Sections, how to export sections into individual pdf???

[kajzica]

Hi

I have doc with 20 sections with some section prefix.

How to export this section into 20 individual pdfs, if possible, with section prefix as name of new pdf?

thanks

[Steve Werner]

I'm pretty sure that would require a script. You can now separate into individual pages in the File > Export > PDF (Print) dialog but not as you specify. You might ask in InDesign Scripting:

InDesign Scripting

[Srishti Bali]

Moved to InDesign Scripting​

[FRIdNGE]

Hi,

Have you found an answer?

Best,

Michel

[kajzica]

no

[TᴀW]

This can be done with my http://www.id-extras.com/products/extract-pages

(a commercial product).

Ariel

[willcampbell7]

Try this free script. I think it has what you need, at least close to it. Sections will be numbers, not actual section names (so they sort correctly). Let me know if it works. If not, I could tweak for actual section names, if it is a must.

https://www.marspremedia.com/software/indesign/pdf-export-single-pages

[Stefan Rakete]

Hi kajzica,

you could iterate over all sections in your document and calculate the pageRange for the PDF export.

here is the key code snippet:

var curPageNameWithPrefix = getPageNameWithPrefix(curPage);

app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = curPageNameWithPrefix;           

app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, curPDFfile, false, curPDFJobOptions);

You may also need the property documentOffset:

firstPageIndex = curSection.pageStart.documentOffset;

Thanks Stefan

[Professor Alves]

This is a pretty old thread but I had the same question in 2022. My solution: select all the pages/spreads in the section you wish to export. (Pages can be out of sequence too if you use the CMD key to select.) Then right click and select > Print Spreads. In the resulting dialog box, set the Printer as "Postscript File" and then click Save. This will create a postscript file that you can open in Acrobat or Preview and then save again as a PDF. It sounds more complicated than it is. Seems the best option until Adobe decides to fix this odd bug. 

[Peter Kahrel]

If none of the scripts mentioned earlier in thread work, you can try this (free) one:

https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/pdf_individuals.html

[hieronimuso4029538]

Hello, is there any chance that you have a script not for a book, but for a regular InDesign file divided into sections? Because when I put my file with sections into a book and run your script, it creates several pdf files (for example, 3 out of 7) and crashes.

[Peter Kahrel]

I don't have a script that deals with single files, and there's no need for it. The script should work just fine when you put your document in a book file. Are you sure that your file is ok? To confirm that you can export a single file section-by-section when it's the only file in a book, create a small document with two sections, stick it in a book file, and run the script.

[Willi Adelberger]

Select them in the page panel, right mouse click and in the context menu you can export selected spreads.

[marekv60253476]

Does anyone else see this feature? Because it doesn't show in my version.

[earlesc]

You can download the pdf_individuals.txt file attached below and change the txt extention to jsx (pdf_individuals.jsx), then copy to your Indesign script panel folder to install. This script was originally downloaded from https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/pdf_individuals.html 

You can export sections named by the prefix, marker, etc. 

[Peter Kahrel]

Thank you for mentioning the script. But please include a link to the script rather than posting the script itself. Scripts are updated from time to time. Posted scripts are frozen.

P.

[nada20948561maql]

You have to add teh prefix with the page number and it will pdf that specific section.

i.e. B1-B10, C2-C5 etc.