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Article #9476Placing pdf files to precise coordinates
From: Mark_Knoll
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:49
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:49
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We place a lot of multipage pdfs into InDesign using the PlaceMultipagePDF.as script that is one of the example scripts in the InDesign Scripting Guide. This script, however, places the pdf files aligned with the top and left of the InDesign page. I would like to place them an arbitrary distance from the top left corner, though, and thought I could modify the PlaceMultipagePDF script using the "move" method:
tell myPage
set myPDFPage to place myPDF
move myPDF to {"2p", "6p"}
end tell
but when I run the script I get "Error Number: -1708 Error String: Adobe InDesign CS2 got an error: alias "path-to-filename-of-pdf" doesn't understand the move message" (where "path-to-filename-of-pdf" is the actual path, of course).
Any ideas?
Thanks very much in advance.
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