Re: How do I batch "convert" a bunch of InDesign CS to PDF files

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From: Peter_Kahrel
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:05

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Well, that's not very helpful, so here's a script to do it. Thought I might need it myself soon, anyway. This should work on Macs and PCs. Where it says "d/test", fill in the drive/directory where the ID files are that you want to convert.

alldocs = Folder("/d/test").getFiles("*.indd");
for( doc = 0 ; doc < alldocs.length ; doc++ )
   {
   app.open( alldocs[doc] ) ;
   pdfFile = new File( alldocs[doc].path +"/" + stripExt( alldocs[doc].name )+"pdf" ) ;
   app.activeDocument.exportFile( ExportFormat.pdfType , pdfFile ) ;
   app.activeDocument.close() ;
   }

function stripExt ( f ) {
return f.substring( 0 , f.length-4 )
}

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