I want to insert .pdf files into a "Master" .pdf file at pre-determined intervals - how do I do this?

Hi markm11762689,
When you insert pages, you can determine whether they go before or after the first or last page, or a page number that you specify.
If you're inserting multiple files at once, they will all be inserted in the same spot that you specify in the Select File to Insert dialog box.
There may be a way to handle this programmatically, and there are some very clever folks who visit these forums regularly. Let's see if they chime in...
Best,
Sara

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Specifically, I'm looking for a sample script that opens up a numbers file, clears its table, then fills this table by scraping one value from a particular cell in every numbers file in a folder.
If anyone has a similar script they would be willing to post or email to me, for me to use as a foundation and to learn from, I would be very very very grateful. My email is forman.jq at gmail dot com.

I guess that this script may be a good starting point.
--[SCRIPT fromfolder_2spreadsheet1]
The target spreadsheet must be open at front and must contain the sheet sheet_destination which much contain the table table_destination.
Choose the folder supposed to store the source sopreadsheets.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2010/08/18
--=====
(* Edit these height properties to fit your needs *)
property destination : "destinationDoc.numbers"
property sheet_destination : "destination"
property table_destination : "insert here"
property premierelignedestination : 2
property colonne_destination : 2
property ledossierhabituel : "Macintosh HD Maxtor:Users:yvan_koenig:Desktop:dossier habituel:"
property ligne_source : 2
property colonne_source : 2
--=====
on run
my activateGUIscripting()
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repeat with refsurelement in les_elements
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end if
end repeat
end tell -- System Events
if les_tableurs is {} then
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else
set rapport to {}
end if
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and that it embed the defined sheet embedding the defined table. *)
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activate
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copy "The document " & destination & " is not open !" to end of rapport
else
tell document destination
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else
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end tell -- sheetSource
end if
end tell --document destination
end if
If target document is not at front or if it doesn't match the defined requirements,
we quit the process. *)
if rapport is not {} then error my recolle(rapport, return)
Clean the target table, minus row 1 supposed to be storing columns headers *)
tell document destination to tell sheet sheet_destination to tell table table_destination
set selection range to range ("A2 : " & name of last cell)
end tell --document destination
end tell -- Numbers
my selectMenu("Numbers", 4, 9) (* Suppress *)
set liste_valeurs to {}
tell application "Numbers"
repeat with un_tableur in les_tableurs
Open the spreadsheets and extract from each of them the wanted value *)
open un_tableur
tell document 1 to tell sheet 1 to tell table 1
set une_valeur to value of cell 2 of column 2
end tell
if une_valeur is 0.0 then
copy "empty" to end of liste_valeurs
else
copy une_valeur as text to end of liste_valeurs
end if
close document 1
end repeat
Now, it's time to insert the values in the target table *)
set ligne_destination to premierelignedestination
tell document destination to tell sheet sheet_destination to tell table table_destination
repeat with une_valeur in liste_valeurs
if not (exists row ligne_destination) then add row below last row
if une_valeur is not "empty" then
set value of cell ligne_destination of column colonne_destination to une_valeur
end if
set ligne_destination to ligne_destination + 1
end repeat
end tell -- document destination
save document destination
end tell -- Numbers
end run
--=====
on recolle(l, d)
local oTIDs, t
set oTIDs to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d
set t to l as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oTIDs
return t
end recolle
--=====
on activateGUIscripting()
(* to be sure than GUI scripting will be active *)
tell application "System Events"
if not (UI elements enabled) then set (UI elements enabled) to true
end tell
end activateGUIscripting
--=====
my selectMenu("Pages",5, 12)
==== Uses GUIscripting ====
on selectMenu(theApp, mt, mi)
tell application theApp
activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process theApp to tell menu bar 1 to ¬
tell menu bar item mt to tell menu 1 to click menu item mi
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end selectMenu
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
I apologize, I'm too busy to write more explanations.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 18 août 2010 21:38:04

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