Hello,
Thanks Rob will have a look
RE: Robert
As meantioned there is a script (below) which enables indesign pages from a document to be saved out as separate indesign files - however master text such as page numbers export poorly as of course they are relative to the document page count. So if exporting a single page of say 20 it will show as page 1 etc
// 1. Control for documents open. If true, the script launches the dialog
if(app.documents.length > 0) {
var doc = app.documents[0];
if(doc.saved == true) {
extractdlg();
} else {
alert("Please save your file first before processing the script");
}
} else {
alert("No documents open!");
}
// 2. Gathers many infos on the document.
function pageinfos() {
var pg = doc.pages;
var pglg = pg.length;
var pFirst = Number(pg[0].name);
var pLast = Number(pg[pglg-1].name);
var pgHeight = doc.documentPreferences.pageHeight;
var pgWidth = doc.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
var docname = String(doc.fullName).replace(/\.indd$/, "");
var docpath = doc.filePath;
var docfullname = doc.fullName;
var infoarr = [pglg, pFirst, pLast, pgHeight, pgWidth, docname, docpath, docfullname];
return infoarr;
}
// 3. Main function. First part is the dialog
function extractdlg() {
var docfile = String(pageinfos()[7]);
var dlg = app.dialogs.add({name : "Pages Extractor 1.1 - ©www.loicaigon.com"});
with(dlg) {
var firstclmn = dialogColumns.add();
with(firstclmn) {
var firstrow = dialogRows.add();
with(firstrow) {
var clmn1 = dialogColumns.add();
with(clmn1) {
var row1 = dialogRows.add();
row1.staticTexts.add({staticLabel : "Extract pages..."});
var row2 = dialogRows.add();
with(row2) {
var r2c2 = dialogColumns.add();
with(r2c2) {
var r2c2r1 = dialogRows.add();
var pgStart = r2c2r1.realEditboxes.add({editValue:pageinfos()[1], minWidth: 30});
}
var r2c3 = dialogColumns.add();
with(r2c3) {
var r2c3r1 = dialogRows.add();
r2c3r1.staticTexts.add({staticLabel : "to"});
}
var r2c4 = dialogColumns.add();
with(r2c4) {
var r2c4r1 = r2c4.dialogRows.add();
var pgEnd = r2c4r1.realEditboxes.add({editValue:pageinfos()[2], minWidth: 30});
}
}
}
}
var secondrow = dialogRows.add();
with(secondrow) {
var clmn2 = dialogColumns.add();
with(clmn2) {
var row2 = dialogRows.add();
with(row2) {
var sepbox = checkboxControls.add({staticLabel: "Extract as separate pages", checkedState:false});
}
}
}
var thirdrow = dialogRows.add();
with(thirdrow) {
var clmn3 = dialogColumns.add();
with(clmn3) {
var row3 = dialogRows.add();
with(row3) {
var rembox = checkboxControls.add({staticLabel: "Remove pages after extraction", checkedState:false});
}
}
}
var foutrhrow = dialogRows.add();
with(foutrhrow) {
var clmn4 = dialogColumns.add();
with(clmn4) {
var row4 = dialogRows.add();
with(row4) {
var savebox = checkboxControls.add({staticLabel: "Choose other extraction folder", checkedState:false});
}
}
}
}
}
// If the user made good choices, the script operates.
if(dlg.show() == true) {
if(pgStart.editValue >= pageinfos()[2] || pgEnd.editValue <= pageinfos()[1]) {
alert("The pages numbers may be at least " + pageinfos()[1] + " for the first page of the range and " + pageinfos()[2] + " at maximum for the last page");
} else {
// If the user choose to pick a different folder, he will be asked for. Otherwise, the default folder is the one containing the file.
if(savebox.checkedState == true) {
var extractfolder = Folder.selectDialog ("Please choose a folder where to save extracted pages...");
if(!extractfolder) {
exit();
} else {
var saveextractfolder = String(extractfolder.fullName) + "/" + String(doc.name).replace(/\.indd/, "");
}
} else {
var saveextractfolder = String(pageinfos()[5]);
}
var rem0 = pageinfos()[0] - 1;
var rem2 = (pgStart.editValue - 2);
// Variables definition regarding to the choice of the user to separate or not the extracted pages.
if(sepbox.checkedState == true) {
var W = pgEnd.editValue - pgStart.editValue + 1;
var rem1 = pgStart.editValue;
} else {
var W = 1;
var rem1 = pgEnd.editValue;
}
// Extraction loop
for(w = 0; w < W; w++) {
if(sepbox.checkedState == true) {
var exportdocname = "_Pg" + (pgStart.editValue + w) + ".indd";
} else {
var exportdocname = "_Pg" + pgStart.editValue + "_to_Pg_" + pgEnd.editValue + ".indd";
}
// Convert special characters to static text before removing pages
convertSpecialCharsToStaticText();
for(var i = rem0; i >= rem1 + w; i--) {
doc.pages[i].remove();
}
for(var i = rem2 + w; i >= 0; i--) {
doc.pages[i].remove();
}
var exportdoc = doc.save(File(saveextractfolder + exportdocname));
exportdoc.close(SaveOptions.no);
if(sepbox.checkedState == true && w < (pgEnd.editValue - pgStart.editValue)) {
app.open(File(docfile));
}
}
// If the user chose to remove the extracted pages from the original document, it will re-open the first document then remove the unuseful pages.
if(rembox.checkedState == true) {
app.open(File(docfile));
for(var i = pgEnd.editValue - 1; i >= pgStart.editValue - 1; i--) {
doc.pages[i].remove();
}
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.yes);
}
}
}
}
// Function to convert special characters in page numbers to static text
function convertSpecialCharsToStaticText() {
for (var i = 0; i < doc.pages.length; i++) {
var page = doc.pages[i];
for (var j = 0; j < page.textFrames.length; j++) {
var textFrame = page.textFrames[j];
for (var k = 0; k < textFrame.paragraphs.length; k++) {
var paragraph = textFrame.paragraphs[k];
paragraph.contents = paragraph.contents.replace(/[\u2018\u2019\u201C\u201D\u201E\u201F]/g, function (c) {
return c.charCodeAt(0);
});
}
}
}
}
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