Indesign CS5 - Separating pages faster

Is there a way I can separate a multi page indesign cs5 document into multiple indesign cs5 document files? (ie. a 12 page indesign file > 12 separate indesign files)
I'm having trouble finding a plug-in or function for this online. Anyone have any ideas?

I think there's probably already a script for this if you ask over in the scripting forum: InDesign Scripting

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InDesign CS5 ME Page Layout

Hi, Joel !
Our student association publishes a journal. We left MS Word to start with InDesign CS5 ME since we need to put Arabic and French texts. I wonder how to change the ME Page layout (first page on the right) to standard (non ME), meaning first page on the right. If I add facing pages, they come out in a wrong order : page 2 on the right and page 3 on the left, which is wrong in a non-arabic journal. I tried to disable "Allow pages to shuffle" but no success. Is there any way to correct this. Many, many thanks.

One thread is enough. I'm going to lock this one and folks who want to help can continue in http://forums.adobe.com/message/5048578

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Thanks for the replies. I tried to open it again in CS4 but was getting errors that I didn't want to take the time to figure out. So I just re-made the document and copied my stuff over. I guess I could've done this to begin with but I thought there might be an easier fix. The re-done doc seems to be working fine. Thanks again for the help.

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I am designing a book half english half spanish—It is an instruction manual so you read the english then flip it and read the spanish.
In my Indesign CS5 document pages 1-30 are English then 30-1 again are spanish (upside down). I need to export them as a postscript file so that I can print it double sided correctly for a mock up.
I am making multiples of these books and only some are exporting to a postscript correctly and I cannot figure out why.
When exported to postscript correctly, it should look as if the left page is the cover in english and directly to the right of it is spanish but upside down, and then it alternates all the way to the end. So for example:
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I had a brief PM conversation with Stephen this morning, and it just hit me that I may have been thinking about this incorrectly. There are actually two approaches to this kind of document.
The approach I've been envisioning presents the reader with all the text on only the right-hand pages -- the lefts are all the other language upside down. But thinking back to my youth and buying some two-title sci-fi paperbacks, I think those were built so that if you tore apart the binding in the center of the book you'd wind up with two "normal" books without back covers, and there would be no page overlap between the two titles.
I'm guessing that the OP actually means to do the second, and I apologize for being dense yesterday. Seems like it was happening all week. If that's true (I mean the binding layout, not my being dense), then I understand what you were saying about Print Booklet, and there's actually a pretty easy way to make this work, I think without a plugin (though IDImposer might turn out to be even easier).
Here's the approach I would use to make a single book that can be cut apart to make two independent volumes:
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Since you have two 30-page sections, make a new 60-page file. The first time you run the script, place the first 30 pages normally, starting on page 1. Now run the script again, choosing the range 31-60, but do the following: check the Reverse Page Order box, Start Placing on Doument Page 31, and Rotate 180:
You can run this new file trough Print booklet.
The original content in the new file cannot be edited directly other than moving pages around or cropping/sizing/repostioning the page images. If you need to make text changes or other edits, do them ithe original, then update the links.

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Well...
I've been looking the new CS5 programs. It's time to change. Now, Illustrator artboards (pages) can be rearranged and named. You can paste a objet in multiple artboards and they preserve their relative location in the artboards too (imagine this feature with titles, ornaments in a long document, page numbers,etc.)
You can draw INSIDE and object. It has perspective grid (exactly like FreeHand)…
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What do you think?

First off, I am a staunch advocate of FreeHand and want to see it's future continue, as a majority of users here do. So to see Illustrator CS5 merge so many cool features from FreeHand is a good thing! AI's new perspective grid, multi-sized/arranged pages, text improvements for long docs, better paste inside, etc. are all from FreeHand MX and it takes Illustrator closer to parity with it. If I had the system requirements to run this version, I would definitely upgrade as I see no conflict with having both Illustrator and FreeHand on my system.
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The new Illustrator CS5 is highly worthy and Sr. Mgr. David Macy deserves kudos for bringing more FreeHand features into it. He's doing the right thing. But crushing FreeHand in order to boost AI's prominance is a very poor management choice. Adobe is now crying foul over Flash being disregarded by Apple, which is the ultimate irony to the same treatment they have foisted on FreeHand, GoLive and even PageMaker users. Adobe management can't point fingers when they have been doing the same thing to their user base.
Adobe, if you're reading this, release FreeHand to open-source or sell it off (once you've gotten what you want from it). But don't sit on it all these years and expect us to feel sorry that Flash isn't being given a fair shake! You are just playing a victim to your own policies.
Mark Gelotte
Join me at http://www.freefreehand.org/

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InDesign CS5 only prints one page at a time.

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evollowitz wrote:
...and someone on this forum will know the trick.
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How do i link text boxes between pages in indesign cs5

How do i linbk text boxes between pages in indesign cs5 please

It is indeed may be someone has moved the discussions,
Regarding your issue, Check this link:- http://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/threading-text.html
If you could explain what exactly you are trying to do we may help better.

