Moving multiple pages via script

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February 9, 2022
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Is it possible to move mutliple pages in InDesign scripting with a single move call or do you need to move one page at a time?

Scripting

Correct answer m1b

It's hard to say if it's one page at a time. The move() method belongs to Page and not Pages, so you could infer that the API moves one page at a time. But here's a simple example of moving some pages, and it is basically one call for multiple pages if you do it this way.

- Mark

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var allPages = doc.pages;
var myPages = allPages.itemByRange(4, 7);
myPages.move(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING);

m1b

Correct answer

Community Expert

It's hard to say if it's one page at a time. The move() method belongs to Page and not Pages, so you could infer that the API moves one page at a time. But here's a simple example of moving some pages, and it is basically one call for multiple pages if you do it this way.

- Mark

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var allPages = doc.pages;
var myPages = allPages.itemByRange(4, 7);
myPages.move(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING);

M

Manan Joshi

Community Expert

Hi Mark,

Good one, I missed that. However, correct me if I am wrong this will always move a contigous set of pages to a common destination, it won't cater to use cases of moving say single pages to different locations.

-Manan

m1b

Community Expert

Hi Mark,

Sorry to open an old thread. I'm surprised how hard it is to find a script that basically does Move Pages to another document. I have 10 lessons per book, 10 separate ID files, and need to combine them and I'm doing it manually.

Do you happen to have a script you can share that would facilitate this? (I have used scripts but know nothing about writing them). I know I have to have the source file open to move to the target file manually. In my fantasy, I would have the target file open and a script would ask me to choose the source file(s). Or just combine all. But anything would be better than what I'm doing now.

MultiFileImporter places an image of a page, not threaded pages.
MergeFiles-2016 script doesn't seem to handle text threads.

Thanks for any advice!

-Carol

@bracewell4213 Hi Carol, for another thread I've written a script that combines documents. It doesn't work quite how you ask, but I'd like you to try it out and see if it will work as is.

To use the latest version, first download it from my github repo or you can download just the script directly. It requires you to add all your documents to a book (temporary is fine). This provides a good way to control the ordering of the documents. The run the script and you will see the UI:

Do you think that script might help in your case?