I regularly receive PDFs that do not fit a specific template. I have created an INDD document in which I repositioned and resized parts of a placeholder PDF, in order to fit the template (the placeholder PDF is placed six times in the document). When I receive a new PDF, I run a droplet which replaces the placeholder PDF by relinking to the new dropped PDF.
The following script works fine for CS3, but in CS4, the PDFs are relinked at 100% and in a default placement, instead of the size and position saved in my template document.
I have posted the subroutine for processing files:
on process_item(this_item)
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS4"
activate
set TRI to open "Location:TRI.indd"
tell TRI
set myLinks to links whose name is "ReplaceMe TRI.pdf"
relink myLinks to this_item as alias
try
update myLinks
end try
end tell
end tell
end process_item
Model: G5
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