Can I use Automator to create a multi-page PDF from a selection of images?

Well can I? I have looked at Preview extensively but found no option to create a multi-page document from all open images. I can create single-page PDF's easily, but that's not what I want.
Does it make a difference if they are TIFF, JPEG, etc?

Take a look at
PDFLab
It will create a multi – page .pdf from a folder of .jpgs. I am ** guessing ** it will work with .tiffs.
No Alibi.
 Back up what you can't afford to lose. Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Similar Messages

How to create a multi-page PDF from a password protected website?

Is there an automated way to create a PDF containing multiple levels of pages from a website that requires login with username & password? I've tried the 'Create PDF from web page' function but get an authentication error every time. Even tried adding the username & password to the URL (http://username:[email protected]...), to no avail. I really don't want to PDF each page individually and then manually merge them into one PDF. Any ideas?
I'm using Acrobat Pro X on Windows 7.

Unless Adobe changed something recently in the way this function of Acrobat
works, it's not possible.

Creating Multi-Page PDF from a Layerd Illustrator file (script)

Often times when designing a logo I create different versions and variable options on layers. This can result in several layers in one Illustrator file. Is there an easy way or an existing script that will allow me to (with one click) create a multi-page PDF consisting of all the layers within my .ai file? The current method is turning on each layer, performing a save-as (PDF), then turning off said layer and turning on the next layer and repeating the task and so-on-and-so-forth, etc … It becomes tedious and quite often I save over the previous version, forgetting to re-name it or forget to perform a save on a certain layer. Can anyone help with some advice? I have never written my own script before but am not opposed to trying, where do I begin?
Any help is appreciated.

You don't say what OS you are using and which scripting language you are thinking of doing this in…
This is a sample that may get you started done in JavaScript so it's platform independent with the exception of my 'mac style' file paths.
If your on a PC it may just be a typo to set to C drive or whatever you call them things…
If you are on the mac OS then it should just dump a load of PDF's on your desktop.
You say about a multi-page PDF but don't think Illustrator can do this unless its been added with multi-artboards in CS4?
Others would have to let you know that…
#target illustrator
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
with (docRef) {
var docName = baseName(name)
var pdfOptions = new PDFSaveOptions();
pdfOptions.pDFPreset = '[High Quality Print]';
// Turn all layers off
for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {
layers[i].visible = false;
// Turn each layer on
for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {
if (i == 0) {
layers[i].visible = true;
redraw();
var layerName = layers[i].name;
var saveAsPath = new File('~/Desktop/' + docName + '_' + layerName + '.pdf')
saveAs(saveAsPath, pdfOptions);
} else {
layers[i-1].visible = false;
layers[i].visible = true;
redraw();
var layerName = layers[i].name;
var saveAsPath = new File('~/Desktop/' + docName + '_' + layerName + '.pdf')
saveAs(saveAsPath, pdfOptions);
//close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
function baseName(fileName) {
var nameString = '';
var extOffset = fileName.lastIndexOf('.');
if (extOffset == -1) {
nameString = fileName;
} else {
nameString = fileName.substr(0, extOffset);
return nameString;

HP 2540 scanning to create a multi-page pdf (Mac OS X)

My printer/scanner is: HP 2540
My OS is Mac OS X 10.10
Need help with the following:
How can I scan single pages (an old tax return) to create one multi-page PDF? I saw a reply on how to do it in Windows, but not using OS X. Any assistance would be appreciated as I need to get this done for legal reasons.
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Hello @txrun ,
Welcome to the HP forums.
I understand that you would like to scan multiple pages into on PDF document.
I would like to help.
It really depends on how you are scanning.
Are you using Apples Image Capture or HP Scan?
If you are using HP Scan, it should be quite simple.
Scan the first page.
You should have a preview of the page on the left hand column of the window.
You will also have a little plus sign found at the lower left hand corner of the window.
Change the page on the scanner glass then click the little plus sign.
If you are using the Apple Image Capture, you will have to change the format from JPEG to PDF.
This will cause a little box to appear under it, that will say 'combine multiple pages into single file'
Check this box and proceed to scan.
Hope this helps you.
Aardvark1
I work on behalf of HP
Please click “Accept as Solution ” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.
Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" on the right to say “Thanks” for helping!

