Inserting & Extracting PDF Pages

How do I insert or extract pages in Acrobat 9 if I created the form using LiveCycle Designer ES?
I can't remove the documents restrictions. Please help, I have clue, thanks

Hi,
When you create a form in LC Designer, it the XFA form so that Acrobat/Reader can open and interact with the form. However this XFA form is completely different from a form developed in Acrobat (AcroForm) or any other standard/flat PDF.
When you open an XFA form in Acrobat you cannot do some of the standard Acrobat functions. This isn't a hidden restriction that you can turn off - it is juat the way it is.
So in Acrobat you cannot insert pages into the XFA form, using the Document / Insert pages menu. However you can develop a button on your form in LC designer, to insert a page at runtime.
In relation to exporting a page from your XFA form, you can use the File / Export menu to export to an image file (eg JPEG). In addition you can print the form to PDF using Acrobat.
In summary:
Extract - either export to JPEG and deal with the image files OR print form to PDF.
Good luck,
Niall

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Extract PDF pages with it's actual page numbers...

Hi scripting gurus,
We have more than 40 of PDF documents each document contain multiple pages. Using Acrobat Professional 7.0 and 8.0 with MAC platform. We have the script to extract the pages and to suffix running numbers with the document name, please find the script below. For example CH01.pdf document total number of pages is 10, but the actual page number starts with 11. So We have to extract each pages as individual documents and the page number will followed by document name with "_" separation, (Eg: CH01_11.pdf). I have tried so many ways to include the page numbers with the document name but i can't.
/*Split pdf pages with pNum suffixed*/
var rename = /.*\/|\.pdf$/ig;
var startName = this.path.replace(rename,"");
for (var i = 1, j = 0; j < numPages; i += 1, j += 1) {
extractPages ({
nStart : j,
nEnd : j == numPages - 1 ? j : j + 0,
cPath : "/Macintosh HD/Users/Beaconpmg/Desktop/ExtractFolder/"+startName+"_"+i+".pdf"
So please can anyone look into this and help for me.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
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try67
First of all, replace numPages with this.numPages
Also, this doesn't make any sense:
nEnd : i == numPages - 1
I have tried what you have said above, but it is not working. Its showing the same error (missing ; before statement)in 4th line of the script.
Please find the complete code below;
// see if we need to define a global offset first file
if(global.fPageOffset == undefined) {
var global.fPageOffset = 10; // start at 10
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for (var i = 0; i < this.numPages; i++) { this.extractPages ({ nStart : i, nEnd : i == this.numPages - 1 , cPath : "/Macintosh HD/Users/Beaconpmg/Desktop/ExtractFolder/" + startName + "_" + (i + global.PageOffset) + ".pdf" }); }
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Regards
Thiyagu

How to create and insert muliple PDF pages to a single file

Greeting to everyone.
I use Acrobat 8 Standard to create PDF files, usually by PRINTING TO PDF from a CAD file(Vectorworks) or web pages on the net.
I know how to create single pages and I know how to combine them into a single PDF file by using the Document - Insert Pages command.
My question is: When creating a PDF file(e.g from my CAD program), can I print and insert instantly, rather than going through 2 steps.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions.
Sidug

No. Future questions concerning Acrobat belongs in the Acrobat forum.
This forum is for dealing with Reader issues. Users of free Reader
aren't that familiar with the commercial Acrobat Standard, Pro or
Extended programs.
Mike

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this.insertPages({nPage:this.numPages-1,
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Whenever I put it in the button though and try it, nothing happens
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I have two pdf docs that I used Acrobat to convert to word docs. How do I extract one page from one doc to insert into the other doc?

I have two pdf docs that I converted to Word Docs using Acrobat Pro. How do I extract one page from the first doc and insert it into the second doc? When I "select all" it grabs the entire document. I need to take pages out, put other pages in, and edit some of the text.

HI djlarp,
Try triple-clicking in the text that you want to select--it can sometimes be tricky to select text in a converted document. If that doesn't work, it could be that the PDF document was created from a scanned document, and OCR wasn't enabled when you converted the document. (However, OCR is enabled by default when you convert via the ExportPDF website.)
If you're unable to select text by triple-clicking, let us know. I would be happy to take a closer look at your files.
Best,
Sara

Is it possible to extract a PDF file into separate ones but using a specific file name that comes from the PDF page?

Hello,
I am unsure if this is possible but its worth asking.
I have a PDF document that contains 56 pages.
Each page has an 'Agreement Number' at the top left.
I have managed to successfully extract the pages into separate documents (56 documents) but they are all named the same but page 1, page 2, page 3 etc..
What i am trying to do is use these 'agreement numbers' in the extraction process so when they save i have 56 different files but they show the agreement number in the file name.
i have looked into changing the actual page numbers on the page thumbnails to see if you can do it that was to no avail.
any help would be much appreciated, or tell me i cant do it, at least i know ill be defeated.
PS i have around 6 or 7 PDF files with 50+ pages so its a long boring task if i need to go and rename all these.
Cheers
Jez

It would be possible in theory to do it with a folder-level script, provided the string you need is in exactly the same structural position on each page. You would use the doc.getPageNthWord() function to collect the string you want, then the doc.extractPages() function to save each page to a file.
See the Acrobat SDK documentation for help with scripting. http://bit.ly/AXISDKH

Inserting filename and page numbers into multiple PDF files?

