Open multipage PDF

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Open Multi-Page PDF

Have you ever needed to edit a PDF in Illustrator? or maybe just open a PDF to copy a couple of elements? If you have, then you know that you have to open the PDF and choose the page you wish to open, close the file and if you need to work on a different page you have no choice but to repeat the process…as many times as needed. It gets annoying very quickly, there must be an easier way, right? Right, by way of a script, it will basically do all the tedious work for us.

Download: AI_openMultiPagePDF_CS4_CS5.v1.02.zip

Installing and Executing Scripts

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510 responses to “Open multipage PDF”

6 May, 2026

Ajay

Thank you so much for the amazing post

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28 October, 2024

Fahim

thanks

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8 August, 2023

Artiz

Thanks a lot ,it’s working

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11 July, 2023

riya

thank you for your help

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6 July, 2023

wilbur

VERY USEFUL INFORMATION THANKYOU SO MUCH

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13 April, 2021

Rodrigo Rubio

I can´t seem to save it, is there anything I could do?

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18 March, 2021

Hiten

Thank you for the help. It is really Amazing.

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14 September, 2020

CS

Really great script! Thanks a lot!

I have one suggestion for improvement though:
It would be great to import the pages linked and maybe with an option to reduce transparency.

Background:
Many customers provide pdf files with embedded corporate fonts, but don’t supply the font it self. By opening an pdf as linked and then use “reduce transparency” on it you get the text with its original looks as path without the need for the font.
Right now the text gets a replacement font.

I do not know anything about programming, but line 120 seems to be the responsable line:

// Open a file using these preferences
var pdfDoc = open(fileRef, DocumentColorSpace.RGB);

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1. 24 April, 2023
  
  NickyG
  
  this is the very ideaaa
  
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22 July, 2020

Tracy

Is there a way to have the pages one on top of the other instead of left to right?

THIS
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1. 22 July, 2020
  
  Carlos
  
  Yes, it’s possible. I might add an option to choose orientation in the next version. For now, please use Rearrange Artboards command after the script is done. Thanks
  
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  1. 22 July, 2020
    
    Tracy DuBosar
    
    Thank you!! I did not realize you could do that.
    
    Reply
    1. 22 July, 2020
      
      Carlos
      
      It didn’t exist way back when I wrote the script. I had to arrange them myself one by one. Now it’s easier.
      
      Reply
17 July, 2020

Francisco González

Gracias!!! funcionó y me ayudó mucho…

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10 July, 2020

JAKE

Don’t work on Version 24.00 2019😔

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10 June, 2020

Yannis

Carlos thank you very much!
Illustrator 2017 CC v.21.1.0

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1. 21 June, 2020
  
  Ruby
  
  Do you know how to save them a multipage pdf after finishing editing?
  
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  1. 21 June, 2020
    
    Carlos
    
    HI Ruby, are you not getting a multipage pdf after saving? what method are you using?
    
    Saving as PDF using both Illustrator Default and Illustrator Default without Preserving Illustrator Editing produce multipage pdf documents.
    
    Carlos
    
    Reply
20 May, 2020

natiKoMR

¡Funcionó perfecto! Great script, thank you! CC 2015 😀

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6 May, 2020

Abul kalam

Thanks its relay work as our requirement wish you all the best.

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27 April, 2020

Ahmed Mustafa Hashmi

nice thanks

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5 April, 2020

MelaniP

It works!!! in 2020
CC2019
thank you so so much !!

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29 February, 2020

Clothing Factory

Thank you. it works perfectly.

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19 February, 2020

Giacomo

You are the best, thank you!

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17 January, 2020

Paul

Thanks, performing splendidly

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15 December, 2019

duong hoang

Many thanks it works perfectly

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12 December, 2019

zohaib

uotclass

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9 December, 2019

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25 November, 2019

Prince

Does it work on Mac as well?

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24 November, 2019

CMJ Design Studio

You are so freaking amazing =)!!! Thank you so very much!!!

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21 November, 2019

olive

Great!..it works with my PC C5… thanks

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14 November, 2019

natiKoMR

Thank you so much! This is so usefull, it made my day!

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14 November, 2019

Henrieta

Thank you!

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6 November, 2019

Brandon Truong

Obligatory CARLOS THIS WORKED AMAZINGLYyyy~~~

Great script. Works just as expected.

Cheers, Brandon

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20 October, 2019

ing

why some of my text tuned into symbols? pls help… anyone?

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1. 20 October, 2019
  
  Carlos
  
  Can you share a file to have a look at it?
  
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19 October, 2019

shri

Hi Carlos, The script doesn’t seem to work for me 🙁 When I click on the exec file, it gives me an error “AI_openMultiPagePDF_CS4_CS5.v1.02.jsx 2” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. I am on Mac, is there a solution for this? Thanks.

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1. 19 October, 2019
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Shri, I haven’t seen that error before. Can you open the file manually using Illustrator?
  
  Can you share the file to analyze?
  
  Carlos
  
  Reply
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16 September, 2019

Md Yeasin Arafat

I like this script most but Its only open file but I need to place file …because when I open the file its change font and optimal performance..can you add an option like Place or Open the file.

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1. 16 September, 2019
  
  Carlos
  
  If I remember correctly, I was unable to Place the file, that’s why I had to Open it instead. Let me look into it.
  
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5 September, 2019

Alauddin

Really very nice. I am using that for my illustrator cs6

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27 July, 2019

shanu bolta hai

thanks you so much

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1 July, 2019

CJ

Thank you so much. It opened and placed a 22 page pdf in 32 seconds. Amazing work.

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26 April, 2019

Marily Soucy

SO DOPE WORKS AWESOMELY!!!

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5 April, 2019

Mossawir

Work Flawlessly in Illustrator CC 2018. thank you so much for the script. Amazing work.

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5 March, 2019

libia

Thank you for the help

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26 February, 2019

Sinka Csaba

Thank you Carlos, it’s working!

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1. 27 February, 2019
  
  Ebin
  
  Can this script be used on MAC OS?
  
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  1. 27 February, 2019
    
    Carlos
    
    Yes
    
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11 February, 2019

Duc N

Worked perfectly! Thanks a million.

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14 November, 2018

Anna

File not found! Can you reupload, please? Thanks!

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1. 14 November, 2018
  
  Paal Joachim
  
  Thanks for letting us know! I have corrected the link.
  
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23 October, 2018

Vasillios

This is great. Adobe tried to implement this feature in the last update, but they did not succeed in my opinion. You’ll open them up, and they’ll all be linked documents, and then when you embed them, the size changes. What?? Your plugin works so much better than that. Thank you.

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12 September, 2018

Farhan

First of all, i had used this script so many times. Thanks to you.
Just note to all user, triple check your artwork after using this script.
I had 1 problem after using this script. Some artwork may output differently and may lose some effect.
I’m using Illustrator CS6. From now on, i’m using the script with caution.

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11 September, 2018

Joe Yanniz

AWESOME! Just turned a morning full of headaches into 91 seconds of “work”.

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1. 11 September, 2018
  
  Carlos
  
  That’s the point!!! Work smarter
  
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7 September, 2018

Dennis

Thanks a lot it worked

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16 July, 2018

James Beckett

Dear Carlos – I’m still old school illustrator version. MANY thanks for this genius script. It will save me a heap of time over the coming weeks as I need to tweak pages and pages of barcode labels. I just wish I’d found you and your site earlier.

I wish you all the very best in the future !

James

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24 May, 2018

aiamuzz

Windows 7
Illustrator CS5

reading the pdf file as only one page ‘1 of 1’

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1. 28 June, 2018
  
  jmd313
  
  Does this work for mac too?
  
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  1. 13 July, 2018
    
    Carlos Azeredo
    
    Yes. It does.
    
    Reply
16 May, 2018

A L E X

THIS IS THE BEST SCRIPT EVER AND I WISH I KNEW ABOUT IT EARLIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very helpful for me and thank you for sharing your work. It has helped me tremendously!

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25 April, 2018

ashish

Thanks!!!! very useful & save time too!

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20 April, 2018

JERKEMER

Increíble el script, muchas gracias Carlos, eres un “Crack”. Funciona muy bien y me ha sorprendido que mantenga las tipografías del PDF editables. En CC 2017 sobre Sierra funciona.

Muchas Gracias!

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8 April, 2018

Huzefa Jawadwala

Thank you so much for this !
I had a heavy file with multiple graphics so i opened it up in bunches of 20 pages.

However it doesn’t seem to function with a 3 digit number for pages.

So although i have 154 pages i cannot use this for pages from 100 to 154 otherwise it worked fine. Is there any workaround which worked for anybody ?

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1. 8 April, 2018
  
  Carlos
  
  It should work with 3 digit pages. Let me check.
  
  What’s your OS and illustrator version?
  
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  1. 24 April, 2018
    
    vinothmannu
    
    All the pdf are opening in CMYK mode can this be changed to RGB mode.
    
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    1. 25 April, 2018
      
      Carlos
      
      Yes, I could add an option to open in either CMYK or RGB. I’ll keep it mind for the next version. In the meantime, go to File->Document Color Mode->RGB Color
      
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  2. 5 April, 2019
    
    Spektor
    
    It does not work with 3 digit pages. Ai CS6, Windows 10.
    
