Quite so, Richard, and no offense. I think the manual process you described yesterday with the anchored frame and the multiple copies would get the job done well, especially for docs that are usually no more than a few dozen pages. I only meant that I've never found a tool that would automate the process of taking a PDF of multiple pages and bringing those pages into FM. Your advice is good, and I agree that splitting is superfluous for the process you describe.
Jim -----Original Message----- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 5:16 PM To: Pinkham, Jim Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Automating the import of multi-page PDFs Pinkham, Jim wrote: > As for the direct import issue, I went back and searched the archives > and found the discussion in October 2006, but couldn't find a definitive > answer to the direct import of multiple-page PDFs into Frame. You > suggested the alternative approach of the RTF for the text at that > point, too, along with a second trip through with a PNG export to take > care of the graphics. This makes sense, and long term, I agree it's > better to have content you can edit and reuse than to have it > constrained in PDFs. I believe Chris said the report pages must look _exactly_ like they do in the PDF, so editing isn't really relevant for his problem, and reformatting RTF to replicate what already exists seems like needless extra work. Maybe I'm confused about what you mean by "a definitive answer to the direct import of multiple-page PDFs into Frame." I like to think my earlier post provided a fairly definitive answer -- I've done it numerous times, and it works great. :-) > A quick search > (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&fkt=3213&fsdt=46573&q=import+(multip > age+OR+multi-page+OR+multiple+page)+PDFs+into+(FM+OR+Framemaker)&btnG=Go > ogle+Search&aq=o&oq=) suggests there are tools out there that will split > up a PDF into individual pages (see, for instance, the splitter and > merger tools on Planet PDF), but I didn't find a batch import tool in > the same quick glance. Splitting up a multi-page PDF serves no useful purpose in this context. For the manual (but fast) process I described earlier, it would be counterproductive, since it would require the extra step of browsing to a different file for each import operation -- much more time-consuming than simply typing a page number. And I can't imagine a script- or macro-based process where separate files would be an advantage, either. "It's my opinion and it's very true." Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