Creating multi-page PDF from Page Tiles

Trying to save out a page-tiled Illustrator document to multi page PDF. The "Create Multi-Page PDF from Page Tiles" is ghosted/disabled when I save out as PDF; and printing to PDF doesn't size page edges properly. I've followed all directions and re-created new docs to see if I can get this to work, no luck.
Is there a trick I'm missing? Using Illustrator CS3 13.0.2 Mac, Acrobat 8.1.3. Thanks!

This would be hard to answer but you must be missing something the question is what are you doing and how is the document set up and then the really important question what are doing wrong. Which I know you want us to tell you but without knowing what that is we cannot tell you what not to do.
If there is something you can tell that might give us a clue perhaps we can help.

Unable to mark the box 'create Multi-page PDF from page tiles' when saving to pdf-file

I am running Illustrator CS3 on a Mac OSX 10.5.8
I want to print a very large illustrator-file (1000 mm x 900 mm) across mutliple pages of A4-paper (5 x 5 sheets of A4-paper) by saving the file as a multi-page pdf file.
I first followed the instructions provided here:
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/create-mutli-page-pdf-illustrator.html
When I then tried to save the file: -> File -> Save as -> 'choose .pdf from drop-down menu'
I get to this menu:
I am unable to mark the box that says: 'Create multi-page pdf from page tiles'. I have made a red arrow pointing to the box I want to mark.
I have tried changing the other drop-down menus inside this menu, to see if the box I want to mark could become available, but without any luck.
I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I would be grateful if anyone could help me set my settings right to allow me to create such a multi-page pdf-file.
Thanks in advance for your help

Your ps file should be good, the problem likely resides elswehere. Maybe in your acrobat install, distillers settings. what error did distiller give?
Mine ran good and got a multi page document, here is a screenshot to help you troubleshoot.
On mac go to system preferences / print and fax / and change your default printer if you have another option. I know sounds like this should not help, but there are problems like Illustrator for example not making .pdfs if you do not have a printer chosen or an old or corrupt .ppd assigned.

HP 2540 scanning to create a multi-page pdf?

I just purchased a 2540 all-in-one, and am trying to scan several pages of a document and create a multi-page pdf. After I scan a page, I am asked if I am done, or to save the document, or cancel. Although I have unchecked the box in advanced settings to create a separate document for each scanned page, I am thus far unable to figure out how to scan multiple pages and create a multi-page document.
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Where is the additional pages button?

How to create a 4 page pdf from images - each page should open at same size

How do I create a 4 page pdf (from 4 images - all the same size) that opens each page at full page size?
Thank you so much.
Ginger
PREVIOUS MSG:
My goal is to create multi page pdfs that are created from images (scans of old brochures). I receive images (scans of pages) all at the same size.
I have been able to create the 4 pdfs (each opens at full page size) and merge into 1 pdf. When I open that final pdf, I see a column of 4 pages, page 1 image being larger than the remaining 3. When I click on the left, page 1, icon, I get the full page. When I click on icons for pages 2 - 4, I get nothing. The only way I can get the other pages in a full page view is to adjust the scaling after left icon is selected. That is not what I want.
How I created the files.
I can either create pdf pages using Photoshop, or using Acrobat Pro itself through:
File> Create PDF> From File and adding each of the images. I then, for each, choose Properties> Initial View> Fit Page> Save. Then I use File> Combine> Merge Files into Single PDF> Save.
Then I open the multi page pdf.
I appreciate any help.
Thank you,
Ginger
PREVIOUS MS

It seems to me what you want to do is create one document which a combination of all four and then one page of each.
To create a Document with 4 pages combined in to one PDF. open the first in a Series the to Edit menu and click on add pages click on next document (browse to document first) the choose attach to to end of document or add to end of document. Repeat until you get all images added. They will end up (or should ) center in center of their own page. Save this document with a new name for now.
Next go back to Photo shop and reduce size of images to fit desired sheet of paper (8-1/2 by 11, 8-1/2 by 14, whatever) place them side by side and row by row so you have 4 images on one page.
now save as Pdf.
now decide which you want to swap to the Thumbnails (the 4 on one page, or 4 individual pages. I would use the thumbnails and make each a button that references the page in the document you save as a 4 page pdf that applies.
Then on that page write a line saying click each illustration to see full size image (you might have to write this line while in Photoshop) then save this as PDF file
Try out. You might have to use some javascript controls to do this. But I am not experienced in JavaScript to do this. I'm sure it cane be done.
But note you will have to save both documents with the Thumbnails and the four page and Thumbnail page in a folder and send to prospect
If you want just four separate pages in one Pdf just do first two paragraphs above

How can you create a multi-page pdf document in photoshop elements 13?

