CS5 - Placed Indesign files vs placed PDF files

Does anyone have any information as to wether is better to create indesign layouts with 100+ placed Indesign files or PDF files? Does one produce more efficient / bulletproof PDF(for print) in the end? We produce many layouts with 100+ placed images and are thinking of switching to placing indesign files within a larger indesign layout.

I've noticed that placing 100's of InDesign files/ pages into other InDesign document causes my system to slow down.
In the case of placing 100's of files inside another, I find the PDFs seem to work better.
This is something I have to do when working on a book file. I don't have imposition software. So I have to use the Print Booklet from time to time.
I can place the 100 indesign files into another document. But that takes time. But I can PDF the entire book in a single go. From there I can import the 1000's of pages into InDesign via a script http://indesignsecrets.com/placing-all-the-pages-of-a-pdf-inside-indesign.php
I can then proof the book on screen as it would look when printed. Something not really possible to do with a normal Book in InDesign. Checking double page spreads that break across chapters is a particular thing I have to look for and make sure are working.
From here I can make Print Booklet for in-house "proofing" and use the term "proofing" loosely, as it's just to check that the DPS across spreads are ok before sending off to the printers to get the real proofs.

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Hello waitingone,
please try this (all terms are translated from my German programs to my best knowledge):
1. Did the creator of the pdf file enable the import options?
2. See import options: choose an other visibility option for your layer.
3. Let you show the import options and click into one with a black background and try these out (often a gray is selected).
4. See trimming: try the different modes there. Often works: "Media".
5. Is the pdf file (eg from Word) correctly created?
6. Is the PDF file protected? >>> no import possible.
7. If that does not help, store the pdf file in Acrobat, repair possible errors, run the PDF Optimizer before placing in InDesign.
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Greetings forum members,
My question is, in its entirety: Can a single report (rpt file) create multiple PDF files using the export command, ideally one PDF file per DB record?
In my case; I have a Crystal Report that reads data from a DB table containing ~ 500 records. When I export the report to a PDF file, I get one PDF file, with ~ 500 pages.
What I would like to do is export the report to ~ 500 individual PDF files; One file per DB record. The file names would be based on the table's primary key.
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Enquiry on converting a *.txt file to a *.pdf file
Aim of this software: Let the user to choose a *.txt file to convert it to a *.pdf file.
1. User clicks a choose file button. [chooseFileButton]
2. User clicks the Export 2 button [exportButton2]
3. User clicks the Text -> PDF button [pdfConverterButton]
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System prints out (for debbuging use...)
---------------------------Print from Trans.java - method transMemory--------------------
File's name: file.txt
File's path: C:\Users\charles\Desktop\netbean\Pdfproject1\file.txt
After clicking the Export 2 button, system prints out:
---------------Print out the File's name - from DataOut.java - getData() Method-------------------------
File's Name: file.txt
----------------Print out the file's path - from DataOut.java - getData() Method--------------
File's path: C:\Users\charles\Desktop\netbean\Pdfproject1\file.txt
The file now being read by the system: transNameData.txt
The data being copied to this file: copyOfFileName.txt Destination
This file has been copied: file.txt Original
The following content has been copied:
---start of content - from TheFile.java - save2() method---
Some content.....................................
--------end of content--------
Jul 18, 2010 3:32:04 PM mainFrame1 exportButton2ActionPerformed
SEVERE: null
java.io.IOException: Permission denied
at java.io.FileInputStream.readBytes(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.read(FileInputStream.java:199)
at java.io.DataInputStream.read(DataInputStream.java:132)
at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.readBytes(StreamDecoder.java:264)
at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.implRead(StreamDecoder.java:306)
at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.read(StreamDecoder.java:158)
at java.io.InputStreamReader.read(InputStreamReader.java:167)
at java.io.BufferedReader.fill(BufferedReader.java:136)
at java.io.BufferedReader.readLine(BufferedReader.java:299)
at java.io.BufferedReader.readLine(BufferedReader.java:362)
at TheFile.save2(TheFile.java:144)
at mainFrame1.exportButton2ActionPerformed(mainFrame1.java:168)
at mainFrame1.access$200(mainFrame1.java:30)
at mainFrame1$3.actionPerformed(mainFrame1.java:79)
at java.awt.Button.processActionEvent(Button.java:392)
at java.awt.Button.processEvent(Button.java:360)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
After clicking the text -> PDF button, system prints out:
The following data is called by the PDF converter button...
---------------Print out the File's name - from DataOut.java - getData() Method-------------------------
File's Name: file.txt
----------------Print out the file's path - from DataOut.java - getData() Method--------------
File's path: C:\Users\charles\Desktop\netbean\Pdfproject1\file.txt
MakePdf.java is loading... - createPdf() method
File you have chosen and this file will be converted to a PDF file: file.txt
And the content of the file is:
---start of content--- (Info from MakePdf.java)
Some content.....................................
---end of content---
Print out the content again: Some content..................................... ---> Info from SubClass DocToPdf of MakePdf.java
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" ExceptionConverter: java.io.IOException: The document has no pages.
at com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPages.writePageTree(Unknown Source)
at com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.close(Unknown Source)
at com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDocument.close(Unknown Source)
at com.lowagie.text.Document.close(Unknown Source)
at MakePdf$DocToPdf.createDoc(MakePdf.java:140)
at MakePdf.createPdf(MakePdf.java:97)
at TheFile.forPdfUse(TheFile.java:267)
at mainFrame1.pdfConverterButtonActionPerformed(mainFrame1.java:184)
at mainFrame1.access$300(mainFrame1.java:30)
at mainFrame1$4.actionPerformed(mainFrame1.java:86)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:236)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6263)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3267)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6028)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2041)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4574)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4238)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4168)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2085)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2478)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 minute 41 seconds)