    Reply
30 March, 2018

Business Cash Advance

Good afternoon. Thanks for this info! Useful article!.

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30 March, 2018

Jo

Works perfectly with CC 2018. Thank you very much dude.

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25 March, 2018

carla

T H A N K Y O U!!!!!!

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16 March, 2018

Rafi

did not work with my 60 page, graphics heavy, PDF. (CC 2018) 🙁

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1 March, 2018

Luis Decker

You can open file in PDF forms filler and edit document. When open it in Illustrator

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26 February, 2018

ons

useful content for pdf page edit with every page and particular page

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1. 9 March, 2018
  
  andre
  
  is working on mac ??????
  
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  1. 15 March, 2018
    
    Nuhi
    
    yes, it worked for me
    
    Reply
15 February, 2018

Megx

GREAT! Thanks dude!
works for me (Illustrator CC 2015)

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1. 15 February, 2018
  
  Carlos
  
  Are you on Windows or Mac?
  
  Thanks for commenting
  Carlos
  
  Reply
14 February, 2018

Fazlul

Great Dear, Thumbs Up

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6 February, 2018

prash

cant run in mac plz help

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2 February, 2018

Madai

THANK YOU !!!!!! 🙂

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26 January, 2018

Enzo

Than you ! Very help full

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8 January, 2018

max

VERY NICE SCRIPT THANKS A TON

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5 January, 2018

KAMILO

MUCHAS GRACIAS

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31 December, 2017

Md. Mozid Hossain Badol

Thanks Carlos

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27 December, 2017

Alauddin

very nice tool I am using this with illustrator

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1. 19 January, 2018
  
  MyName
  
  “very nice tool I am using this with illustrator”
  
  — I’m using it with Blender, but I keep getting weird errors. ;p
  
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15 December, 2017

Lucas Betim

Thank you

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14 December, 2017

ron burgundy

THANK YOU FOR THIS

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7 December, 2017

Brad Rhodes

Would be awesome if it could recognize how many pages are in the .pdf and auto-populate that in the range fields… or give me a ‘all’ button to choose all or range.

As it stands now, I have to guess how many pages are in the document, overshooting the number to make sure I get them all and then have to go clean up and delete all of the duplicates

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4 December, 2017

Sam

Hi, This is great. But is there a way that I can use this to open up the pages on my current document. I have a document template which is set to A4, every time I run the script it opens the pages on a new document. Thank you.

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3 December, 2017

Mister SVG

pls i need the calendar script… thnx

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1. 5 December, 2017
  
  Leonardo
  
  https://www.creativebloq.com/indesign/create-a-calendar-5132674
  
  Reply
25 November, 2017

Lolz

Confirmed WORKING on PC with Illustrator CC 2018. Thanks!

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22 November, 2017

Hayes

It doesn’t work in my Illustrator CC 2018, I’ve tried to import different pdf files with different pages, both vectors and bitmaps. But the importation just freeze at the end of the process and the program never able to come back until I terminate it.

It work perfectly in 2017 though, adobe must have made some changes to the program. Hopefully looking for a new version of this script.

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1. 24 November, 2017
  
  XIGLON1419
  
  worked for me on PC – 18 page PDF
  
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18 November, 2017

tase

I couldn’t find the the location illustrator CC/Presets, I use versiyon 2018, dont work this script on 2018?

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17 November, 2017

Luna

Oh god. Yes! Thank you!

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3 November, 2017

Samir

thank u very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very much

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3 November, 2017

SanEs

Does this work for Adobe CC 2018?

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1. 7 November, 2017
  
  Deniz
  
  It works with CC 2017. You better give a shot.
  
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2. 30 November, 2017
  
  Aron Eduardo
  
  Si funciona, dale doble clic y al preguntarte en donde quieres ejecutarlo (ventana de Windows 10) seleccionas el Adobe
  
  Reply
31 October, 2017

Brijhette

Thanks so much, Carlos! I’ve had this issue for YEARS. This script saved me over an hour of headaches today alone.

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31 October, 2017

Heather

Hi Carlos!

I would love for this to work for me. It seems that it drops items out of my PDF. I’m running High Sierra with CC2018. Any solutions?

Thanx!

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27 October, 2017

Tyran

THANK YOU!
The script works great! Imagine if Adobe would be clever enough to add this feature to illustrator… guess they lack the skills 😉

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1. 24 January, 2018
  
  James
  
  Yes. Imagine. And if only you hadn’t signed an NDA to get access to pre-release software indicating you wouldn’t disclose anything about it, you could comment further. :p
  
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25 October, 2017

Kristine

This is indeed useful! Thanks a bunch!

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17 October, 2017

susana

thank you for the plug. I have CS6 and the plug starts to work but when I start to delete some pages I don not need, close my ilustrator. Help please!

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15 October, 2017

J.Adam

I love this!!! thank you!!!!!!!

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13 October, 2017

Devin

This plug in won’t work for me. Only opens the first page of the document. running on cc 17

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12 October, 2017

ML

F*&%KING, Thank you!

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11 October, 2017

Jacob Perl

Solved my problem easily and just as I hoped it would…thank you!

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9 October, 2017

Cara

I am working with Illustrator CC. I have downloaded and put the script in the presets/scripts folder. When I have illustrator open and go to scripts–it shows up there, and lets me browse for the multi page pdf, and choose it, but the file name doesnt show up in the file name area, and I can pick pages as well–but the open button never activates.

Can you possibly shed some light on this? thanks!

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2 October, 2017

Goran

I have a question about it even this is a very old post, maybe someone still reads it.

Is there a script or plugin to import multiple pages of PDF to Adobe Illustrator but to place more pages on 1 artboard on a specific position on it?

I was searching for this for a long time but unfortunately couldnt find the answer that could help me in my workflow.

Hope for a respond, this would saves me a lot of time. Best regards,

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1. 2 October, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Goran, it’ll be hard to find a script already made for your specific needs, one would need to be written for it. This script could be used as a starting point.
  
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2. 9 October, 2017
  
  Joe Buley
  
  Goran,
  
  I can probably write the illustrator script to assist your workflow. I need some more specifics regarding the position and placement on the artboard. Please reply to my email: tarprints ( at ) gmail.com
  
  Reply
29 September, 2017

Dale

It doesn’t seem to save the changes to the original file?

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1. 2 October, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  No, it doesn’t save on top of the original file. The script, recreates the pdf on a newly created file
  
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13 September, 2017

Agustin

Very Very Usefull Script Super!! Thank u bro

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1. 15 November, 2017
  
  Gaspar
  
  it works!!! just use it
  
  Reply
13 September, 2017

Roger. Australia

What a time saver!!!! works in CC 2017 perfectly!

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12 September, 2017

Dejan

Thank you so much!

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11 September, 2017

Hanna

Hi Carlos! Thank you so much for this!

My only worry is that do I have to logate the script every time I want to open a pdf with multible pages? I mean if I click in the pdf “open in illustrator” -> illustrator opens with the same old “choose a page”-pdf opener…So I always have to go to the script file and click the script to open multiple pages?

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1. 13 September, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  Hello Hanna, yes if you open your pdf as usual via File Open Menu you’ll always open 1 page at a time. If you plan on opening the file multiple times, save a copy as ai native format then save a copy to pdf after you make your edits.
  
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6 September, 2017

David Price

Worked a treat in CC 2017. Thanks!

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28 August, 2017

ATM

THANK YOU, VERY VERY MUCH!

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25 August, 2017

Kev

Just brilliant opens all the pages as artboards exactly what i neeeded, Thank you!!!

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22 August, 2017

Rav

Thanks you!!!

saved me a couple of hours!!!

🙂

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19 August, 2017

S.ho

I love you bro

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12 August, 2017

rafe batt

thanks for this tool it is useful

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9 August, 2017

Randy Devost

Carlos… I love you!!!! 😉 I had to make a bunch of little signs which I had set up in InDesign then exported to a Multi-page PDF but my vinyl jockey’s rip software wouldn’t play nice with the file. I was able to open the PDF and run this script which got all the pages to one multi-artboard .ai file.

Now i have to backsave these to a version 10 .ai for his rip BUT this should be able to allow him to gang-up as necessary to fit his media. Fingers Crossed.

Thank you

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5 August, 2017

rav

Thanking you it working fast, you saved a lot of time

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4 August, 2017

Quynh

Awsome! It works for CS6 perfectly.
Thanks a lot!!

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3 August, 2017

Eric

AMAZING! THANK YOU CARLOS.

Confirmed working for CC 2017 21.1

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25 July, 2017

Ahmed

Thanks alot Carlos.. you just saved my day!

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21 July, 2017

Ali

Thank you so much, worked perfectly on my Mac!

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18 July, 2017

Rogério Júnior

Many Thanks!!!!! It really saved my life.. big hug from Mozambique!

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15 July, 2017

Soji

Thanks It worked great. This script is a must keep. Saved me from recreating a lot of contents. Using it with CC 2017.

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11 July, 2017

Warez

Thanks for the post, took me ages to find this!

