Move or Copy pages between documents

In the Adobe Help Menu it says... If you copy a page from a document that has a different size than the document you are copying to, it will be resized to the dimensions of the destination.
I can not get this to work. Can copy from doc to doc, but ad size remains the same. Any help with this please.

Yup, I think you're right Mr. Mike. I also think that they are trying to make "it" sound like they're making water into wine! Like I said, I'm just plumb frustrated w/trying to learn this program 2day. I'll do better 2morrow... I hope! Thanx all for your help.

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Indesign CS6 crashes when copying pages between documents

I have two documents and I want to copy 28 pages from one to the other. Indesign crashes on any form of attempt. What I tried so far:
1. Copy pages per drag and drop, ID would then ask where to insert, I selected "at the end". Crash.
2. Save both documents as IDML, then opened the IDMLs, saved as INDD (to erase possible document structure corruptions), closed and opened both INDDs again, then drag and drop. Crash.
3. Selected the 28 pages from the source document, selected "Insert pages" from mini menu of pages panel, then set what pages to use, where to put ("At the end") and target (the other document). Crash
4. Tried both, "Insert pages" and drag 'n drop, with different target position "At the beginning". Crash.
5. Saved a copy of the source document, reduced it to contain only those 29 pages I want to copy, then drag and drop to target. Crash.
6. Tried vice versa, means copy all target document's pages to the source document. Crash.
Any idea how I can get the pages over to the target? There is unfortunately no "Append pages from file" in the mini menu.
TIA!

I would try another one with each of these documents.
Create a new document with 2 pages.
Name the master pages so, that their names are not conflicting with neither of these 2 document’s masters.
Delete every style in that empty document, also any swatch
No drag the pages of the first document into such an empty document.
Do the same step 1 to 4 with the second document in a NEW empty document.
Now you have 2 new documents. Take care that no conflicting master names appear.
In each of these documents create in each style panel a folder and drag all used styles in that folder.
Save both documents
Try again to insert the pages of both documents.
Otherwise, it this does not work out, could you send me via private message the files or a link. I would check it with a Debugging Version of InDesign (InDesign DEV) I can use to find errors.

Copy pages between documents

Hello there,
I'm trying to compile a final .indd file based on different documents pages. To do that, i'm loading a XML file with the names of the files I need and the page I need .
exemple of my XML:
<files>
     <file url="firstDoc.indd" page="2" />
      <file url="secDoc.indd" page="5" />
     <file url="thirdDoc.indd" page="1" />
</files>
There is no probleme to load that XML and parse it. I can open the file and get the right page, but I don't know how can I copy these pages in a single new document.
Is there any copy function ? or move function ? that can do that easily ?
I've got a function like that for now:
var myDocument = app.documents.add();
for(var i=0;i<(xml.file.length()-1);i++){
     var address = xml.file[i].attribute("url");
     var myMod = app.open(File(idFileFolder+"/" + address), false);
     var myPage = myMod.pages[xml.file[i].attribute("page")];
     myMod.close(SaveOptions.no);
If someone have an advice or a part of a script, I'll be really thankfull.
Cheers.
Gael

This should get you started:
if(app.documents.length < 2) {
    alert("Must have two open documents");
    exit();
var myDocOne = app.documents[0];
var myDocTwo = app.documents[1];
var myPage = myDocOne.pages[0];
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How to move pages between documents WITHOUT elements shifting

Hi everyone! My team members and I are so frustrated over what I think should be a really simple issue: copying/moving/dragging pages between documents and NOTHING CHANGING.
Whenever we move pages between documents (which we have to do on a monthly basis - moving content into client branded files), at least ONE thing will shift and it usually has to do with overset text and/or text wrap. We have googled our brains out. We've tried everything on this list How-To: 10 Techniques for Copying Pages Between InDesign Documents | CreativePro.com and in the various Lynda tutorials we've looked at. We have combined our powers and still can not solve this problem so now I come to you, hoping that you can please please please help us figure out this issue before one of us throws a computer out the window.
We have this one document. And this is what one of the problem pages looks like. Everything is on one layer. (look at the section marked 5)
Then I move the pages (copy/paste the content; drag and drop the pages; etc.) into the destination document so we can apply branding.
AND THIS HAPPENS.
WHY does this text suddenly become overset?
The preferences of both documents are IDENTICAL. In fact, Document B was originally created from Document A.
AND FUN FYI: I took Document A and Saved As a new name. Opened it the new name. And tried moving the pages into the newly named document -- and the SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED.
I am going to bash my head into a wall. Can someone please shed some light on this? Have you seen this before? How do we fix it??

