Multi-page PDF from Illustrator

[Bigdawg]

I have CS2... did a multi-page pdf... kept Illustrator editing capabilities (my first time trying this)... page was sectioned to 16 pages and the pdf was great!!!

Now did I screw myself as to having a file with ALL the pages in it I can edit at one time by saving it this way??? It appears that I have indeed ... Because I can edit one page at time, but not the whole file... (have some global color changes to make).

 

[LittleSnakey]

you can find a program on line to separate the multipage pdf files.
I have had to find one to do that before. I think it was called pdfsam.

 

[iSign]

if you kept the original illustrator file, and only used the .pdf for the client... then you would make your changes to the .ai file & turn that into a new .pdf after making changes

 

[Bigdawg]

if you kept the original illustrator file, and only used the .pdf for the client... then you would make your changes to the .ai file & turn that into a new .pdf after making changes

Welllllll that is what I ended up doing... but originally I didn't know I had to save 2 files to have a full editable one...

 

[Rodi]

What do you need done? You can probably download a working demo of PitStop from Enfocus and it will do all the color changes for you.

I would be willing to do it for you too.

 

[iSign]

I'm not sure that you would, I just thought you might have saved both (I would have) ... presumable the "preserve illy editability" has you covered.. just that I figured that was for the client, to get at vectors or something, so went for the easier option... where is the original? in the recycle bin? ...the back-up folder?

It's not that you need 2 files to have a full editable one... but the multi-page .pdf has given you (& your client) the luxury of one file name, but printability of 16 sheets... they can all be edited right... but now they just show up 1 page at a time? ...so no luck with 1-2-3-select same color, eyedropper on new color, done?

 

[Bigdawg]

I built the file as multi-page and then saw Rick's post about how Illy would save as a multi-page pdf, so I saved it as that... I thought checking the editability would retain the page layout for later editing... but it doesn't.

What that allows you to do is make changes on a page-by-page basis while preserving the multi-page pdf for viewing.

I ended up copying and pasting everything page by page into a new file and saving as an .ai.


And thanks Rodi, I appreciate your offer, but they are changing more than just colors - that was just one of the global changes that needed to be done. And I actually have Pitstop at home from my prepress days

 

[iSign]

I built the file as multi-page and then saw Rick's post about how Illy would save as a multi-page pdf, so I saved it as that...

I see... so, I guess you don't mean that in the sense of using the "save as" menu choice... you built it, & the only save ever was using the "save" menu choice... & selecting the multi pdf option?

oh well... 16 copy & pastes later... and we all learn!

 

[TheProfessor]

you could always get CS4 which allows for multi-page illy documents, which you can then save into multi-page PDF's... that is my new favorite part of CS4

 

[Bigdawg]

I see... so, I guess you don't mean that in the sense of using the "save as" menu choice... you built it, & the only save ever was using the "save" menu choice... & selecting the multi pdf option?

oh well... 16 copy & pastes later... and we all learn!

Yep... some days I "learn" an awful lot!

EDITED TO ADD:
Ahhhh I like that Professor... but doubt the boss will swing for it at this point in time, but good to know!