepted solution]

Hi,

first things first: create a backup of your document before you run this script.

Second: insert in line 3 the index number of the page from where it should start the deleting process. The index number is 1 less than the page number. For example: if you want to start from page number 5 the value of startPage should be 4.

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var startPage = "insert start value"; 
var currentPage = startPage;
while (currentPage < doc.pages.length)
{
     doc.pages[currentPage].remove();
     if (currentPage <= doc.pages.length)
          {
               doc.pages[currentPage].remove();
          } else {exit();}
currentPage = currentPage +2;
}

[alfredohd]

Thank you again. The script worked perfectly. My project is ready to be finalized and I owe a lot to you.