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9 July, 2017

Lyn

Hello

I have an issue with the script. I added it to my scripts in Ai a while ago and now I can’t get rid of it. It’s deleted from my Scripts, but still it appears in AI and Photoshop. I don’t know what to do… can you help?

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6 July, 2017

Vieri

When I use it, it only lets me view the outline preview, and doesn’t allow me to save the document!! Anyone with the same prob?? It’s CS6!

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29 June, 2017

karin

Thanks BIG time!!!

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21 June, 2017

hila

AMAZING PLUGIN – WORKS LIKE A CHARM. THANK YOU!!

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8 June, 2017

TracieV

Works in the CC version too. You are a lifesaver!!

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1. 21 June, 2017
  
  Andres
  
  How? Thank you!!
  
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8 June, 2017

T

Asante, it worked.

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7 June, 2017

Kevin

I have been running this script no problem in Illustrator CC 2017 on Windows 7. I had just had my laptop re-imaged with Windows 10 and now the script takes a long time to run (usually within 15 seconds for about 15 pages with Windows 7, but now about 100 + seconds for 15 pages with Windows 10). Any thoughts as why this is?

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1. 8 June, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Kevin, I moved to win10 long time ago and didn’t notice any significant delay. Let me see if I can find a win7 machine to re-test
  
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31 May, 2017

JJ

Excellent!

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30 May, 2017

Laura

This saved two weeks of work. My adobe crashed and only the PDF saved. I cannot believe how perfectly this worked.

Thank you so so so much!!

LIFE SAVER

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14 May, 2017

Mohid Ahmad

soperb love u

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10 May, 2017

Ameenullah S

Thank you So much!!!!

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8 May, 2017

Salome B

This is amazing !!!

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5 May, 2017

Mangat

Thanks . it is working m happy

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5 May, 2017

Pamela

Just what I needed. Thank you!

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29 April, 2017

Soroush

god saves you……

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28 April, 2017

japaneseman

Thank you so mach! you are cooool!!!!

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22 April, 2017

Rod Jasper

Thank you so much!

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6 April, 2017

Otro

Capo. Muchas gracias.

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4 April, 2017

JP

Muy buen trabajo. Muchas gracias.

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14 March, 2017

Josiah Jost | Siah Design

A lifesaver for me today. THANK YOU!

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1 March, 2017

MINH THONG

Hi Carlos,
How to can I link file PDF not open?

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1. 1 March, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  I originally wanted to Place the PDF but run into issues, I had to resort to open the pdf instead.
  
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  1. 2 March, 2017
    
    MINH THONG
    
    Thanks!
    
    Reply
1 March, 2017

MINH THONG

Hi Carlos,
How to can I link file PDF?

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28 February, 2017

Mike Edel

Hi Carlos,

do you know of any way to determine the number of pages in a multi-page pdf before trying to open them?
PDFFileOptions only has the option to specify the page to be opened.

This might be useful for your script as well as right now the user has to know how many pages it has. Ideally, it would default to the full page range instead.

Cheers,

Mike

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28 February, 2017

Zahid Hussain

For MAC Users very sample:
Once you have downloaded the script, Copy it and Open Mac HD/Applications/Adobe lllustrator CS6 or CC/Presets/en_AE or en_US/Scripts = Just Past script file and close your illustrator and open.

File > Scripts > AI_openMultiPagePDF_CS4_CS5.v1.02

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22 February, 2017

Brooke

HI I downloaded this plug in because i have a PDF with 400 individual bingo cards on them. I tried to open the first 50 (as per the gentlemen note above, doing small batches) and it opened the 50, but turned them all black and you could barely make out the logos on it and the numbers vanished.

Any ideas?

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1. 22 February, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Brooke, can you share your pdf to analyze?
  
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21 February, 2017

Daniel Seven

I’ve used it and it worked just fine.
But there’s been a few time when it wont recognize any language and all text becomes just signs.

Any ideas for solutions?
thanks

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1. 21 February, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  please post a link to your problem pdf to see if I can spot the issue.
  
  thanks
  
  Reply
  1. 27 February, 2017
    
    Daniel Seven
    
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/1i2gh8j4jtjjlp1/Test_error.pdf?dl=0
    
    this would be part of a PDF which won’t recognize any language at all
    
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    1. 1 March, 2017
      
      Carlos
      
      Hi Daniel, did you generate the PDF? if so the problem usually happen when saving a pdf from MS Office, avoid default Calibri font and resave the pdf.
      
      If you received the pdf from other sources. I Open your PDF in Acrobat Pro, changed the font and resave. That took care of the problem.
      
      Let us know if it works.
      
      Carlos
      
      Reply
18 February, 2017

MrDif

Working well in CC 2017.

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16 February, 2017

Kai

This script is perfect! Can I ask you for a favor? If the PDF is protected and I know the password, is it possible to use the script too so that I do not need to paste 5-6 times if there are 5-6 pages.

Thank you!

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1. 21 February, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Kai, unfortunately there’s no access to use password to open pdfs.
  
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10 February, 2017

matt

Can i ask if its possible to do this but lay them all on a specified artboard size? For exacmple 2000mm x 1000mm and fill it with the multi page pdf?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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1. 21 February, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Matt, it seems possible. Do you need all pdf pages in one 2000 x 1000 artboard? Or each pdf in it’s own 2000 x 1000 artboard?
  
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  1. 2 May, 2017
    
    Sean
    
    I also would love to know how to get them to drop into their own artboard, script running fine but they are all dropping on top of each other on one artboard?
    A3 sized artboards would suffice
    
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9 February, 2017

Marc

Legend!! Really helped me out here.

Thanks man

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8 February, 2017

Travis Williams

wow thanks dude
-2017

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8 February, 2017

Sandra Cogley

Why do the artboards paste on top of each other instead of separate artboards? :/

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1. 8 February, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  Illustrator Version?
  OS?
  
  can you post a link to the pdf you’re having issues with?
  
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  1. 21 February, 2017
    
    Kartik
    
    Same Problem.
    OS Sierra 10.12.2
    Illustrator cc 2017
    
    My PDF is custom size and the script makes a new document and paste the content on top of each other. 🙁
    
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    1. 22 February, 2017
      
      Johanna
      
      Same here.
      OS X Yosemite Illustrator CC 2015..
      
      Heeelp!
      
      Reply
2 February, 2017

Mamunur Rashid

GREAT!

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1 February, 2017

m

thank you

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31 January, 2017

Gil

Perfect! Kudos to you, Sir!

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30 January, 2017

Luke Comins

Thanks for this epic plugin! It has come in REALLY handy for a couple of years now on CS6 and has worked fine… until now.
The plugin will not open and I am getting the command:
Error 22: Window does not have a constructor.
Line 16
-> var win = new Window (“dialog”, “MTools – Open Multipage PDF”);

Can you give any direction?
Much appreciated!

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1. 1 February, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  I just tried it with CS6 on Windows. I works fine. Try restarting your system, let us know if it works…and please share your OS.
  
  thanks
  
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17 January, 2017

Johanna

I love you.

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1. 17 January, 2017
  
  Carlos
  
  awwww 🙂
  
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17 January, 2017

vlad

Thank you SOOOOOO MUUUCH!

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16 January, 2017

Gayan

Thank You. It was awesome !!!

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5 January, 2017

Saylee T

Thank you so much for this!
This saved me so much time, and i can finally submit my grandutation document on time! I think i might just include you in my acknowledgement section 😀

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19 December, 2016

James Seber

Excellent plugin, works great in the latest CC on Windows.
At first it appeared like it was loading all pages on top of each other, but once completed it was all laid out as expected with separate artboards for each page. Perfect!

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15 December, 2016

Kalu

You’re a real life hero

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5 December, 2016

Sigurdur Armannsson

Thanks Carlos for this script. It works just as described on AI CC 2017 on a Mac running Sierra.
For me it was Control + F12
Select the script
Select the pdf file
Set the number of pages
Return

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30 November, 2016

Rana Hussain

Excellent extension. Good Job. Even works in CS6

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21 November, 2016

larbi

absolument genial (absolutly fantastic!!!!!)

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15 November, 2016

David

Hello Carlos, thank you soooooo much for this incredible tool.

I thought I would share some bugs that I am encoutering.

When opening a pdf with a large number of pages, over 100 pages, it is better to open it in batches of 50 pages, otherwise the screen freezes before opening all of the pages. ==> easy and not a real problem, just need to know this

However, sometimes, after having opened pages 1-50 and then 51 to 100, I just get a blank screen when trying another batch (example: 101 to 150)….this would be great to fix 🙂

Thanks again for this wonderful tool

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1. 18 November, 2016
  
  David
  
  Regarding this issue:
  “However, sometimes, after having opened pages 1-50 and then 51 to 100, I just get a blank screen when trying another batch (example: 101 to 150)….this would be great to fix ?”
  
  I think I found the reason for sometimes getting a blank page and this might help others in the same situation.
  
