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1. Re: adding metadata to a book upon export as a pdf file
marcusstringer Jul 30, 2010 5:31 PM (in response to cyberbaffled)Take a look at Calibre for adding metadata...
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2. Re: adding metadata to a book upon export as a pdf file
BobLevine Jul 30, 2010 5:37 PM (in response to cyberbaffled)See if anything here works. I don't even have CS2 installed anymore, it's so old. I wrote it for CS4 and CS3.
http://indesignsecrets.com/quickly-add-metadata-to-indesign-and-pdf-files.php
You should be aware that CS2 is now the earliest version eligible for upgrade pricing. At some point when CS6 is available you'll be out of the upgrade loop altogether.
Bob
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3. Re: adding metadata to a book upon export as a pdf file
David W. Goodrich Jul 30, 2010 10:23 PM (in response to cyberbaffled)At least with ID versions through CS4, if you use ID's Book feature to export a set of ID files into a single PDF, the PDF picks up the metadata from the first file in the set: the metadata for other files does not make it into the PDF. If you need individual files to carry unique metadata then you may want to look into PDF Portfolios -- though I guess those came in with Acrobat 8, meaning after CS2. One day we're supposed to get full object-level metadata for different things in a PDF, though perhaps a chunk of PDF pages -- a chapter in a book, for example -- still may not qualify as an "object."
The metadata categories availble through the standard ID interface are pretty limited, and heavily biased towards photography. As I mention in a comment in Bob's ID Secrets blog entry, Adobe makes available a versions of the XMP FileInfo SDK for various versions of ID that allow you to add additional categories (such as PRISM, for magazine articles).
Good luck!
David
(edited to fix a typo)
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4. Re: adding metadata to a book upon export as a pdf file
cyberbaffled Jul 31, 2010 11:19 AM (in response to BobLevine)Thanks Bob. I'll try adding the data to the "first file in the book." In
my experimentations so far I added it to the first file with text in the
book, the title, page; because the first file was the cover page; a graphic.
I'll let you know what happens.
Phila
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5. could't "reply" to Bob's email: adding metadata to a book upon export as a pdf file
cyberbaffled Aug 28, 2010 8:31 AM (in response to BobLevine)Bob,
I thanked you in a "reply" to your email but it was returned "undeliverable".
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6. couldn't "reply" to David's email: adding metadata to a book upon export as a pdf file
cyberbaffled Aug 28, 2010 8:37 AM (in response to David W. Goodrich)David, I thanked you for your ideas in a "reply" to your email but it was returned not deliverable.
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7. couldn't "reply" to Marcus' email: adding metadata to a book upon export as a pdf file
cyberbaffled Aug 28, 2010 8:38 AM (in response to marcusstringer)Marcus, I thanked you in a "reply" to your email but it was returned undeliverable.
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8. Re: couldn't "reply" to Marcus' email: adding metadata to a book upon export as a pdf file
BobLevine Aug 28, 2010 8:43 AM (in response to cyberbaffled)Please do not change the subject line when replying by email. It makes it nearly impossble to track the posts.
And you're welcome.
Bob