I previously had pse 11 and was able to create multi-page documents as pse files. However, pse 13 does not allow. How can I create multi-page pdf files from pse 13?

Alas, for one of those mysterious adobe reasons, it's gone in recent versions. Only multipage file you can make is a photobook.

Using Windows Search for multiple, multi-page PDFs

I am scanning documents into a Windows folder (documents have been OCR'ed). An employee verifies that each document has a specific number that OCR picked up, if OCR did not, the user will use the 'Add or edit text box' under tools in Adobe Acrobat Professional XI to add the correct number. Multiple scans are handled this way and merged together to create documents that may be up to 2300 pages long (so far). Within that same Windows folder, there are other files with similarly handled information and numerous pages.
My problem is, if I am looking for a specific number that is within one of the PDF files within the Windows folder - I can find it if I open the file that contains the number and do a search. However, even though we are using a Windows index to be able to search from the Windows Search, the Windows Search will not always be able to find one of the indexed numbers. Does anyone know if there is a maximum size or number of pages a PDF can be for the Windows Search to be able to be used? Perhaps this is a question I should ask of Windows. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong with the PDFs or if the Windex index isn't working. Thoughts?

Something that may help -
With a multi-page PDF open in Acrobat Pro; select Document > Extract Pages
In the Extract Pages dialog you can select "Extract Pages As Separate Files".
This will provide you with a PDF file for each page of the source PDF file.
Additional options are also possible.
In a thread at AUC, Thom Parker identifies these.
http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=4703
Be well...

Create a multi-page PDF with turnable pages. How to?

Hello,
My question is: I have several pages and I want to put all these pages into 1 PDF. Now I sometimes see a PDF which has a animation. It looks like you can actually turn a page. I did some research and the only thing I found was that you can create such an effect by exporting your PDF as a flash-movie. But the problem is (I think) that people with an Iphone or an Ipad can't play flash-movies so they can't see that pdf. Is there some other option to create such a 'page-turn' effect without using the Flash-export?

Nope, that's a Flash-only effect. Sometimes people try to embed a SWF (Flash file) into a PDF, but that only plays like it's a movie, and doesn't work well.
I think you should give up on the idea if you want to use PDF as the distribution method.

Acrobat 9 Pro Mac os x 4.11 Application Quit... Creating Multi-page pdf from scanner

