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Cyndee M
Inspiring
November 29, 2015
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How to export PDF of only odd or only even pages

  • November 29, 2015
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I completed a press job in which copy was only on the odd pages with a design on the even pages (same on all even pages). After it was complete, the customer decided they wanted a copy with only the odd pages to display on a screen during an event. I was looking for a way to export a PDF of only the odd pages but didn't find it. It was easy to do with printing to a PDF -- there I could either print only odd or even pages or just choose to not print blank pages (after deleting the content on the even side master page). I've learned here that one should always use export rather than printing to PDF -- is there any (easy) way to accomplish this task with export?

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      Correct answer Luke Jennings

      Here's a link to an efficient method to delete unwanted pages in Acrobat:

      delete multiple pages at one time (Edit PDF)

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      Luke Jennings
      Luke JenningsCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      November 30, 2015

      Here's a link to an efficient method to delete unwanted pages in Acrobat:

      delete multiple pages at one time (Edit PDF)

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      Cyndee MAuthor
      Inspiring
      November 30, 2015

      Luke, thank you. That actually will work in ID as well -- I've even done something similar. Don't know why I didn't think of it here.

      TᴀW
      TᴀW
      Legend
      November 29, 2015

      The easiest way to do this is to export the PDF as usual, and in the Range field, type the name of all the odd pages separate by a comma:

      1,3,5,7,9,11,13 etc.

      (Use Excel or something to create the list of numbers).

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        Cyndee MAuthor
        Inspiring
        November 29, 2015

        I guess that is the easiest way -- but for me printing to PDF was much easier. I think that a one point ID's PDF presents included an option to skip blank pages, didn't it? I would think there should still be such an option and/or one to print only odd or even pages.

        winterm
        winterm
        Legend
        November 29, 2015

        Auto page numbering, threaded text frames through pages? If none, you could try this script for deleting even pages and exporting then:

        var curpage = 1;

        app.activeDocument.pages[curpage].remove();

        while (curpage < app.activeDocument.pages.length)

        {

        try{

        curpage += 1;

        app.activeDocument.pages[curpage].remove();

        }catch(e){};

        }

        dirty workaround, I know...

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