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March 22, 2012
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Placing a multiple page PDF into InDesign

  • March 22, 2012
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I have CS5.  I'm working on a multipage document in InDesign and I want to bring in a multipage PDF document into that InDesign document.  For some reason, when I do File>Place, it brings in the first page of the PDF (with perfect formatting) but the other pages do not come in.  Is there some other setting that I'm missing to capture all pages of the PDF to transfer into the same number of pages in my InDesign document?

    Correct answer Srishti Bali

    Hi all,

     

    See  (https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/place-a-multipage-pdf-in-indesign/td-p/11343293 )  for a consolidated list of scripts and solutions to place multipage PDF in InDesign. Try the solutions and let us know if you still need assistance.  

     

    Regards,

    Srishti

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    aafrempong
    aafrempong
    Participating Frequently
    December 10, 2015

    To place multiple pages in Indesign effortlessly

    Step 1: Go to file>>New>>Document, Fill in the number of pages and first page. (Do not mix up the number 

                  of pages and the first page boxes). Also if you want single pages, uncheck the facing pages and   

                   check the single page (make sure only one of these is checked)

    Step 2: From Window (on the Tools Bar) go to Utilities>>Scripts

    Step 3: In the appearing panel,Click Applications> then scripts>>then javascripts.

    Step 4: Under javascripts scroll down to "placemultiplePDFpages and double-click it.

    Step 5: In the appearing "choose File box" search for the pdf you want to place in Indesign and clck open.   

                You will see a message"place pdf in new document. Click OK, Followed by another OK( message

                 Indesign document) and relax to enjoy watching the placement being done for you automatically. 

                 You do not have even have to touch the mouse.

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      Condolezza
      Participant
      March 21, 2016

      Perfect! I owe you an hour of my life that this would have taken me to do manually.

      Peter Spier
      Community Expert
      Peter SpierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 21, 2016

      Zanelli's script is light-years better than the one that ships in the samples. Used it myself two days ago to do a 4-up layout of a quarter-page format directory.

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      Playful_musician16B8
      Participant
      August 3, 2014

      Is there no way to bring all pages in at one time or do I need to click 69 times if there are 69 pages?

        Peter Spier
        Community Expert
        Peter SpierCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 3, 2014

        There's a link to a script in response #2. Use it.

          Grant H
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          Grant HCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          March 23, 2012

          this question has been discussed to death on this forum... search the forum.

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          Anonymous
          March 22, 2012

          You can load your cursor with All Pages as shows above by tman, then just click to place... either in a frame or to margins (depends what you're doing I guess). Make sure you have set frame fitting options first.

            Jongware
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            JongwareCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            March 22, 2012

            GArshamA wrote:

            [...]   Is there some other setting that I'm missing to capture all pages of the PDF to transfer into the same number of pages in my InDesign document?

            No, there is no such option. Steve's suggestion does pop up a dialog so you can select page 2, page 3, etc. -- and even "all" -- but InDesign does not create the pages for you, as it does with text.

            Use Scott Zanelli's script for this: http://indesignsecrets.com/zanelli-releases-multipageimporter-for-importing-both-pdf-and-indd-files.php

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              Anonymous
              March 22, 2012

              there IS such an option

                Jongware
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                JongwareCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                March 23, 2012

                Read the OP's question:

                Is there some other setting that I'm missing to capture all pages of the PDF to transfer into the same number of pages in my InDesign document?

                (my emphasis). Now please point out where you see that option in the dialog ...

                Scott's script is the best way to do this.

                  Steve Werner
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                  Steve WernerCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  March 22, 2012

                  When you choose File > Place, in the Place dialog box, check Choose Import Options. Then you'll be presented with a screen where you can choose the pages to place.

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                    Doge Dogest
                    Participant
                    April 6, 2020

                    thank you for the solution!

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