Adding a page to a document

This sounds like a simple question, but it's driving me crazy. When I add a page to a regular newsletter I put out, it adds two pages, the first automatically linked to the page above in a section (which I could do without) and the second in a new section. But if I try to delete the extra page, it deletes them both. And so I end up with all but the first page linked together in a section that I can't delink, and the final page is just an extra blank page I can't get rid of without deleting everything in the section. I'd rather just keep each page separate and not in a section, but I don't see any such option.

Hi Tim,
Each page will be a separate section and your headaches will go away, for the most part, if you start with a blank Page Layout template rather than a Word Processing document template. PL mode is the choice for newsletters, hands down.
Jerry

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I have a 150 pages document (invoices). I would like to insert the same page every even page.
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Tx
Yves

Probably with a macro. Otherwise you are going to be adding 150 times. After it is added, be sure to do a Save AS, not a Save. If you want backward compatibility, use Reduce File Size or the PDF Optimizer. I suggest you try things on a backup.
It is a lot easier if you can go back to the source and create the pages with the invoices, but that may not be an option.

I have added a page to my document.

and now I am trying to move it into the order I need it to be but no matter where I move it, Pages automatically adds another page that is linked to the one I created and I do not need it. When I try and delete that extra page it deletes both. HELP!!!

Are you using the Page Thumbnails bar to delete the extra page? If so, don't - it only deletes sections and not individual pages.
You'll need to delete an extra page manually. First, resize all images so they go no lower than the footer. Now delete any unnecessary text or 'markers' in the page you wish to delete eg paragragh returns, page breaks, spaces, etc.
NB Choose the View > Show Invisibles menu command to see these 'markers'.

Adding pages to a document

I have been using the following code to add a page to the document.
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In previous versions, all the new pages were added at the end of the existing pages, so any objects that were on the 2nd page, stay there, and the new pages are the 3rd and 4th page.
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Dux,
Insert a Section Break at the beginning of the first line of the document to insert a new page at the top of a document without upsetting the alignment of text and graphics below. The Page numbers will update below, but the design will be intact. Be aware though that this may result in your needing to copy Header and Footer details to the new first Section. If you build a document in the normal order, Section details are inherited by succeeding Sections, but when you work backwards this doesn't happen automaticallly.
Jerry

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Adding a page to an Acroba Pro Document

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Hi Bill,
Thanks so much for your reply. Unfortunately I did not communicate my
question very well. I know about Document>Insert. All I wish to do is to add
a blank page to my document. From page 100>101. Or between page 25 and page
26. If I can deleted a page,
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How to setup a link that is of the type "Go to a page in another document"?

Is there a direct way for a javascript to setup a link that is equivalent to the acrobat link type you get when you add a link of the type “Go to a page in another document”?
Tools-Advanced Editing-Link tool, make a box
Check: Go to page view, Next (Create go to view dialog opens)
Open second document and go to page
Click “Create go to view dialog” to set up link
Result is a link, when view by link properties, with an action of
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File: C:\My Documents\File2.pdf
Page: 43
Zoom level: Custom
I have a java script in a setAction of a link that I think does the job:
l.setAction("var otherDoc = app.openDoc('../Folder2/File2.pdf', this);otherDoc.pageNum = 1 - 1;");
But is there a more direct way that actual sets up a “a link of the type Go to a page in another document” so if it's "advanced edited" its the same as the manual set links?
I would like to setup a set of pdf documents, on the hard disk of a PC or Mac, that can be open with acrobat pro running on the same computer and have the link jump to, and open in a new window, in acrobat pro, to a given page of a second document in the set.
John
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Windows XP SP3
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Mac OS 10 Lion version 10.7.4
Acrobat 9 pro version 9.5.1
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Add a field to the last page of a document file only

Hello,
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The script is in run in batch processing on multiple files which are not open (usually 50 at a time).
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Thank you very much for your help, I really appreciate your quick response.
The script has been modified as you suggested and the fields are now added to the last page of each document and is working perfectly.
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ok here we are
I get a raw skeleton that you will have to adjust but it's functional.
Use a PDF for placement as you can specify the page that you want to place.
I don't know if you can do the same for indesign files.
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Bye Loic

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See my reply in this thread here:
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I need to insert an additional page within a document without reformatting my layout.
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Tips anyone?
(Pages 09 version 4.3)

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HTH
Regards,
Peter
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Arïel wrote:
Stop press!
You can also, much more simply, create a new text variable. There is
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