  Never try to open a range that goes from (for example) a two digit page number to a three digit page number (from 90 to 150 for example).
  It is better to work in batches and then combine all resulting pdfs (once you have worked on them in AI and saved back to pdf format) into one master pdf (with pages 1 to 150 in this example) using combine function in acrobat pro reader.
  So, open 1-50, 51-99, 100-150, this should work without any issue.
  If I try any number below 100 to a number above 100, I just get a blank page…
  Hope it helps!
  
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  1. 18 March, 2017
    
    Roberto Sanchez
    
    great!
    
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8 November, 2016

Miguel

Genius

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20 October, 2016

hadi

Nice ……. Thanx dud

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18 October, 2016

René Sánchez

Como abrir archivos pdf con mutiples páginas en illustrator.
Abrir archivo pdf varias páginas en Illustrator.

Gracias por tremendo aporte, funciona en Illustrator CS6 perfectamente.

Thank you for amazing post,work perfectly in Illustrator CS6

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15 October, 2016

marta

Thanks so much fot it! it’s working on my mac, CC illustator 2016:)

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8 October, 2016

RHR

No suelo escribir nada en los foros, si bien me ayudan en los malos momentos como este. Por eso te digo que es un aporte GENIAL, debe ser gratificante saber que ayudas a tanta gente.

Aunque no he llegado a saber como guardarlo dentro del programa para el futuro, utilizo illustrator CC para MAC.

Gracias

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1. 23 August, 2017
  
  Carlos Khrow
  
  Hay una extensión que se llama JSX Launcher, no recuerdo si viene por default o la instale, pero seguro la encuentras en google. Al abrirla por primera vez, selecciona dentro y te aparecerá una ventana en la que elegirás la ubicación de tus scripts, osea puedes crear una carpeta con todos los scripts que quieras y se cargarán como botones dentro esta extensión, si quieres usar alguno solo das click y listo correrá el script. Si quieres agregar o quitar scripts solo agregalos o quitalos de la carpeta configurada y listo ahora ya sabes como 😉
  
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23 September, 2016

Natasha

When opening the script it opens in after effects… I manually opened in AI but I do not understand how to make this work.. Can you please give some more instructions? I am working on creative cloud. Thanks!

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1. 8 October, 2016
  
  Edu
  
  Open your illustrador;
  Press Control + f12
  Select the script file
  Select the file
  And the magic start
  
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23 September, 2016

Aaron

Thanks it worked well on my 2015 AI CC

I wonder if there is a way to make a script to mimic File-Place so that the pdf pages are embedded. This would help save a lot of time when setting up client PDF’s for print.

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20 September, 2016

Dieguite

GENIUS! Thats whats exactly what I need! Works like charm on Illustrator CC2014!!

Thanks at all!
Best regards from Argentina!

Diego

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30 August, 2016

Steve

I loved this script it did exactly waht I needed in the past but now that I’m using the latest version of Illustrator it doesn’t work. It opens the first page of the PDF then returns to the Ui window. If I click open again it creates blanks documents. 🙁

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1. 31 August, 2016
  
  Ashley
  
  Have you figured out anything yet? We just upgraded our Illustrator and its not working anymore as well 🙁
  
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  1. 23 September, 2016
    
    Karthick
    
    Hey its Awesome i like it,
    
    But a small problem when i try to open distress PDF file the art distress is disappears, Can u fix it?
    
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12 August, 2016

Ajit Bhardwaj

!! Thanks U so much!!!! it was critically usefull!!!

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11 August, 2016

Jennifer

Today was a good day, not because I did this and failed. But because I work with a guy who codes and was able to help fix the issues others and myself are having.

I am working on OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.5 (iMac 27-inch, Late 2013) The Illustrator I am using is Adobe Illustrator CC 2015.3.1 Release (20.1.0).

I installed this script according to the instructions above and when I open Illustrator I cannot open a PDF period.. it is greyed out and when I browse for the file it is blank when I click it. Thus failing.

The fix to this…. in the top right corner of my iMac I have a little magnify glass to search..

Search> terminal >Return Key *Click and drag the PDF file you want to open into this terminal. You will see the files or example my file is /User/Jennifer/Documents/FIleName.pdf

I will Copy (Do not include ” in Copy only for text to copy) “/Documents/FileName.PDF” and paste this in the blank box when opening your file in front of this file name type “~” that character… select page and OPEN! BOOM!!! PROBLEM SOLVED… Now someone fix this code so we can do this!!!

The Result will be
~/Documents/FileName.pdf

This was my fix, I hope it helps anyone else who is struggling with the newer versions.

Thanks, JENNIFER!
joostdesigns.com
and the guy who helped me code: RAD (Rapid Application Development) https://rapidappdevel.com
Go show him the LOVE! <3

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1. 12 August, 2016
  
  Carlos
  
  thanks for posting your findings Jennifer!!
  
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28 July, 2016

Alan

Great plugin,

but now my preferences – units are set to “asian – points”?
Its also greyed out so i cant change it?
All my measurements are forced to view as points but i need them to be in inches..
Fix?

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1. 11 August, 2016
  
  Jennifer
  
  Type Control R or Show Ruler. Right Click the top left blank corner of the ruler and you should have options to change to different units. 🙂 Cheers!
  
  Jennifer
  
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28 July, 2016

AKR

it is v usiful , that is grate from u , thanks for this favour

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26 July, 2016

Kristianus Kurnia

Wow, thanks a lot, this is awesome script.

I’m really happy I don’t need to open 100 pages manually 🙂

Btw, for info, it’s work with CS6, I just copy the script to adobe script folder on C crive.

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20 July, 2016

Wilalbert

Nice plugin man!!!

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19 July, 2016

Josh

I am having trouble getting the script to work on a recent PDF I have. It was created and exported from word. It will not open any of the specified pages. It will open a blank page and stop without any further processing. It works fine with other PDF files I have opened. Does the export origin effect wether or not the script works?

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1. 20 July, 2016
  
  Carlos
  
  No, you shouldn’t have any issues opening PDF files created in Word, have you tried opening the file manually in Illustrator to see if it opens?
  
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  1. 15 November, 2016
    
    David
    
    Same issue for me Carlos, the same pdf file was being opened successfully in batches of 50 pages but then I began getting a blank page on illustrator and the script did not seem to be doing anything…
    
    Here you can see that: https://take.ms/oAQVC
    
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15 July, 2016

Andre Beauvais

Worked great on the latest version of CC. Thank you so much!

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15 July, 2016

Susan Norman

I can’t thank you enough!! Works like a dream; CS6 Windows 7 Professional 64bit

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21 June, 2016

Lenka

wow, thanks!

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2 June, 2016

huth

this isn’t working for CC15 on mac 10.11.4 on a pdf created in power point. The Mtools-open Multipage PDF window comes up but when I enter the name of the document and the number of pages and hit open nothing happens.

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1. 2 June, 2016
  
  Carlos
  
  Can you try other pdf files created with illustrator? Or can you share the pdf?
  
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2 June, 2016

kaffee

I join those who have found this script a joy to have (and it’s cool that you included an alert popup—it said my first attempt “opened 20 pages in 47.33 seconds” earlier ü ). Works with Illustrator CS6 on OS X 10.6.8. Can’t wait for the other scripts downloaded to save me time when put to task.
Huge thanks for your work!

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31 May, 2016

Joe

There’s no “Find and Replace All” in Acrobat. This saved me hours. Worked like a charm in CC/Windows.

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30 May, 2016

sachin pai

d script is not working…

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20 May, 2016

UFOGoldorak

Any chance of a MacOS 10.11 version running Illustrator CC 2015?

When I run the script under 10.11 the UI comes up and I can click on FILE to open the file browser. When I select the PDF I need and the browser window closes it just returns me to the MTool UI. The file path doesn’t show and the OPEN button stays greyed out. Alternatively I can type out the file path manually and then I’m able to hit the OPEN button. Mtool then opens a bunch of windows then tell me exactly 1 page was opened in so many seconds but the UI stays there, the different windows stay there, most of them blank and nothing gets merged into a single document.

I have used this script on older machines and its a great time saver. Would love an update.

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1. 4 January, 2017
  
  Mark
  
  Same issue here, “open” button greyed out. It was working the past few months like a charm, but all of a sudden it’s not.
  I reinstalled the script with no luck. Did anyone find a work around?
  
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19 May, 2016

Nemanja

Alal vera rođače! Baš ono što mi je trebalo! Hvala!

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17 May, 2016

Rob

Great! Thanks a lot! Works excellent on CC

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8 May, 2016

Iv

It worked perfectly with AI CS6. I openned a PDF that was 56 pages long in less than a minute. When I was openning them it looked like all the pages were overlapping but when it finished everything was perfect.

Thanks!! 🙂

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7 May, 2016

Sunny

Hi Carlos,

The script seems to work until it gets to the last pop up where it says “15 pages opened in 71 secs” and I hit “ok” and then it just spins and doesn’t do anything. I have to shut down Illustrator each time. I’m opening fairly small PDF files, roughly under 30 pages.

Can anyone offer any insight? I’m running the latest version of Illustrator.

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1. 7 May, 2016
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Sunny, have you tried with other pdf files? do you know what software was used to create the pdf? can you share the pdf?
  
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3 May, 2016

Dave

Thank you!

Script worked seamlessly on cs6.

