Pdf naming slugs

I have problems printing out page info when printing pdfs. Sometimes when I make a pdf by exporting from InDesign I can print the file out of Acrobat and i will print the crop marks and page info. Other times I have to go into "Advanced" and check off trim and page info. I dont know why this happens.
The other issue is when Im printing out oversized docs... sometimes the crops are in the wrong place (almost looks like its trying to tile) and/or the page info is illegible or off the page. I have tried printing with Auto Rotate & Center on and with it off-but still get the same results. i have a 44" x 156" banner that I made a pdf for to show the client. When I print... the slug is too small to see. Can I add a footer manually and get it to print outside of the crop marks somehow? Thanks for any help with this. Im using Acrobat 8.1.5 and Mac OS 10.4.11.

Indesign CS3
More info of the problem can be found here:
http://www.layersmagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?s=1ea7a40e429318ae0029c8e5cc70d122&t=49 1&page=2
The work around listed below seems to work:
Apparently this is a huge problem that many designers who work with large workflows are frustrated with. It's actually not a bug but rather the way Adobe created InDesign.
To fix the problem, export your file as an .INX exchange file. Then open that file (make sure nothing got messed up) and save it over your original .INDD.
It's not a great fix, but it's the only one I've found. Apparently, this problem happens less with CS3.
I discovered the cause and fix for this problem on an Adobe.com forum at http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc2ecf5/25

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I had an issue I needed help with a while back, now I need to mod the script.
Here's the original post
Peter Kahrel, ""Save each page as PDF" naming mod?" #1, 16 Jan 2008 8:00 am
I have a 456 page document that was made from a data merge. It has a background image, a foreground image and a job number/description.
I need to save each page out as a jpg and name the file with the contents of the "jobnumber" text box. Previously Peter Kahrel helped me out tremendously with a little function that looked at the job number (which was always PNXX-xxxx) and swapped it out with the real job number.
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var destinationFolder = Folder.selectDialog ("Choose a Folder");
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doc.sections.everyItem().includeSectionPrefix = false;
app.findTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = 'pnxx^9^9^9^9';
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f = File (destinationFolder + "/" + found[i].contents + '.pdf');
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doc.exportFile (ExportFormat.pdfType, f, false, myPDFExportPreset);
As always, Thanks a million,
Randy

>Does that sound do-able?
Most things are doable, provided that your information is precise: first you say that pages may or may not have a text frame labelled "jobnumber" and that that frame may or may not have text in it (your post can be read like that anyway). Now you say that every page has a text frame labelled "jobnumber" and that that frame can be filled with either of three text strings. Or maybe all three strings? You say
>then I should be able save each file with the names "Avocado.jpg", "Burnt Sienna.jpg" and "pnga-0431.jpg" respectively.
Or do you mean "save each file with the names "Avocado.jpg", "Burnt Sienna.jpg" _OR_ "pnga-0431.jpg" respectively."? The way you phrased it, it looks as if you want to save three files from a page. But your example shows that you meant "or", not "and".
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Peter
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path = app.activeDocument.filePath + '/';
p = app.activeDocument.pages.everyItem().getElements();
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Be well...

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I need to be able to turn each page into a seperate PDF and then rename that PDF to match the account number list on the page.
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[JS][CS4]PDF Export With RegExp Doesn't Include First Zero-Please Help

This is a script we put together with the help of Jongware, Shonkyin and Kaysan a while back...
Here's the link to the original thread:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/481958?tstart=0
( function() {
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var myFolder = app.activeDocument.filePath;
if(myFolder != null){
var myPageName, myFilePath, myFile;
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
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MyTest_100.pdf - This is perferct
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MyTest_9.pdf - should be MyTest_009.pdf
MyTest_10.pdf - should be MyTest_010.pdf
Why doesn't it use the first 0(s) in the name? 0 is a digit and every RegEx tester I've checked it with includes the zero.
Any assistance with getting this script to use the leading zero if there is one would be greatly appreciated.
Also, if there is a way to export each PDF from a multipage document which doesn't start with a number, it would be extremely helpful.
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Danny

The zeros aren't there because they never were there. Your loop starts at 0 and that could be a page number. To pad your page numbers to three-digit numbers, replace this line:
myFilePath = myFolder + "/" + "MyTest_" + (my_suffix + myCounter) + ".pdf";
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Ok, here's the background and my dilemma: I work for a non-profit organization and we have employees filling out forms (protected MS Word Documents) for our various clients in different departments. Being the resident computer/IT guy, I was asked if we could translate a few of those forms into PDFs. This wasn't a problem for me. I do my Acrobat work on my PowerMac, but 98% of my users are PC. I created the PDFs based on the MS Word Doc, they staff can open the PDF, type in the information, save as their file, print, etc. No problems there.
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RCruseJFCS wrote:
I know we have some PDFs in use from the US Government that I can have someone fill out, save as, then export the data in FDF file form, and then import that data to another (USGov) form. So what am I missing here? Why can't I seem to do the same?
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Many thanks for your helpful answer. The form doesn't need to be very secure, so if you feel able to point me to the script, I would be very grateful.
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Hello,
I found a script here which exports the active document as a PDF to the desktop.
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I would like this script to create a PDF named: pagelayout.pdf
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Hi tlumbis,
I didn't get any issue, any way try the below new one.
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