Has anyone encountered this problem? I set my option to prompt me for more pages to scan. When the first page is done, I respond to the dialog box that there are more pages to scan. Then, Acrobat quits. This is the report from the error message: Date/Time: 2008-06-28 11:53:36.320 -0500 OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S2167) Report Version: 4 Command: AdobeAcrobat Path: /Applications/Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro/Adobe Acrobat Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/AdobeAcrobat Parent: WindowServer [61] Version: 9.0.0 (9.0.0) PID: 23356 Thread: 0 Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x1f711f7b Thread 0 Crashed: 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x90a594c0 objc_msgSend + 16 1 com.apple.Foundation 0x92812431 __NSFireMainThreadPerform + 352 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90860375 __CFRunLoopPerformPerform + 82 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082cf06 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1213 4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082ca42 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61 5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92df1878 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 285 6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92df0eb9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 184 7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92df0dd9 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81 8 com.apple.AppKit 0x93276f45 _DPSNextEvent + 572 9 com.apple.AppKit 0x93276b37 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 137 10 com.apple.AppKit 0x932708c4 -[NSApplication run] + 512 11 com.adobe.Acrobat.framework 0x7febb18c RunAcrobat + 3090 12 com.adobe.Acrobat.framework 0x7feba6b8 RunAcrobat + 318 13 com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro 0x00002e8b start + 2371 14 com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro 0x0000264a start + 258 15 com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro 0x00002571 start + 41 Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900248c7 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cb8e0d MPWaitOnQueue + 198 2 AdobeACE 0x7fc1dd8d ACEMPThread::Task() + 133 3 AdobeACE 0x7fc1dd01 TaskGlue + 17 4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cb8c68 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 51 5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 2: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900248c7 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 AdobeAGM 0x7e574984 pthread_condition_base::Wait(pthread_scoped_lock_base&) + 26 2 AdobeAGM 0x7e5748b5 AGMMessageQueueImpl::Pull() + 65 3 AdobeAGM 0x7e963fc4 AGMWorkQueueTask::operator()() + 84 4 AdobeAGM 0x7e96524f boost::function0<void, std::allocator<boost::function_base> >::operator()() const + 75 5 AdobeAGM 0x7e57476d thread_proxy + 45 6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 3: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900248c7 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.apple.Foundation 0x9284f2fc -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 39 2 com.apple.AppKit 0x9334dcb4 -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] + 377 3 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f939c forkThreadForFunction + 123 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 4: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90026d5c kevent + 12 1 com.adobe.Acrobat.framework 0x8076aa4f CopiesPagesPDE_Open + 6578747 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 5: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900248c7 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.apple.Foundation 0x9284f2fc -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 39 2 ...adobe.acrobat.amtlibwrapper 0x0ea6b2d1 AVAMTForegroundUpdateCheckEnabled + 116699 3 ...adobe.acrobat.amtlibwrapper 0x0ea60341 AVAMTForegroundUpdateCheckEnabled + 71755 4 ...adobe.acrobat.amtlibwrapper 0x0ea69d60 AVAMTForegroundU

I don't have 9 yet. But you can try to fix permissions. If that doesn't
work you can try to work as another user. If it works now you have a
preference file problem. However, there is a remote chance that the
issue is a incomparability between Acrobat and the twain driver.
Mike

Create multi-page PDF from multi-layer AI file

This is an old question, I'm sure...
I have an .ai file with 33 layers. Each layer represents an individual page of a manual. I have CS4 ... Is there a way of quickly exporting or saving the document where it creates a PDF page from each layer? Or do I have to go through and individually save each layer as a PDF and then combine them? I'm not savvy with coding, so that route probably won't work without serious hand holding (Windows XP, just in case).
Thanks in advance,
Zack

Create additional artboards and distribute the pages across them.
Mylenium

Can't save as multi-page PDF in CS4

Hey everyone, I'm having major trouble with page tiling in CS4.
I have a CS2 file that has two pages in it with page tiling enabled, I saved this as a PDF with multiple pages just fine out of CS2. I now have it open in CS4 and am unable to do the same thing, my PDF always comes out as one long page. I can't work with multiple artboards because the file will be used in CS2 again and needs to remain backwards compatible.
In the Print Dialogue I have "Tile" set to "Full Pages", the print preview window on the left shows me two pages, just the way it should be.
Once I go into the Save as PDF Dialogue in CS4, I do not have the "Create Multi-Page PDF from page tiling" - option that is there in CS2 in the general tab.
I've been trying to find a solution for the past two hours but am at my wit's end. I'd greatly appreciate some help.

Just draw two artboards where the tiles would be then save it as a pdf. I should open in CS 2 without the artboards since CS 2 does not support artboards.
Nothing will be different in CS2.
Or simply make a copy for CS 4 with artboards and one for CS 2 but adding artboards to the CS 2 file when opned in CS 4 should be a problem.

Create multi page pdf

Hi, what are the step by step instructions for creating a multi-page pdf made from jpegs using bridge ? I can't find the insructions.
Thanks !

You can find everything you want to know if you look at the Adobe Bridge
Help under the Help Menu and use PDF as search criteria.
For a contact sheet in PDF you can use the Adobe Output Module (either
choose workspace Output Module or use the right icon in the top left row in
Bridge Window.
Select the files you want and fill in the details for row and columns to
your own wishes, quality etc. There will be as many pages created as needed
with the selected files.
Hi, what are the step by step instructions for creating a multi-page pdf made
from jpegs using bridge ? I can't find the insructions.
Thanks !

Can I use Automator to create a multi-page PDF from a selection of images?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for