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Export PDF page by page with specific names?

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BanisherSAD Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -
Hello everyone,

I am facing a rather time-consuming little problem and I would like to ask for your knowledge to avoid an endless amount of Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V:

Problem:
I need to create several InDesign documents of just over 100 pages each, which I then need to export page by page; so far so good since the export allows creating separate PDF files (based on the page number, the incremented number, and the page size).

The particularity that is causing me trouble is the name of the PDFs once extracted this way: my documents need to have a specific suffix based on the content, which would force me, if I do it "manually," to rename all these PDF files after extraction to add the required suffix.

Question:
Is it possible to generate these files with a specific suffix, for example by using page bookmarks or something else?

Thank you in advance, and I wish you all an excellent day!

Configuration: Windows / Chrome 78.0.3904.108

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contrariness Posted messages 338 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   6 240
 
For a job like this, I would separate the pages into independent files using Acrobat Pro and rename the files according to an external list created in Word or Excel with Ant Renamer
https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/3357-ant-renamer/
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Mavaix-Lemon Posted messages 9 Status Membre 6
 
Hi,

in ID during your PDF export you have an option "create separate PDF files" where it allows you to add a suffix to each of them, as well as other options that can be really useful. This will save you from going through Acrobat, which can be very time-consuming and annoying...

Hoping this helps you!
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contrariness Posted messages 338 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   6 240
 
Hello
In ID when exporting your PDF, you have an option "create separate PDF files"
Which version of InDesign has this option?
In my CS6.. nothing in the PDF export....
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Mavaix-Lemon Posted messages 9 Status Membre 6
 
Ah, I have the latest update from 2020, maybe this option hasn't been integrated yet in CS6...
Even in interactive PDF?
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contrariness Posted messages 338 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   6 240
 
no, not even that!
There are indeed layout options, but not those...
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BanisherSAD Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   1
 

Hello everyone,

thank you for your feedback, the separate file export options in Indesign didn’t allow me to get the expected result, so I used another solution that might help some of you:

I used the software Ant Renamer, which allows among other things to rename all the files in a folder based on a list. I created a simple list in Notepad with the name of each page in sequence, then exported my PDF page by page (with the page number suffix to maintain the correct file order) and then renamed all the files with Ant Renamer (various tutorials are available on YouTube).

It’s worth noting that it is also possible to rename the pages via a script using a text field saved as a style. I’m not sure if I have the right to link the video, but you can find the tutorial on YouTube: Indesign Script Export Named Pages by William CampBell

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