Importing multiple PDF pages into text boxes

Hi,
Im wanting to import a pdf doc of adverts (roughly 300 pages) into indesign into a text box to allow me to treat the individual pages as text items to allow me to space them and fit them to the pages accordingly. I can add single pages into a text box using the place command however it wont flow all the pages into the text box one after each other.
is this possible?

I expect this would need to be scripted unless you are able to use a grid, in which case the "gridified" placing options in CS5 might allow you to place all the pages that will fit on a single page at one time from the loaded cursor. That's not something I've played with, though so I can't wear it would work.
I'm not sure placing them as inline anchored objects (as you describe), by the way, is going to give you the sort of placement control you want.

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Karl Heinz Kremer
PDF Acrobatics Without a Net
[email protected]
http://www.khkonsulting.com

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