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cdflash wrote: [..]
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a scripted solution would be AWESOME though!!!
Really, it's trivial. Fill in your Favourite Preset in the first line and your export path in the 2nd, and you're good to go.
...var pdfPreset = "[Press Quality]";
var exportPath = "/c/temp";
for (aPage=0; aPage < app.activeDocument.pages.length; aPage++)
{
app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = app.activeDocument.pages[aPage].name;
app.activeDocument.exportFile (ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, File(exportPath+"/"+app.activeDocument.pages[aP
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Wow. Years later, this thread will help me. 
Is there a quick and dirty way to rename the files so they are the page range? I want it to go from "j2eic" to "5-15.pdf"
Also, is there a way in Bridge during Batch Rename to have it add the first page number to the filename?
I have an even more complicated request. Let me see if I can explain what I need.
We create postcards for a client, then print and mail them. Each postcard is double sided (Front and Back), and each post card has a unique number as a code, but all postcards in the file do not have sequential numbers. Our InDesign files are set up like this:
Page Page Name Postcard
1 A1 CODETEXT1
2 B1 CODETEXT1
3 A2 CODETEXT2
4 B2 CODETEXT2
5 A3 CODETEXT3
6 B3 CODETEXT3
7 A5 CODETEXT5
8 B5 CODETEXT5
9 A7 CODETEXT7
10 B7 CODETEXT7
11 A13 CODETEXT13
12 B13 CODETEXT13
In this example I have one InDesign document, which contains 6 postcards total. There are 12 actual pages in InDesign (no spreads). Each pair is one post card front and back. Each postcard is given a prefix code like FSRT, which is printed on the back of the postcard and after the code name goes the "page number" as assigned in InDesign. This is why the pages are labeled with different prefixes for front and back, because you cannot have two page 13s in InDesign, so we have A13 (front) and B13 (back).
The goal is to export from InDesign separate PDFs for each postcard, meaning a 2 page PDF, that is labeled with the correct prefix and the correct postcard code number.
This means I would end up with these 6 different PDFs:
FSRT1.pdf
FSRT2.pdf
FSRT3.pdf
FSRT5.pdf
FSRT7.pdf
FSRT13.pdf
I tried the Page Exporter Utility, but the problem here is that in this example, page 11 and page 12 have technically the same "page number" assigned in InDesign (13), therefore I end up having PDFs with only the backs of each postcard, because the fronts get overwritten once the backs are saved. Also, I cannot use this to export 2 pages into one single PDF, but rather all pages individually.
I tried the Split PDF utility, which is great because I am able to export 2 pages into one PDF. However, I am stuck having to keep the Original Name of the file, wether it is before or after the file labeling, and I can't use the page numbers to name the files either.
There has to be a better way for me to accomplish this, since this example is pretty basic and easy to rename manually, but we deal with other files that have over 50 postcards (100 pages), not in chronological or sequential number order, and some that have 3 pages each, instead of 2 (Front, Back + Magnet of postcard).
So, basically what I need is a scrip that lets me export PDFs from InDesign directly or using the Adobe Acrobat Pro Split Pages Feature, but that lets me choose how many pages to export for each PDF and also use the page number of the first page of the set only to name the file, and let me add a specific prefix without using the file name at all.
Wow that's a lot to ask, I guess.
If anyone out there can help us, I appreciate it
MW
PS: I don't know how to write Scripts or make my own and how to add it.
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