importing pages from an InDesign document into boxes on another InDesign document

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June 20, 2024
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I need a script that will import each page from a multipage InDesign document into boxes I've created in a new document (with the option to include any bleed set in the multipage document or not). If I have 1000 pages in one document, I want to bring each page in to a new document to fill the 1000 boxes I've positioned. Then tell me if I've only created say 900 boxes on my new page, that the last 100 pages weren't imported.

Right now, I have to do this manually, and it's gruellnig!

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Robert at ID-Tasker

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Why?

If you export your source INDD file as separate PDFs - you could use ImageCatalog script.

Or you can export as a single PDF - and use PlaceMultipagePDF script.

Both included with InDesign.

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thanks for your reply - PlaceMultipagePDF doesn't do what I want at all - if i have a 300 page INDD doc I saved as a 300 page PDF, using this makes another 300page INDD doc. I need all the pages in one new page.

ImageCatalogueScript might have worked except that it creates a new 8.5x11 page to put the images on. I need to be able to make my own size page.

An example would be to fit 300 3.4" w x 2.4" h pages from document A into onto a 40.8x60 page in document B like the screengrab attached.

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You need to change line 237 like this:

From now on - script will use Active Document - so you can define whatever size you need and then run script.

Warning - you probably won't be able to save it - so you need:

- open Scripts pallet,

- highligh this script and either use right mouse button - on Windows / PC:

or hamburger menu:

Copy it - Ctrl+C or whatever shortcut is on a Mac.

Then do the same steps with USER folder:

Double click on "Scripts Panel" to get inside - and paste there copied script.

Then edit it and save.

From now on it will be in USER scripts folder - not SAMPLES.

thanks! Once I have the new document exactly the right size, it's perfect! Other than the fact that the numbers aren't in order. It seems pretty randomly placed on the page. This would be a problem for our team as we need to give them to the customer in order once they're cut. Any thoughts on why this would be?

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