aschwartau wrote:
Doesn't saving as IDML lose some of the properties if you use any shadow or other effects?
That's not something that I have ever heard, but since I haven't heard everything, I suppose it's possible. What you may be thinking of is that some people use idml to migrate a file to a lower version, and if that lower version lacks a feature of the version that created the file, you will either lose or modify the way that that feature worked in the original. I don't think that even in that scenario that a feature that was present in both versions would go away just because it took a trip through idml to get to an earlier version. And if idml botched shadow or effects, nobody would use it, and I don't think Adobe would have it.
aschwartau wrote:
If we had just done a final Save As on the Document A before giving it to the team member who's going to be copying the content into Document B, does that not count as doing a Save As? You mean the minute it's freshly opened try doing another Save As? (P.S. Edit: Just tried this. Didn't change what happened. )
The thing that Save-As does is remove little bits of data associated with undos that a normal Save retains. Sometimes this data can lead to problems, so any time you do it, it will help, but if you do it at stage 37 and you hand off at stage 38, you will have cleared out most all of anything that may have built up over time. I don't want to give the impression that it is required, but it certainly doesn't hurt, and is probably a good idea to Save-As periodically.

Reader XI, placing blank page between document pages?

I have Adobe Reader XI, Version 11.0.2. In the last two weeks one our agents readers started placing a blank page between document pages. We have re-installed the product a couple time, reset standard defaults, and it is stil placing blank pages between document pages. Any ideas to rectify the problems. Every document he pulls up this happens.

Can you give us a link to a document with these pages?
Reader cannot insert pages into a PDF file so something must be up with the PDF's themselves.

Copy pages between Applications?

Hello all
please can someone tell me if it is possible to copy pages between applications in APEX 3.0 onwards?
We are currently on APEX 2.0, where I don't think it is possible to copy pages from one application to another.
Many thanks
Paul

Hello,
>> I'm not sure, but is it not possible to simply export the page from one application and save it on ur computer, and then import it into another application?
That will work only if the applications share the same workspace, However in this case, using the copy option, as Andy described, seems simpler.
If you want to import the page into a different machine, the target application must reside on a workspace with the same ID as the source workspace (most likely, the target workspace was created by importing the source workspace.
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Move pages between documents

Hi!
How can i move a page between two documents?

Hi Adam,
Lets say you want to replace page -2 in document -1 with page-2 from document 2.
- Open Document -1 in Designer.
- Without closing Document -1, open Document -2 in designer.
- Goto designer view in document 2. Navigate to page-2. Right click > coly (Note: It will be copied as a subform).
- Goto Document -1. Go to the hierarchy. Select Page-2. Delete.
- In page-1 . Paste. The page-2 would be pasted as a subform.
- Drag the subform in the hierarchy and rename as Page-2.
Second option: If you want you can also use page-2 of document -2 as fragment and embed it in document-1
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Bibhu.

Can no longer move or copy files between drives (not a newbie issue!)

Copying and moving files between internal and external devices, and external to external devices is no longer working.
*For the first time in my life, I get a "Circle with a Bar through it" when attempting to move or copy files.*
This doesn't happen between the two internal drives at all (though I'm worried it might start). It happens between two HFS+J devices as well as HFS+J and FAT32 devices. I can delete files, create folders, and in some instances where things are acting funny, copy to, but not from the device. A noticed side effect that is now happening is that I can no longer move drive icons (CDs, DVDs, HDs) to their upper-right hand corner position on the desktop, if they didn't start there. They don't drop there, just staying where they originally sat (under a list of desktop shortcuts and files). It does not matter if the drives are USB or Firewire, and this never happened previous to about a month ago.
I have done all the basic stuff -- verify/repair drives, reboot multiple times, mount & dismount, change connection ports, backed up-reformatted-and restored the smallest drive, fixed preferences (not at all relevant), Disk Warrior repair the devices, set all permissions to R/W, check all device related infos, researched on-line for a week... Nothing. I have even taken the devices to PCs, where they work perfectly, and as expected.
This issue is apparently either a corruption, or a bug induced by Software Update, in the part of the system that handles files and file structures, or possibly the _USB and Firewire_ interfaces.
I just need to know where all those relevant parts are in the system folders, so I can attempt to restore them from a backup previous to the last "Software Update," (to be sure. And to bring this one step closer to being solved).
A system restore really is not an option, as that would require nearly two weeks of re-tweaking everything from the system to every piece of software included (updating the system about 10 times via software update, reinstalling 90% of the actual software packages... and then updating those multiple times, looking-up all the serials that get killed, etc.)
I have to correct this fast, as we need to move the files from the work drives to the archive drives before we run out of room. So any help would be very appreciated... even if you only know where a few of the system components are located (it just might be one of those, causing the issue).
---TIA