Have since seen this thread, BUT still interested in the syntax of the code
to insert filename and page # into multiple files:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/951925?tstart=0
Good Evening (GMT!)
I have approx 100 PDFs with one or two pages in each, they are English translations
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the translations. The only real link between the two sources is the "_RUS" and "_ENG"
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I have a script (below) that happily adds a page x/y and filename into the active file,
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I am quite out of my depth now as my past skirmishes with JavaScript have set
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Dr B
Southampton
UK
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will sort that one out ASAP....
================================
// SetRemoveFooter
// Modified as marked
// Menu item generation
app.addSubMenu({ cName: "Footer",cUser: "Set/Remove Complex Footer", cParent: "File", nPos: 20 });
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "Set Filename", cParent: "Footer", cExec: "SetFooter(1)"});
app.addMenuItem({ cName: " -> Set Date .... centered", cParent: "Footer", cExec: "SetFooter(2)"});
app.addMenuItem({ cName: " -> Set Date .... right", cParent: "Footer", cExec: "SetFooter(3)"});
//add page x of y
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "Set Page ", cParent: "Footer", cExec: "SetFooter(4)"});
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "Set Both", cParent: "Footer", cExec: "SetFooter(5)"});
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "-------------------------------", cParent: "Footer",cExec: "{}"});
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "Remove Both", cParent: "Footer", cExec: "RemoveFooter(5)"});
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "Remove Date Time (Filename)", cParent: "Footer", cExec: "RemoveFooter(1)"});
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "Remove Page", cParent: "Footer", cExec: "RemoveFooter(4)"});
//=====================================================================================
//Set/remove Footer
function SetFooter(ARG)
var re = /.*\/|\.pdf$/ig;
var FileNM = + this.path.replace(re,"")+".pdf";
var Path = this.path;
var AcDate = new Date();
var AcDateFormat = "dd/mm/yyyy"
var Box2Width = 100
for (var p = 0; p < this.numPages; p++)
var aRect = this.getPageBox("Crop",p);
var TotWidth = aRect[2] - aRect[0]
if (ARG<=3 || ARG==5)
{var fd = this.addField("xftDate", "text", p, [30,15, TotWidth-30-30,30]);
//print output?
fd.value = util.printd(AcDateFormat, AcDate) + " (" + FileNM +")";
// TEXT SIZE SETTING
fd.textSize=12; fd.readonly = true;
if (ARG==1){ fd.alignment="left" };
if (ARG==2){ fd.alignment="center" };
if (ARG==3){ fd.alignment="right" };
if (ARG==4 || ARG==5)
{var bStart=(TotWidth/2)-(Box2Width/2)
var bEnd=((TotWidth/2)+(Box2Width/2))
var fp = this.addField(String("xftPage"+p+1), "text", p, [bStart,30,bEnd,15]);
// print output?
fp.value = "Page: " + String(p+1)+ "/" + this.numPages;
// TEXT SIZE SETTING
fp.textSize=12; fp.readonly = true;
fp.alignment="center";
//==========================================================================
function RemoveFooter(ARG)
if (ARG<=3 || ARG==5) {var x = this.removeField("xftDate");}
if (ARG==2 || ARG==5) {for (var p = 0; p < this.numPages; p++)
var x = this.removeField(String("xftPage"+p+1)); }
will

Putting this in a batch file within the automation function of Acrobat
delivers the goods, I need to investigate the formatting of the output to
get them to line up, have taken the middle ground and gone for a central
position for the page x/y text...... some lines are redundant
Dr B
===========================================
var re = /.*\/|\.pdf$/ig;
var FileNM = this.path.replace(re,"")+".pdf";
var Path = this.path;
var AcDate = new Date();
var AcDateFormat = "yyyy/mmm/dd HH:MM"
var Box2Width = 50
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var aRect = this.getPageBox("Crop",p);
var TotWidth = aRect[2] - aRect[0]
       var fd = this.addField("xftDate", "text", p, [30,15,
TotWidth-30-30,30]);
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       fd.textSize=12; fd.readonly = true;
       fd.alignment="left";
var bStart=(0);
var bEnd=(TotWidth);
       var fp = this.addField(String("xftPage"p1), "text", p,
       fp.value = "Page: " + String(p1) "/" + this.numPages;
       fp.textSize=12; fp.readonly = true;
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Icon size for audio file insert on a PDF page.