Source code: MakePdf.java
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.lang.String;
import java.io.*;
public class TheFile {
String pathData;
String nameData;
     public void PrepareJFileChooserData2(){
        try {
            // Create a object for JFileChooser.
            final JFileChooser choose = new JFileChooser();
            choose.showOpenDialog(null);
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            pathData = file.getPath(); //get the path of the chosen file
            nameData = file.getName(); //get the name of the chosen file
            //Try to copy file to a temp file.
            Cfile2 cfile = new Cfile2();
            cfile.writeFile(nameData); // write nameData into the temp.txt file.
            //return pathData;
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(TheFile.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
      public String getPathName(){
            return pathData;
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    public void writeFile(String fName) throws IOException {
        PrintWriter pr = new PrintWriter(new File("temp.txt"));
        pr.println();
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        pr.write("File Name: " +nameData); // write the value of nameData to temp.txt
        pr.print("\n");
        pr.write("File's Path: "+pathData); // write the value of pathData to temp.txt
        pr.print("\n");
        pr.print("-------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
        pr.flush(); // Flush the data.
        pr.close(); // Close to unlock and flush to disk.
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       String fileName = "transNameData.txt";
       File originFile = new File(fileName); //open the file to read
       System.out.println("The file now being read by the system: " +originFile); //originFile = transNameData.txt
       File destinationFile = new File("copyOfFileName.txt"); // open another file and prepare to write in
    try {
        //Start trying to write data to file - copyOfFileName.txt
      byte[] readData = new byte[2048];
      FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(new File(fileName)); // Seems it writes the value of transNameData.txt to copy.txt
      int count = fis.available();
      if(count>0){
      FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destinationFile);
      int i = fis.read(readData);
      while (i != -1) {
        fos.write(readData, 0, i);
        i = fis.read(readData);
      System.out.println("The data being copied to this file: " +destinationFile+ " Destination");
      fos.flush();
      fos.close();
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    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println(e);
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    while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null)   {
      // Print the content on the console
      System.out.println ("This file has been copied: " +strLine+ " Original"); //Work successfully, strLine has the value [file's title]
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      //String newString = newReadData.toString();
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      int i = newFileInputStream.read(newReadData);
      while (i != -1) {
        newFileOutputStream.write(newReadData, 0, i);
        i = newFileInputStream.read(newReadData);
    FileInputStream newfstream = new FileInputStream(strLine);
    // Get the object of DataInputStream
    DataInputStream newin = new DataInputStream(newfstream);
        BufferedReader newbr = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(newin));
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    //Read File Line By Line
    while ((content = newbr.readLine()) != null)   {
      // Print the content on the console
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        System.out.println(" ");
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        System.out.println(" ");
        System.out.println("--------end of content--------");
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//----------- start PDF parser ---> to txt format -------
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    DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(inStream);
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
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    while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null)   {
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    public void forPdfUse() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, DocumentException{
        MakePdf makePdf = new MakePdf();
        makePdf.createPdf();
}

Merge Many PDF files in several PDF Files

Hi,
I have about 500 PDF Files :
PDF_A1
PDF_A2
PDF_B1
PDF_B2
EtC.
I want to Merge all my 500 PDF Files in 250 PDF files. I want to merge A1 with A2. B1 with B2 etc. Any idea to how to do ?
Thank you

Hi Dave,
First, the issue does not exist anymore. We have decided to merge all documents in the same file. that's done and OK
Then, Any way, I have found a solution:
Use a script to put in different folders all files which must be together. I mean Folder A will contain files A1 and A2. Folder B will contain files B1 and B2 ...
Then use a PDF software in command line to merge all PDF files folder by folder.
Thnak you for your reply.

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