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2 May, 2016

Ryan Rhoades

You are a god among men.

Thank you.

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22 April, 2016

Ericsson Santos

Greetings from Brazil!
Thank you very much!

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21 April, 2016

Manjinder Singh

Hi,
I found this plugin really cool and it helped me to open multiple pages saving alot of my time..

But I found that it changed the content like few texts were aligned properly and now they are not.

And how to reuse that plugin from Illustrator? does it add to some menu item or we need to run that file from outside each time?

Thanks in advance..

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16 April, 2016

Mostafa

Really thanks sir

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15 April, 2016

jhunx3m

Thanks for sharing.

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13 April, 2016

Geoffrey

I haven’t even downloaded it yet and I’m already thanking you!

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4 April, 2016

Ana Isabel Hernández García

Hola! Yo tengo el Illustrator CC2015, ya descargué el script y lo guardé en la carpeta de Scripts de Illustrator, voy al programa y doy Archivo/ Secuencia de comandos / Otra secuencia de Comandos/ Me abre la ventana para abrir el Script, lo abro y me aparece la ventana de MTools para seleccionar el archivo PDF que quiero abrir, pero al momento de seleccionarlo no me abre el archivo, ya intenté con otros PDF y nada, lo selecciono pero no me aparece el nombre y me pone en gris la opción de open en color gris, es decir, no puedo abrir ningun PDF.. Ayudaaaa!! Uso mac y acabo de instalar el CC 2015.
Quedo en espera de su respuesta.

Gracias!!!

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1. 18 October, 2016
  
  René Sánchez
  
  Hola Ana Isabel.
  Presiona “File” y ve a la ubicación de tu archivo pdf.
  
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2. 4 February, 2017
  
  Génesis Arguedas
  
  ¡Buenas Ana Isabel!, a mi me pasa exactamente lo mismo, ¿al final pudiste solucionarlo? es que no hallo la forma de como abrirlo, a mi también me sale la opción de “Open” en gris, si sabes como hacerlo te agradecería grandemente que me ayudaras, mil gracias. 🙂
  
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4 April, 2016

sandeep

Great!! Thank you so much, Carlos, perfect script

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4 April, 2016

LINDY

What a fantastic script!
Your a legend.
Thanks so much!

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3 April, 2016

liton

Thank you sooooooooooo much!!! it is great & working well.

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1 April, 2016

Paul

Downloaded, copied to adobe>>Adobe Illustrator CS6 (64 Bit)>>presets>>en_US>>scripts in both program files and program files x86 and even tried in just the program file instead of both but still only get the open one page at a time dialog box. I have Windows 7 64 bit and Illustrator CS6. Can anyone provide me with some clear install instructions? Thanks in advance.

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1. 24 May, 2018
  
  aiamuzz
  
  facing exact same issue,
  Page Range
  from 1 to 1
  
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30 March, 2016

Gabriela

You saved my day, thank you!!!

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1. 31 March, 2016
  
  Vijayakumar A. N
  
  Great JOB, Thanks a lot
  
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24 March, 2016

jared

If there internet were invented only for me to find and run this script, it would be worth it. Thank you. A thousand times, thank you. Its genius.

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23 March, 2016

Raisul

Thanks a Lot Dude!

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21 March, 2016

Melnoel

AMAZEBALLS! This is the happiest a script has ever made me! Thanks a ton!

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19 March, 2016

Sam

Still working over 3 years later! This guy!!! Thank you so much.

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15 March, 2016

White

BOOM! That’s the coolest script I have seen in 20 freaking years!! Thanks Carlos!!!!

Badass!

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6 March, 2016

hamza

many thanks man… you saved our time

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3 March, 2016

PQ

Ohmygosh. This is really awesome. Thank you for saving everyone’s time!

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2 March, 2016

Russ Law

Wow. this is incredible! A real life saver.
It helped me restore a ‘broken’ PDF I had saved for illustrator a while back.
I could open it all up again in illustrator all in one go, and use all the bits I needed for my work rather than going through 30 pages individually to put back into artboards which I couldn’t face..

So I just donated a little something. Lets not forget to support this fantastic resource.

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25 February, 2016

Olalekan

Does not work on my CC

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24 February, 2016

Nitin

May you live a long and happy life

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23 February, 2016

James

Thanks Carlos you just saved us about 2 days work on a 400 page PDF. Awesome !

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20 February, 2016

Vadim

It’s really fuckin incredible GOOD script, thanks guys!!!!!!

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15 February, 2016

Rach

Hi, Tried using the script for a 40 page pdf and it’s opening each page and pasting them all onto one artboard rather than 40 separate artboards, am I doing something wrong?!

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12 February, 2016

Daniela

Awesome!!!

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12 February, 2016

Andrea Castro

THANK YOU!!! Love it, works awesome!
Mil graciaaaaas!

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9 February, 2016

Belal

Thank you, Carlos. This is great because it actually worked. But since I had images/artwork that spilled over to the next artboard, those particular elements got cut in half. I’m not sure if that makes sense. I guess I will have to resort to re-doing all 30 pages of my portfolio.

Just in case, is there any way around this error?

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3 February, 2016

Jazz

WOW. Never knew this will work. Thanks so much. It’s a great help since I need to combine/print PDF files with hundred pages. Thumbs up to you!

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1 February, 2016

johns

sweeet!!
it worked wonderfully!

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28 January, 2016

Maria

Very good!

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27 January, 2016

Dom

AWESOME. 150 page pdf Doc rebranded..(just header footer without the source file…)This scrip + “paste to all art boards” = lifesaver. literally took 2 mins

Thank you!

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26 January, 2016

Samuel

A-ma-zing! Thankyou a whole bunch, works like a charm on Illustrator CC 2015, Windows 10. You just saved me a lot of work… Thank you 😀

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20 January, 2016

Sara

Great!! Thank you so much, Carlos, perfect script.

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14 January, 2016

Salma

wow thank you really saved time!

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11 January, 2016

Jagadeesh K

Hi,

I am using Mac. Can you please tell me how to install it in Mac?

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1. 27 January, 2016
  
  jimmy
  
  just run the .jsx
  
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4 January, 2016

Daniela

Great! Thank you very much!

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21 December, 2015

Ron

Looks like a real time saver! Is there a reason why I can’t get it to work? Can someone please post installation and usage instructions. Thx

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1. 21 December, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  Unzip it anywhere, go to File, Scrpts, Other Scripts…find it
  
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18 December, 2015

Jon

Hey, this seems to keep on crashing Ai CC. Is there anything I can do to complete the script?

The PDF I’m trying is 138 pages and it runs all the way through and then stops at page 39 of the “re positioning pages”.

I then tried it for only 50 pages and then it stalls Ai after completing.

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1. 18 December, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  Have you tried with other pdf files to see if it works? If yes, do you mind sending me the problem pdf to try to spot the issue?
  
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16 December, 2015

Sheldon Jeans

Thanks, works better than what I’ve been using for years.

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15 December, 2015

Stanley

Hi Chris,
This is awesome script I’ve ever seen before, but I have some question about that:
1. If the PDF have multi-Layers, when I used the script, that will only export layer1 item.
2. About the error message, the script will auto ignore them?

Thanks,

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1. 16 December, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  Sorry, at time of development it didn’t occur to me to accomodate for multilayer pdf…maybe I’ll include that in the next upgrade.
  
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8 December, 2015

cleo

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
This script is fantastic. You have saved me sooooo much time.

{Just a note : I have found that in using this script i need to start at page 1.. if i try to start it at another page the script just hangs until I force stop it. I use CS4}

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4 December, 2015

Shiner

Fantastic! Thank you.

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3 December, 2015

Clare

This is awesome!! I installed it in the latest version of Adobe CC and it seems to work perfectly. I installed it (as the other user below did) by downloading and unzipping the file, and then going to File > Scripts > Other Script and opening the PDF.

I added a page by adding another artboard at the end of the line that’s the same size as the other artboards. Very flexible.

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3 December, 2015

Mario Mercurio

Carlos, LOVE THIS…. Any chance you have a version for Adobe CC?

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1. 3 December, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Mario, Adobe CC what? Other than Illustrator?
  
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  1. 15 December, 2015
    
    Septimiu
    
    Hi Carlos. Do you have a Mac version as well?
    
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    1. 16 December, 2015
      
      Carlos
      
      Hi, the script works on mac and windows
      
      Reply
      1. 8 October, 2019
        
        sarf
        
        hi does not work for Mac os Catalina
30 November, 2015

Mark

Quality and Useful Script!!! Thanks alot,

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20 November, 2015

S. Allise

This has been SOOO helpful. Thank you so much!!! I’ll have to pass this on to my colleagues!

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18 November, 2015

Josep

that’s great
Thank you for your share scripts

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1 November, 2015

Donna

Awesome!! Thanks so much. Illustrator CS5 for Mac

I did access the script through AI it worked just fine. I eventually copied it to the Presets> Scripts folder in AI for easy access.

———————————
FYI – I can’t print to PDF using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro 9.5.5 for Mac. Just throwing it out there in case you have a solution. LOL!! I’ve searched and can’t find anything that works.

