Placing multi page .indd files

Hi, I found out recently you can now place .indd files in other .indd files. Awesome! However, it seems like you can only place stuff from the first page of the .indd file you're placing. Is this true? Can you place content from the second page or after in the document?

Same as with PDFs, e.g., either check "Show Options" when selecting the file, or press-and-hold the Shift key whilst clicking on Open.
You will get a dialog, showing previews per page and asking what you want to import.

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This script i did for photoshop:
OK so lets do it working on WIN and MAC without any shell script.
This solution is not the best but its working.
I used Try catch to solve it.
Only issue is that you should at least somehow know how many pages you expect in pdf.. this mean if you are working with books or flyers...
Then set the maxPagesCount to that number.
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http://grab.by/yNEg
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