PDF from InDesign Book

[Terkelsen]

Did anyone find a way to use the InDesign Configurator to create PDF of an InDesign Book? It seems that if you drop a package of an InDesign Book the resulting PDF contains only the first document of the book.

[_Mich_]

I have the same question/problem.



Does someone know if it's possible to create a certified pdf straight from the bookpanel?

[freddyp]

Here is a workaround. Create an "Export Book.jsx" file with the following lines:



$doc = app.open($infile);

var outPath = $outfolder+"/"+$doc.name.replace(".indb",".pdf");

$doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, outPath, false, app.pdfExportPresets.item('[Smallest File Size]'));

$doc.close(SaveOptions.no);

$outfiles = [];

$outfiles.push(outPath);



You should modify the name of the PDF export preset on the third line to the one you want to use.



Use this script in the "Save as" - "Use script" property.



To avoid an error message in the "Open" - "Automatic", you set that also to "Use script" and you simply use an empty "Open Book.jsx" file.



Freddy