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1. 2 November, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  Thanks for posting, I’m not on mac, but it should have an option to print to pdf, is it not there? Or it’s there but doesn’t work?
  
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28 October, 2015

Vania

Life saver!!!! Many thanks!

Illustrator CC 2015 on Windows 7

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28 October, 2015

Kai

Amazing script. Loving it. One question as I am a newbie to scripts. Is there a way to open the file having the same file name as the pdf file instead of untitled?

Thanks!

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24 October, 2015

Brad Diedrich

All I can say is WOW!! Well done.
Illustrator CC on a Mac.

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17 October, 2015

esteban

awesome! thank very much !! gretting from Chili

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15 October, 2015

mike

hi,
im on OSX with Ai CC 18.1.1
i apply the script but get this:

Cannot execute script in target engine ‘session’!
(#57) Engine ‘session’ does not exists!

any ideas ?

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1. 15 October, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  Are you running the script by double clicking? Try I stalling it or run it from within Illustrator
  
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2. 27 October, 2015
  
  moo
  
  when using on a mac, open illustrator then use drop down File>Scripts>Other scripts then find it on your desktop and open it. It works great. Thank you Carlos!
  
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  1. 18 November, 2015
    
    Gratefull!
    
    Hi, Grate work Thank you sooo much for your work and donating this to the community!!!!!!
    
    Reply
5 October, 2015

Mark

Great script, saved me hours of time. Opened a 47 page pdf in Illustrator in seconds.
Cheers

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25 September, 2015

Juan

Excellent

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24 September, 2015

ABC

This is the greatest thing ever!
Saving so much time now!
Great!

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19 September, 2015

Hai Nguyen

THANKS A LOT!!!! WORK LIKE A CHARM WITH ILLUSTRATOR CC 2014!!!!!

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7 September, 2015

Pedro

The file is a shortcut :/

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4 September, 2015

Nam

Brilliant! Worked on CS5 Yosemite on first shot.

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2 September, 2015

Colin Eaton

Absolutely superb, installed on CC Illustrator 2015 and it works perfectly, thank you!

To people having problems, make sure the script is put into your presets/your language/ scripts folder and not any other script folder, then it should work.

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31 August, 2015

Shaun

Hi,

Can someone please post a link to the script. I have Illustrator 2015 CC and this would be very helpful if it works!

Thanks

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1. 1 September, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  The link is right before the comments
  
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  1. 4 October, 2015
    
    jacqueline
    
    Hey, I desperately want this script to work but it loads each page quite slowly (i.e. 10 pages opened in 363.95 seconds). Then when I hit “OK” I get a spinning wheel of death and Illustrator CC 2015 becomes unresponsive then I have to force quit.
    
    Any suggestions as to why this script won’t work for me?
    
    Thanks!
    
    Reply
    1. 4 October, 2015
      
      Carlos
      
      Hi Jacqueline, are you on mac by any chance? Did you try with different pdf docs?
      
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31 August, 2015

Jan

Error 22:Window does not contains constructor(translated from polish)
Line:16
-> var win = new Window (“dialog”, “MTools – Open Multipage PDF”);

Using AI CS6 while loading script
help

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1. 1 September, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  try resetting the preferences, if that doesn’t work you might need to re-install
  
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27 August, 2015

Paolo

Hi, I downloaded your script today. I have Ai CC 2015 version and the script windows appear but doesn’t work (when I press open button nothing happens). Any idea?
Thank you!
Paolo

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1. 1 September, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Paolo, some have reported the script not working, I don’t have a reason why, are you on Win or Mac?
  
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  1. 4 September, 2015
    
    Paolo
    
    Hi Carlos, I’m on Win 7
    
    Reply
  2. 4 September, 2015
    
    Paolo
    
    I now tried the script on win 8 and it works fine.
    
    Reply
25 August, 2015

Ken Lee

Thanks! It works like a charm in Illustrator CC 2015 as well. Confirmed!

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24 August, 2015

Alexia

Excelente aporte gracias, ahorramos mucho tiempo!

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13 August, 2015

Sumit Roy

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! i was having trouble opening a cs3 file in cs5 and i was struggling for 3 days!! and it took only 18seconds to open as i wanted!! thanks a lot.

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6 August, 2015

Novell

Life Saver!

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3 August, 2015

Steve

Ok the update to CC 2015 makes this script no longer work…

Please look into an update… I’ll pay for it if need be, I use it daily!

Please respond back to me that you can look into fixing this…pleaseeee I’m sure everyone will be needing this ASAP

Might I suggest a few updates… like spacing, artboard columns, and Artboard units (inches or whatever instead of just pixels), and to be able to match the PDF bleed with the artboard bleed.

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1. 5 August, 2015
  
  Shane
  
  It works fine for me.. exactly the same as it worked in CC 2014.. What exactly isn’t working for you?
  
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  1. 5 August, 2015
    
    Carlos
    
    ~~In my case it either opens 1 page only or nothing happens at all~~
    
    [Edit] scratch that, now it works fine on CC2014 and CC2015
    
    Reply
2. 5 August, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  I’ll look into it, ~~it doesn’t work for me either~~
  
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16 July, 2015

Brandon

Carlos,
Had your script running and worked AWESOME! Just did most recent update on CC 2015 and your script is gone. added it again but still won’t see it. Any ideas?

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8 July, 2015

eli

i can not install script
In which folder should I save it?
Every time I have to sellect it from my hard 🙁

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7 July, 2015

MPH

Hi Carlos,

i’ve got some large files that are about 65 or more pages and i’m trying to get this to work in CS6 but it just shows that it is opening page 41 over and over and over.
i saw one of the previous comments that said it had issues over 40 pages too. is there a limit to 40 artboards with this script?

thanks

Michael

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1. 8 July, 2015
  
  Bouba
  
  Limit of this script is the limit of illustrator : 100 artboards
  
  Reply
29 June, 2015

Asghar

I am working on a catalog containing 91 pages. There are bunch of Arabic language matter in the document. I wanted to import 91 pages without substitution of fonts. I wanted to convert the whole text into curved object. This plugin great for importing 91 pages but I see a lot of junk on every page bcoz this tool is substituting with other compatible fonts. Kindly help.

Regards

M. Asghar

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1. 8 July, 2015
  
  bouba
  
  1. Open your doc in acrobat pro and convert all text to curves : Tools, Prepress, flatning preview
  
  2. Open Illustrator and run you script.
  
  Reply
29 June, 2015

Phil Bancroft

Thanks Carlos- great script- contributing to the world’s productivity!!

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27 June, 2015

MIKE

YOU ARE A GOD AMUNG MEN!

Thank you for making so many people’s lives easier.

Adobe, I love your programs (for the most part)

but the way you deal with bugs and deficiencies as a company sucks!

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22 June, 2015

JSONIC

Any plans for Illustrator 15 compatibility?

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1. 23 June, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  It does work with version 15 (CS5) as well as with version 19 (CC2015)
  
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17 June, 2015

Isaac

now i can working like a piece of cake! i love u buddy!

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16 June, 2015

PHILUPANDA

Thanks so much, you’re very nice 🙂

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12 June, 2015

Moises

Hola, Quiero saber si este script funciona en Mac, Gracias

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1. 12 June, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  Si
  
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1 June, 2015

Steven SM

Thanks!!! works perfectly on Illustrator CC 2014 too. Please Help with 3D interface in Photoshop CC 2014; Its all greyed-out

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25 May, 2015

Arif

Thanks, it works for me.

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23 May, 2015

Christian Akuffo

Thanks Carlos, awesome work. Stay blessed

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22 May, 2015

ray

this is great! excellent piece of work!! thanks for sharing!!!!

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19 May, 2015

Anush

Works perfectly!! Thanks

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14 May, 2015

john

Did not work for me. When I try to open a PDF it does nothing. I browse, select PDF, click “open” and then it goes back to the initial dialogue box unaffected. The PDF had not been selected, the file name did not populate the text box… and the final “open” into Illustrator is grayed out.

Ai CS5.1 for Mac

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1. 23 June, 2015
  
  chris
  
  Same scenario for me. Didn’t work for mac CS6, recently switched to CC, still doesn’t work.
  
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7 May, 2015

Lawrence

Brilliant!…. simply worked as intended… Thankyou for filling the void,… an oversight from ADOBE… if ever you find yourself in Melbourne, Australia… sing out and a slab of beer will be waiting for you!
thanks again

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4 May, 2015

nafees

hallo Carlos,
best regards, I am very poor about illustrator and having the problem about you solve, but I need to know where I should place the file in the directory.
please help me on the way.
thanks

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21 April, 2015

Allie

Does the PDF need to be saved a certain way for this to work?
I am having issues. My text seems to be squished and my images are coming out like negatives.
This worked PERFECTLY on my first PDF, but not any of my other PDFs.

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21 April, 2015

Virginia

I’m trying to open a 7 page .pdf in CS6 and this script only opens 4 of them. I’ve tried adjusting the page range and still just 4 pages. How can I get all 7 pages to open?

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16 April, 2015

Brian

It seemed to hang up on the page selection options. I chose to start on page 9 of a pdf and end on 23. It didn’t seem able to process this. I went back and started it on 1 to 23 and it worked.