Indesign CS5 crashing public.dll when copying pages from one document to another

Hello,
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Faulting application name: InDesign.exe, version: 7.0.4.553, time stamp: 0x4d890440
Faulting module name: Public.dll, version: 7.0.4.553, time stamp: 0x4d8903ca
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00038727
Faulting process id: 0x18c0
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce1f68465d45de
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5\InDesign.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5\Public.dll
Report Id: fa196aee-8b5b-11e2-9afa-a088b43f1cec
We have tried working with the documents on different machines (both specs outlined above), and copying different pages from one doc to another in varying quantities. The documents do not have any link errors or other references that need to be corrected.
Any suggestions or other things to look at?
Thanks.

HI. Same problem Here. i will now trying to reinstall the software. hopefully it will help me.
What could be the cause of this error? its not in english sorry for that.
Název protokolu:Application
Zdroj:         Application Error
Datum:         22.4.2013 14:09:32
ID události:   1000
Kategorie úlohy:(100)
Úroveň:        Chyba
Klíčová slova: Klasické nastavení
Uživatel:      Není k dispozici
Počítač:       NB-CZ-1209.cz.corp.mann-hummel.com
Popis:
Název chybující aplikace: InDesign.exe, verze: 7.5.3.333, časové razítko: 0x4f6b9e72
Název chybujícího modulu: Public.dll, verze: 7.5.3.333, časové razítko: 0x4f6b9c77
Kód výjimky: 0xc0000005
Posun chyby: 0x000df832
ID chybujícího procesu: 0xad4
Čas spuštění chybující aplikace: 0x01ce3f522c7f2f21
Cesta k chybující aplikaci: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5.5\InDesign.exe
Cesta k chybujícímu modulu: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5.5\Public.dll
ID zprávy: 7d476cca-ab45-11e2-b201-009c02185dea
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<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
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    <EventRecordID>12469</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
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    <Data>4f6b9e72</Data>
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    <Data>7.5.3.333</Data>
    <Data>4f6b9c77</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>000df832</Data>
    <Data>ad4</Data>
    <Data>01ce3f522c7f2f21</Data>
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    <Data>C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5.5\Public.dll</Data>
    <Data>7d476cca-ab45-11e2-b201-009c02185dea</Data>
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I've added additional pages to a document in InDesign CS5 -- but how do I set up my document so when text is supposed to get pushed to the additional pages the text flows from page to page on these extra added pages? Right now I've added additional pages to the end of my document and when the text from the original document gets pushed past the end it disappears and not continued on the additional pages.
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Jeff

P Spier wrote:
Yeah, container may not be the best word to describe a book, which is why I put it in quotes, and I certainly didn't mean to imply that you can no longer open and edit the files outside the book. Doing that, however, means next time you open the book ID will complain and ask you to update things. No big deal, but if you open through the book panel it will save the changes through the book and that won't happen. No difference to the inidividual files.
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The short story is that while book processing lists that are separate from the component files offer flexibility and reusability, but they also require that the user pays attention.
Did I commingle Autoflow and Smart Text Reflow in some way? I didn't think so.
Not at all. I'm just extra-sensitive to my own experiences with not having taking pains to keep clear on the differences between these similar-sounding terms.
My point was that HOW your text was put into the file to begin with, coupled with how your settings for STR are configured, is going to control whether subsequent editing triggers reflow. It's possible to have STR enabled and not have it work because you've limited it to master text frames and you haven't actually used any. An understanding of how autoflow works when placing text is important to being able to troubleshoot why STR is not behaving as expected (not to mention why text frames may not be adjusting if you edit the master page).
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In InDesign's Help, Smart Text Reflow is covered in only a few paragraphs. As you noted, there's much more to it.
Regards,
Peter
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452 Error 0xD0000022
508 Error 0xD0000022
532 Error 0xD0000022
576 Error 0xD0000022
588 Error 0xD0000022
764 Error 0xD0000022
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ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
06606b88 0625bf00 00020002 0408010b 0a8b1984 CJKGRID+0x20b55
0aa2915c 0aa1f130 0aa21a50 0aa1cb90 0aa1ba60 0x625bf00
0aa1d060 8108244c 000132f9 8b157500 c985044e LAYOUT+0xf130
8bf18b56 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x8108244c
Has anybody ever experienced this issue ? Are there known workarounds ?
Let me know if you need additionnal information.
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LR

Hi,
I am not sure if this is a "Master Page since we use a French version (the functionnality is named "Gabarit" in French), so here is a printscreen which shows what our users try to do:
Immediately after the drop is completed, InDesign shuts down without further notice as described before.
I fully patched one machine to 7.5.3, rebooted it and it still does not work.
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After many fruitless hours of Googling, I'm really, really hoping to find some help here with a small InDesign CS5 issue I'm having. I'll try and keep this brief.
I'm currently designing a book in InDesign CS5 that has chapters that run one after the other. Whereas in most books a new chapter will start on a new page, here they flow together. For each chapter heading, I'm using a font called Orial, size 18. For the main text, I'm using Adobe Garamond Pro, size 12. When I have two solid pages of 12 point Adobe Garamond Pro, all is well. The alignment of lines on both pages are level with one another. That's just what I want.
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View -> Grids -> Show Baseline Grid
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Then I highlighted all text with Ctrl+A:
And next I hit the 'Align to baseline grid' button:
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I have almost completed a low volume 400+ page book (60 copies) and need some special numbering.
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