Automate Batch Open PDFs

Thank you to the people who responded to my previous post, but I am still having an issue trying to Action > Automate Batch with an Open PDF at specific size and Save for Web Close, both needed in the Action. Once the files are open, the Action works, but if I include the Open, the files are all named the same. Is there a way to open a PDF at specific size and not include a specific name???? Thanks in advance for suggestions.

You provide little to no pertinent information.  Save your Action Set as a text file and post the text here so we can look at what you recorded into the Action.

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