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16 April, 2015

Brian

Does it take a while to work? Right now it seems to have stopped on the initial popup box

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13 April, 2015

GG!

Works perfectly on CC 2014 – 24 pages opend no problem till now 🙂

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27 March, 2015

Smiley

Is there a way to alter the script to add an “All Pages” button?

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1. 27 March, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  That’s feature considered for the next version
  
  Reply
23 March, 2015

francisco

Carlos this is amazing man, thanks!

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18 March, 2015

Kiliano

I LOVE YOU DUDE! I REALY LOVE YOU! Its a true love!!! <3 <3 <3 THANKS!

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17 March, 2015

Orin Whitener

I have a few *.pdf documents I’m trying to utilize this script for that are 100+ pages. I was hoping to sort of break it up into turning a single 140+ page pdf into 2-4 *.ai files using this script but the script seems to become non-responsive when I tell it to begin at pages greater than 40.. I was wondering if you have any thoughts about this or any success with having it being able to process more than 40 pages at a single time.

Other than that this is a great script, just in our application case so close but no cigar! Really hoping that there is some sort of solution I can find to this…

Thanks,

Orin

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14 March, 2015

Martina

Thank you so much! 🙂

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27 February, 2015

Granger

This is brilliant! Thank you!

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20 February, 2015

Shawn

This is amazing Carlos – and thank you for keeping it free/open for the rest of us. You’ve saved countless lives of designers everywhere!

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19 February, 2015

Becky

Wow! Thank you Carlos! This worked perfectly for me – on a Mac, Illustrator CC 2014, 28 pages – now I’ve got time to play with my new puppy!

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17 February, 2015

nur

many thanks for your pdf program.
this is that i was looking for more than a week on internet. great job and once again thank you

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16 February, 2015

Amy

Worked perfectly in CS6 — thanks! Looks a little scary because at first the page contents are all on top of another, but give it a second and renders out nicely.

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15 February, 2015

emad

is not work in mac?

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1. 17 February, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  It does work on mac
  
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30 January, 2015

T.

Works on CS6 for Mac.
Who needs InDesign now… pfft..
THANK YOU! <3

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29 January, 2015

Judi

I am working with “fillable” pdf’s. Normally, I would just “SAVE” when I would make changes in Illustrator, but with this script, it requires me to “Save As” and I lose all of the “fillable” form field when the pdf opens again. Is there a way to preserve the “fillable form fields” using this script?

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1. 30 January, 2015
  
  Carlos
  
  I don’t think that’s possible 🙁
  
  Reply
29 January, 2015

yssed0822

Works perfectly in cs 5.1 Thanks a lotttttt!!

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29 January, 2015

palyacho

Thank you :o)

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24 January, 2015

Karina

PFFF no ma!! te amo!

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20 January, 2015

Clint

You sir have saved the day. Adobe owes you big time for this.

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8 January, 2015

Kris

Thanks , such a life saver !!!

I suggest to edit line 61
var fileRef = File.openDialog (“Select PDF…”, “*.ai,*.pdf”);

for some reason certain ai are treated as pdf ( perhaps created in newer version of illustrator )

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8 January, 2015

Avital

I LOVE YOU.

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8 January, 2015

Mike

I’m new to illustrator and found this and thought to myself why is this not part of illustrator anyway? Thank you so much though … legend!

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6 January, 2015

David

Perfect!
Thanks man 😉 works great in AI CS6

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1 January, 2015

Shahzad Saleem

Thanks for a new tool of Adobe illustrator

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1 January, 2015

John

God bless you . You solved the problem ….

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30 December, 2014

Mario de Paula

Thanks a lot! It was very helpful!

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30 December, 2014

yassine

thank you so much for your help

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22 December, 2014

Becki

Hi Carlos, I have a 130 page PDF with AI CC 2014. Your script will work on the first half when splitting the file up, but not on the second half. Any ideas?

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16 December, 2014

HenryP

Thanks a lot for the post, this is a life saver 😀

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16 December, 2014

leart

Thank you very much, it worked but not for 200 pages, but not a big deal, just separated the pdf in parts 🙂

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12 December, 2014

Sabrina

Thanks!!!
saved us from a lot of trouble 😀

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10 December, 2014

aniani01

It was working just fine for me, I updated to yosemite, and it stopped working, giving me an error :

Adobe Illustrator got an error: Can’t get alias “Macintosh HD:Users:Evene:Documents:Prez.pdf”. (-1728)

Event: doProcess(1, 100.0, 6, “acrossdown”, true)
Script: application

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5 December, 2014

gaston

Hi Mate,

Have you a version for CC 2014?
thanks!!!

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1. 5 December, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  No,it works on CC, would you please try it out on CC2014 and let us know?
  
  Reply
  1. 5 January, 2017
    
    Jeff
    
    I can’t get it to work on CC2014
    
    Reply
27 November, 2014

SUAD

Thank you very much!
Works perfectly.

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20 November, 2014

Dayasena

the best one o had

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13 November, 2014

Simon

Give that man a Nobel Prize!

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1. 17 November, 2014
  
  pixelpoise
  
  I second that @Simon
  Made life SO MUCH easier! Thanks man 🙂
  
  Reply
13 November, 2014

Aaron

a life saver!
it worked like a charm on Illustrator CC / Mac OSX – Yosemite / MBP Late 2013

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4 November, 2014

Derek Sisson

Question: looking at the code, when you did the multi-layers based on each page…was that the only way you could get it to work? I was wondering if it was possible to get the pages to all open in one layer.

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1 November, 2014

Razu Ahmmed

awesome boss. It works perfectly in CS6. Thanks Boss.

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31 October, 2014

Furdong

You are the Tzar

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24 October, 2014

apon

where i will get mt tools

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1. 24 October, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  The download link is right below the screen shots
  
  Reply
2 October, 2014

Leon

I’d like to know if it’s possible to adjust the script?
We’d like to import the pages on 10%…
We produce traffic signs and they can be very big sometimes!
The script does it’s work, but when it’s ready and we’d like to view things in AI (zoom out workspace) AI crashes.
I think if the pages are smaller it’ll work just fine.
SO all I need to know is how to alter the script and in what line??

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1 October, 2014

boba

most excellent, perfectly working even in CC man !

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18 September, 2014

Lo

Thanks a lot man!

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12 September, 2014

Tolga

i love you carlos

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11 September, 2014

Joe

Hi Carlos, sometimes it works great, other times it just doesnt open no matter how long I wait. I have a large pdf (600+ pages). I am opening a limited range of pages i.e 90-110. The program just hangs out no matter how long I wait. I often have to do this multiple times and then when I get lucky it kicks in.

Any suggestions?

Joe

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1. 11 September, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Joe, can you send me the file to analyse? or can you save it google docs or dropbox and post the link here?
  
  Reply
1 September, 2014

Ahsen

Thank you 🙂

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28 August, 2014

john

You are the finest man alive. Lol… Thanks

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28 August, 2014

Sonia Shek

Thanks a lot! You really save my day.
Greeting from Hong Kong!!!

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28 August, 2014

Sonia Shek

Thanks a lot!! You really saved my day 🙂

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20 August, 2014

Syed Arfath Elahi

Thanks a lot, its was really help full

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20 August, 2014

theone

it’s Cool

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18 August, 2014

Alvin

Great Script!

Hey Carlos thank you for this free script that you made for us, btw i have one question, why is the script only limits exactly 99pages? i have 416 pages but i divided it to 6 x 64 and 1 x 32 so a total of 416 pages. if i encode the numerical value from 65 to 128, noting happens only blank page appears thank you, hope to hear if from you soon.

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1. 20 August, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  Illustrator only allows 100 artboards, I could have the script continue opening pages without matching them to artboards…next version.
  
  for now, make 5 files, if you need to save them back to pdf, use Acrobat to assemble.
  
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6 August, 2014

Subhankar

Thanks a Lot! U saved my hours 🙂

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5 August, 2014

Web-Beest

Dude, you’re a lifesaver! 🙂 This saved me ours of processing documents. Excellent work!

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4 August, 2014

josh+jenny

completely rad, saved us hours. thanks for making this!

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21 July, 2014

Pinkylou

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!

I have been doing this the long way for months and am SO happy to have stumbled across this script.

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21 July, 2014

dirtydixie

Thx for this great script! Works perfectly, save my life and time…

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9 July, 2014

Bill

Excellent script. Works wonderfully!

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8 July, 2014

azzalansary

thank you

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8 July, 2014

azzalansary

انا محتاج تدعيم من حضراتكم بالبرامج وصدقنى لو معى من المال ما انفقة على هذه البرامج ما بخلت ولكن سامحنى انا قليل المال ضعيف البنية قليل الحيلة و لا اريد ان اقترض الا البرامج من اجل

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1. 8 July, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  sorry, I don’t understand
  
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  1. 15 August, 2014
    
    Kal
    
    Carlos, use the google translator when you don’t know the language and it helps somewhat.
    
