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Import multipage pdf in an Illustrator document

Feb 18, 2010 5:03 AM

Hello,

Does a script exist to import multipages pdf document in an illustrator document ?

I usually use InDesign to import multipage document with the script named "pdf import".

The goal of the manipulation is to outline fonts, or resize the different boxes (Trim box for exemple).

An other question : can we import a ".jsx" file made for InDesign into Illustrator ?

Thank you for your help.

3415 Views 3 Replies Latest reply: Muppet Mark, Feb 22, 2010 7:31 AM

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1. Muppet Mark,

Feb 22, 2010 6:10 AM in reply to MaTeLoT59

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The answer to your second question is almost certainly NO.
I think the biggest problem is knowing how many pages the PDF file has to open.
There are ways to get this info on the mac os but I don't know for pc.

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2. MaTeLoT59,

Feb 22, 2010 6:18 AM in reply to Muppet Mark

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First of all, thank you for your answer.

So do you think I can script a pdf import in multipages ?
I think the biggest problem is to create the same number of pages.
Is it possible ?

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3. Muppet Mark,

Feb 22, 2010 7:31 AM in reply to MaTeLoT59

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Illustrator has a PDF open options object with allows for sizes height, width, boxes i.e. media art crop and page to open.
I have so far NOT tried scripting this but should NOT think its too much of a problem with the exception of knowing how
many time you need to loop to get all the pages in the PDF. The scripting guides contain a basic example too.

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