Depending on how handy you are with Javascript, it may be faster to write a custom jpeg-exporter script.

(I'm a painfully slow scripter. When I'm on the Mac, I use NameMangler.)

I tried this with the InDesign CS5, but got error on this line:

app.jpegExportPreferences.resolution = 72;

How should I fix the line in order to get the script work?

Thanks in advance!

That worked! Thnak you!

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RE Export pages to jpg with custom filenames

HELP PLEASE!!

If I have 10 pages in my InDesign document and want to export all 10 pages at once as individualy named JPGs, what do I need to do?

Do I have to use separators in the box that pops up when I execute the script, or amend the script in some way

.

Help would be greatly appreciated as it would save me hours of renaming time when my boss keeps changing his mind!!!

Regards - Janice

That won’t work for me as each page (over 200 of them) have unique names but always get exported with these unique names.

eg bclol2pk.jpg bogofp.jpg and it goes on.

Bridge will defiantly come in handy when I have to add the prefix for each new batch.

The forum: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3063985 seemed to suggest I could run the script that could export each page as a unique JPG name.

Thank you!

Janice

Yes I have, but I don't get a unique name, except for the page number which I don't need. I get something like:

ap11_1.jpg

ap11_2.jpg

ap11_3.jpg

and so on.

So I'm just getting the "Basic Name" which I specified when I ran the script and page names, BUT don't know how to get the unique name for each exported JPG.

Thanks for your help!!

Janice

This would be perfect if I could get it to work.

I just thought that within the script I could add a string so that the script for example would export:

Export page 1 as : ap11_bogofp.jpg

Export page 2 as : ap11_bcolpk.jpg

Export page 3 as : ap11_bcolpkpap.jpg

and so on

Ah well, no harm in asking!!

Thank you for your help!

Kind regards - Janice

Thanks – I wouldn't know where to start.

There may be someone at work who can help re scripts.

Thank you again!!

Janice

I’ve given up with on InDesign

Played with fireworks – decided to get everything into Fireworks and individually name the slices – sorted!!

Thank you for all you help!!

Regards - Janice

Was it the script in this discussion or another script you used?

Would you be able to post a sample please?

Thank you – regards - Janice

Sorry nothing attached.

I’m also using CS5.

what is it I need to change in the script in post #5 above to tell it to export using the section names?

If I can get this to work, it will be a life saver!!

Thank you - Janice

I’ve can run the script, I just can’t get it to export the JPGs with the Section names.

I only get the automates page numbering.

I think I’ll have to give up.

thank you for your help.

Janice

John, you are right about that it will blank out the section name. After I have applied new section name this script will in some way reset section name back to "zero".

I would be really greatfull if I could get this script to work with applying the section name, do you have any suggestions how to do this?

What would be awsome for me is a Text variable that can be inserted in the name of each page.

Sorry to open up this post again, but I really can't get this to work with CS5.5
I also would like to use this script so that I can export each page as a JPG and that it will use the Section prefix as the name for that JPG.

I have the following code in Toolscript:

if (app.documents.length != 0) {

     var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

     var myBaseName = prompt ("Enter basic name", GetFileNameOnly(myDoc.name), "Basic name");

     if (myBaseName != null) MakeJPEGfile();

}

else{ 

     alert("Please open a document and try again."); 

}

function MakeJPEGfile() {

     for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter < myDoc.pages.length; myCounter++) {

      /if (myDoc.pages.item(myCounter).appliedSection.name != "") {

        myDoc.pages.item(myCounter).appliedSection.name = "";

                  }

          var myPageName = myDoc.pages.item(myCounter).name;

          app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.medium; // low medium high maximum

          app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 72;

          app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegExportRange = ExportRangeOrAllPages.exportRange;

          app.jpegExportPreferences.pageString = myPageName;

          var myFilePath = "~/Desktop/" + myBaseName  + "_" + myPageName + ".jpg";

          var myFile = new File(myFilePath);

          myDoc.exportFile(ExportFormat.jpg, myFile, false);

     }

//}

function GetFileNameOnly(myFileName) {

     var myString = "";

     var myResult = myFileName.lastIndexOf(".");

     if (myResult == -1) {

          myString = myFileName;

     }

     else {

          myString = myFileName.substr(0, myResult);

     }

     return myString;

}