{The last link in this post is most relevant, except for your recent finding.}
The reference was to the User permissions, per each; as when these
become corrupted, the simple 'repair disk permissions' and other
basic duties do not find an error with them. That is because there is
nothing really wrong with them from that standpoint.
Another odd error can happen if one is resizing partitions in an Intel
based Mac, and also if one has or had a BootCamp partition and
wanted to reclaim space. But not always. Thankfully, the only time
I tried Windows on a Mac, the media install disc was corrupted so
it just didn't happen. That was Virtual PC and Windows on PPC.
Tiger brought with it the ability to non-destructively resize partitions.
However, it was not thought to be successful in non-Intel based Macs.
The discussion on that matter came up a few years ago, so someone
has undoubtably tried that in a PPC and reported findings online.
When file sharing between user-account created content runs amok,
then the system(s) will not allow the content to be moved or shared.
So, if any shared user-account created content (including drives
initialized or handled without permissions ignored, clones wrong,
etc) are not the problem, then how does one explain these wrong
ful action circles-with-lines, or action disallowed warning symbols?
There must be a simpler answer. Do you have cats which have
access to your computers in the off-hours? They do keyboard.
Some have been thought to have technical skills outside of the
usual coy and cute play-acting people think they are limited to.
I'm sticking to the cats theory for now; the time is 3:21AM here
and I only am up to get a drink and look outside at +5°F. calm.
Mac OS X 10.4 Help: I can't move or copy a file or folder
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh194.html
• _Rearranging Files (and renaming them)_ InformIT: Mac OS X unleashed
http://www.informit.com/library/content.aspx?b=MacOS_XUnleashed&seqNum=122
It is good to have a backup for the backup; plus a backup Mac.
Good luck & happy computing!
{ edited: was distracted }

Copy pages between different applications

Hello,
I'm trying to copy a page from one application to another with Apex 1.6.
In the first application I exported the page I want to copy and I've tried to import
it in my second application. But I got the message that my file was not in the correct format...
Is there any easy way to do it?
Thanks.
Sofie

Sofie,
No, there is no easy way to do it. There is a difficult way that has been cited many times in this forum (search for copy page): Synonyms
Scott

Move pages between documents keeping threads

Hi all,
This is my problem. I'm trying to move several pages from different spreads into another document. I´m trying it this way:
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where doc1 and doc2 are my documents. This works fine but when i have threaded texts the threads are broken.
I have tried to move spreads instead of pages this way:
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Does anybody know how to solve this problem?
Thanks in advance.
Alvaro

Is that the way the menu option "Move Pages..." from the Pages panel works?
There it seems to do what i want... do they rethread the text frames there too?
Thanks Harbs.
Alvaro

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How to move or copy drivers between WDS servers

Problem: getting the same driver sets on multiple WDS servers
At our company we have two sites and two Windows Deployment Services servers. The server at our main site had all the driver packages for the hardware we use and we wanted the other server to hold the same set of drivers. There were too much drivers
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Start "Windows Deployment Services Server' on the target server.
Behold! The target server contains and services all drivers like the primary server (-:
Use at your own risk...

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instead of the Win7 one!)
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Copy pages between applications - error

Hello !
When I try to copy a certain page (using export / import) between two applications, I receive "File is not a valid HTML DB export file". I exported a page from an upgraded application and I tried to import it in a new application created from scratch using the new 1.6 environment (both the upgraded and the new application are in the same database and same workspace). What should I do ?
Lucian

export page from app ID A workspace W in database D
import/install page into app ID A workspace W
in database D-prime is supported.
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The "same workspace" means the ID is the same. If it
isn't, it's not the same workspace, so what I
described may not be exactly what you are doing,
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Thats fine, but thats not what I am asking about.
I am asking about a systematic "deployment" of HTMLDB pages from a dev environment to a QA/UAT env to a Production environment.
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Pricing Type = G is to copy the pricing and redetermine taxes so it should based on if that is all in the copy control. We do not have a different pricing procedure for both, we just copy the values from the order and/or the freight document.
When I have these types of questions, I always run a test order in dev and it answers many questions. Good Luck.

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Hi,
I've been trying for a while to copy all swatches from a document to another. The goal is to create a new document with the same swatches as a source document.
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Anyone?
Thanks

OK,
Now I actually managed to do it:
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It would it still be nice though if someone could tell me how to use the duplicate command.
Thanks

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