    AZZALANSARY SAID:
    
    I have need to strengthen the programs of yourselves with me and believe me, if money spent on these programs and what Bkhalt Forgive me but I am a little weak capital structure a little trick and do not want to Borrowed only for programs
    
    Reply
    1. 16 August, 2014
      
      Carlos
      
      thanks, I did, still didn’t understand the translated message…I was close the mark it as spam.
      
      Reply
4 July, 2014

bryan

WOOOW! finally it worked. I just had to open the PDF document by right clicking it and open with adobe illustrator just as simple as that and then “KABOOM” there it was with all the pages, am so happy right now, i didn’t use the previous process of opening adobe illustrator first then opening the file, i just opened the PDF file directly where it was with adobe illustrator. I SALUTE YOU MAN, your plugin is really amazing.

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4 July, 2014

bryan

is it related to the way i save my work from illustrator to PDF? because i don’t understand why that happens?

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4 July, 2014

bryan

Hello carlos, you are a life saver to most graphic designers including me. I have downloaded that plugin and copied it in those illustrator files(“presets” then “en_GB” then “scripts”) but here is my problem, when i open adobe illustrator (mine is cs5), i go to “file” then “scripts” then “Ai_open multipagePDF….” it opens those pages but when the pages open, most of the things are missing. You find maybe an image of artboard 1 is also in artboard 2 or some texts of artboard 1 are in 2 and there nothing else. What should i do?

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24 June, 2014

Rolf Schröter

Worked perfectly even in ai cc. thanks a lot!

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10 June, 2014

Elen

Thank you so much.

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6 June, 2014

Wim

This works great! Thanks!
Is there a way to modify this script so it scales strokes and effects as well?
That would be greatly appreciated!

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22 May, 2014

James

where to I download this?

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1. 22 May, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  the download link is right below the screen shots
  
  Reply
12 May, 2014

elvis

Thanks you just saved a life.

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29 April, 2014

Arwa

DUDE! YOU ARE THE BEST !! THANKS !
its working perfectly on illustrator CS5 on a mac

Thanks again!

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24 April, 2014

becky

hi!!! getting a headache here, please help me!!! How do i get the mt tools thing? where do i find it?

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1. 25 April, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  the download link is right below the screen shots
  
  Reply
24 April, 2014

Pit

SUPER. THNX

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23 April, 2014

Michele

Thanks a bunch! However, I am still stuck :/

I was sent an illustrator artwork file with 10 pages all on different artboards. Illustrator tries to open each individual page as a pdf. Well, I installed the script but now it won’t open the ai file format. What should I do? I need to somehow convert the file into a pdf to be able to open it through the script but not sure how to do that when I can only open 1 page at a time.

Also, it was sent to me from a mac, and I have a pc. Not sure if that makes a difference.

PLEASE HELP!
Thanks!!!

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1. 23 April, 2014
  
  Michele
  
  OK just realized it’s because that person has the latest version of illustrator and I have cs6. Problem solved!
  
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15 April, 2014

DanFF

Thanks! It works on CS6 ♥

It took a while, but it opened a PDF with 320 pages!

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11 April, 2014

Gradek

I can’t thank you enough man! Consider importing 82p. book!
May your life be like a wildflower growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day!!! 😀

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10 April, 2014

mubarak

Thank you verrrrrry much it just saved me a whole lot of time

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10 April, 2014

Trey

Will this script work with Illustrator CC?

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6 April, 2014

ayol

thanks, that’s awosome….

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31 March, 2014

Barry Cohen

Worked great with a 48 page pdf including text and graphics of all types (.ai, .eps, .jpg, etc.). Thanks!

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27 March, 2014

Ivan Mukama

Woow! works like magic. Thanks a LOT.

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17 March, 2014

Sara

after downloading it, how can i make it work?

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1. 17 March, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Sara, open Illustrator, go to File->Scripts->Other Scripts…and browse for the file you just downloaded.
  
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  1. 18 March, 2014
    
    Sara
    
    Thanks A LOT! You are a genius! Adobe Illustrator corporation has to hire you!
    
    Reply
25 February, 2014

nico

EXCELENTE SOLUCIÓN! Muchisimas gracias, muy útil!

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22 February, 2014

Mas Teguh

Tengkyu Mas Bro! Kesewun banget temenan !! It’s very useful. The Javanese poem cause of your kind:

Mbedul suket nang pinggir lapangan
Aja dibuang mbok menawa ana ndoge
Sirah mumet mikiri gawean
Dadi ilang bar nemu cara nang blog gye

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1. 21 April, 2014
  
  Diyu
  
  sampean kok dadi parikan kang? hahahah
  
  Reply
  1. 20 May, 2014
    
    Ruandre
    
    Here you go: https://gist.github.com/ruandre/7b47cbf2a4c55dac9adb
    
    Reply
20 February, 2014

Matt

Thanks buddy! The script runs like a miracle and you just saved me a bunch of useless clicking time.

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10 February, 2014

Simon

Thanks dude. I’d happily buy you a beer, or just donate some cash to you if you have a way to do that.

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1. 11 February, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  you’re welcome, there’s a Donate button at the bottom of the page.
  
  thanks
  
  Reply
10 February, 2014

leorfysha

Hi, it worked for me on the first file i was working on, it opened 70 pages at one go. Brilliant!!! thanks!!!

However, i tried using it on another pdf files and it didnt work.

So i figure the second file is “corrupted” or something, but when i tried again on the first file, bizzarely it also did not seem to work. I am on PC running CS5 btw.

Thanks again Carlos

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1. 10 February, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  Illustrator has memory issues, after opening the first pdf, close illustrator and try again opening a second pdf…or send us a copy of the problem pdf and we’ll take a look at it.
  
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7 February, 2014

john

Hello, excellent plug-in. What would be handy is if it gave the option to link to the file so updates to the pdf were picked up in the illustrator file.

Good work!

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1. 10 February, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi, linking sounds like a good idea, but unfortunately, Illustrator does not let us choose a page to open when linking a pfd, I’m not sure if it is a bug.
  
  thanks for posting
  
  Reply
7 February, 2014

Alan Pereira

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

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24 January, 2014

Tiffany Reed

THIS WAS A LIFE SAVER! Thanks for posting!

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22 January, 2014

Milena Böhm IDESIGNSTUDIO

Thanks! It works like a charm in Illustrator CS6 as well. Confirmed!

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9 January, 2014

The Panub

I was just curious if there’s a limitation to the # of pages that you can open?
Thanks!

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1. 9 January, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  I only tried with about 35 pages, I don’t think there’s a page number limit, if anything it would depend on how complex is the context of each page and the resources available in your system.
  
  let us know how many pages you can open without crashing.
  
  Reply
  1. 16 July, 2014
    
    Maurice
    
    Thanks for this great plugin. I tried it with a PDF with 72 pages, and it worked like a charm. It took 212 seconds to import it.
    
    Reply
2. 8 January, 2015
  
  Venkat
  
  HI ,
  
  How to Run this script.I have jsx file.
  
  Can any one help me out in this.
  
  Reply
9 January, 2014

The Panub

Script works good … BUT … is there a limitation on the quantity of pages that the script will open?
I am trying to open approx. 100 pages of a PDF… the script seems to crash!?
Any thought? Thanks!

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1. 9 January, 2014
  
  Carlos
  
  let it finish, it does seem it crashed but it is still working, 100 pages takes a lot of time to process, I’ll try to incorporate a Progress Bar to the next version
  
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4 January, 2014

guy

this is AWESOME!! thank you!!

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3 January, 2014

Kumadam

tnks

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30 November, 2013

Mohan

Big Thanks 🙂

It’s really a great thing……

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24 November, 2013

MitraKeluarga

I’ve been searching script like this for long time! Thanks a lot, you save my day!!!
and it’s work perfectly on Illustrator CS6!

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12 November, 2013

Sandra

Thanks for the Shout-out Carlos!
I’m redesigning the site myself and will soon be offering solutions for download and sale soon.

Thanks for your resource here!

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12 November, 2013

Carlos

un placer, mire tu otro mensaje, todavia necesitas la modificacion o ya lo resolviste?

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11 November, 2013

lorenzo

where unzip file? from illustrator 10 how to launch script?

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1. 12 November, 2013
  
  Carlos
  
  Hi Lorenzo, sorry but this script relies on the Artboard Object to act as “pages”, which was introduced in CS4, the script won’t work in Illustrator 10
  
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26 October, 2013

nice

Coool, you saved my hours!

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12 September, 2013

Srishti

Best plugin ever!

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29 August, 2013

ANON

All I can say is…. THANK YOU. I needed a pdf resizer and then that software left a watermark, i then needed to remove the watermark on illustrator to edit all the pages. I’m so glad i stumbled upon this. Lol all because the pages of the pdf were the wrong size. still a huge thank you!

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7 August, 2013

Felix

I love this!!! thank you!!!!!!!

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23 May, 2013

Faizal

Great!..it works with my PC C5..

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5 September, 2012

Edgar A.

OMFG!! Thanks U so much!!!! it was critically usefull!!!

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1 September, 2012

hoangloi

thanks carlos i love this plugin 🙂

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1. 26 March, 2018
  
  Toni Apo
  
  Many thanks it works perfectly.
  
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