Placing All Pages of a PDF at Once with a Script • InDesign
Have you ever needed to place a REALLY long PDF into your InDesign document, only to find that you have to place each page separately with your cursor? This script allows you to flow your PDF pages directly into your text frames, which is a much more dynamic way to deal with it!
0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Why I Needed This
1:07 - How InDesign Inserts PDFs by Default
1:45 - PDF Import Options
2:25 - The Slow Way
3:00 - Using an Inline Image Frame
4:03 - The Script by M1B
4:40 - Launching the Script
5:00 - Creating the PDF-Page Object Style
5:40 - Check the Size of Your Text Frame
7:00 - Fine-tuning the Object Settings
9:00 - Fine-Tuning the Paragraph Style for Anchored Objects
9:50 - Size and Position Options
10:20 - Success!
10:45 - Vertically Align Text Frames
Original solution by M1B on this Adobe Forum:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesi...
Modified version which places a carriage return between items:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/do6oht...
Not sure what to do with script text? Don't worry, it's easy!
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