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Gang--

Every now and then, I've been asked how to export each page of an InDesign document as a separate PDF. I think this is usually used for input for an imposition system. Here's an InDesign CS JavaScript that does the trick:

//ExportEachPageAsPDF.js 
//An InDesign CS JavaScript. 
//Exports each page of an InDesign CS document as a separate PDF to a selected folder. 
//Display a "choose folder" dialog box. 
if(app.documents.length != 0){ 
	var myFolder = Folder.selectDialog ("Choose a Folder"); 
	if(myFolder != null){ 
		myExportPages(myFolder); 
	} 
} 
else{ 
	alert("Please open a document and try again."); 
} 
function myExportPages(myFolder){ 
	var myDocument = app.activeDocument; 
	var myDocumentName = myDocument.name; 
	var myDialog = app.dialogs.add(); 
	with(myDialog.dialogColumns.add().dialogRows.add()){ 
		staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Base name:"}); 
		var myBaseNameField = textEditboxes.add({editContents:myDocumentName, minWidth:160}); 
	} 
	var myResult = myDialog.show({name:"ExportPages}); 
	if(myResult == true){ 
		//The name of the exported files will be the base name + the value of the counter + ".pdf". 
		var myBaseName = myBaseNameField.editContents; 
		//Remove the dialog box from memory. 
		myDialog.destroy(); 
		for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter<myDocument.pages.length; myCounter++){ 
			app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = (myCounter+1) + ""; 
			//Generate a file path from the folder name, the base document name, and the counter value. 
			var myFilePath = myFolder + "/" + myBaseName + (myCounter+1) + ".pdf"; 
			var myFile = new File(myFilePath); 
			app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, myFile, false); 
		} 
	} 
	else{ 
		myDialog.destroy(); 
	} 
}



Save the script as a text file with the file extension ".js" and put it--or an alias/shortcut to it--in the Scripts folder in the Presets folder inside your InDesign folder. Run the script from the Scripts palette.

Thanks,

Ole