Acrobate X V10.1.9 Windows 7.
I wish to insert an audio file on a pdf page. I select "multimedia", "sound". Get the window to select the file. Once selected I then find that I cannot size the icon that appears on the page (click to play). The two fields are grayed out. If I click "OK" it results in a very large "click to play" icon. I cannot resize the icon on the page..
Does this function require C++? Have been getting an error message on PC startup about something being in error. I click OK and all seems to be working ok.
Any ideas?
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Joe

You can crop it, but the size will not change to letter. However, after cropping, you can print with expand to fit page selected. If you like you can expand this to a new PDF using print, though not generally the recommended approach. Do you have any idea how it was reduced in the first place? If so, have you tried the reverse process?

Cannot attach a pdf after extracting a page in Acrobat X Pro

I have a user that wants to extract one page from a multi page pdf and then e-mail it. He performs these steps - >
Tools - Extract - Share - The file is not showing up in the Select Any Type of File box and the Attach to Email bubble is filled in.
He aslo has Adobe Reader XI installed and is using Windows XP.
Any ideas?

Hopefully Adobe Reader is not being used to attempt this as it cannot do it.
Now if Acrobat XI Pro is used the "click" path is Tools | Pages | Extract which will present the "Extract Pages" dialog.
Note that there is no "share" associated with this.
The "Extract Pages" dialog affords the user the ability to select the "from" and "to" pages, the ability to tick "Delete Pages After Extracting" and the ability to tick "Extract Pages As Separate Files".
A similar dialog / end-user choices for Acrobat X Pro, the flavors of Acrobat 9 Pro and 8 Pro.
It appears that some other process is in play. Could you identify it please.
Be well...

How to extract specific pages from a PDF

Hello. I'm using Windows XP Pro on a custom PC with Adobe Acrobat 8.0. I work for a small magazine (abqarts.com) that publishes its online version in PDF format which is created by our production dept. I need to extract specific pages from the magazien as PDFs to send to a client. Tried to look up how in the Help file but I think the termonology is defeating me.
I can load the magazine's PDF into Acrobat, but can't manage to save, print or export two pages and the cover as individual PDF files. I'd sure appreciate some help.
Thanks,
Peggy

Graffiti, thanks for your quick response! When you say "open the pages view" that's the drop-down View menu, right? Then I select Page Display but don't know which one to chose after that. Single, two-up etc.
And Control>click on a page selects an image on that page--not the entire page, which is what I want.
That said, I'm way happy you pointed out Document>Extract Pages. That works great for me, one page at a time. Maybe I don't need the other things clarified because I can use this one, but I'd like to get working all the tips you provided.
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Peggy

When extracting a page from a PDF, I lost nearly 1KB of data. What exactly is changing here?

I have a project in which I compile content from scanned documents. Usually I send the scans in packets of 15-50 pages at a time, and extract the pages (using Document > Extract Pages...) into a separate folder for compiling and tagging.
Sometimes, usually when starting a new document folder, I send only the title page. Usually I would simply move this single-page document into the appropriate folder, since extracting would do nothing but copy the entire file anyways.
However, one time out of habit, I extracted 'page 1 of 1' into the folder and found that one of the pages is 5.798MB while the extracted file is 5.797MB. Looking closely at the document there are light visual changes but otherwise nothing that would make me think the resolution or information has been reduced or damaged. Namely:
The original scan has a white border around it while the extracted scan does not. This border is not a pixel border or otherwise a part of the scan; zooming in or out, this border will always exist at 1px thickness.
Pixels in the original scan appear solidly square while it seems the borders are lightly blurred in the extracted. The color and size of the pixels has not changed, the literal boundary between two separate pixels is itself blurred (looking at the document at %3200 zoom).
What is this KB of data that suddenly disappears? And does this have some effect on the quality and content of the document, or is this some sort of visual issue otherwise unrelated to the extracting?
The project I have is archival in nature; while 1KB in a 5.8MB document is negligible, I would like to know where this information is disappearing to, and more importantly, whether this information loss could accumulate as documents are passed around over time.

Looking at the content box now, it just shows
[filename].pdf
     Page 1
          Annotations
          XObject: Image w:[width] h:[height]
all of which seems to contain no properties or additional data. I might be missing something here that would tell me more about the information and content of the file but right now I don't see it.
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How do extract one page from one pdf document and save as a new pdf?

How do I extract one page from a pdf document and create a new document?

In Acrobat: Tools - Pages - Extract.
In Reader it's not possible.
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Ned Murphy <[email protected]>

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Can I extract a page from a PDF using Preview? Under Windows using Adobe Acrobat Pro you can extract a page from a PDF, so I was wondering.

Under Windows using Adobe Acrobat Pro you can extract a page from a PDF
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But there are a few free utilities to do the same thing, as mentioned.
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PDF Page Extraction issue

Hi all,
i have single pdf file with many pages, on that i cannot able to extract some pdf pages on the file, we receiving error
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Please help me how to find the error without using acrobat. If any error code is present in the pdf file data to get.
Please help me to solve the issue.
Regards,
JayaKrishnan

Thanks for your reply on helping this issue
Please tell the option in acrobat to validate the document on this exact error.
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Thanks Regards,
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