Splitting up a large pdf file by a text string

[jdl0523]

Hello,
I have an 18,000 page pdf file that I would like to split up into about 100 different pdf files, based on a text string contained in each of the pages. The text strings consist of 2 numbers, a hyphen, and 7 more numbers with no spaces.
Is this possible? If so, what would be the best approach? I am new to this product so please use respond in Crayon. Thank you

 

[tgreer]

Hi. Start by reading this thread Thread223-800330. If you still have questions, let us know.



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Training, Development & Consulting

 

[jdl0523]

Wow, that was fast. Thank you very much. Please understand that I have no knowledge of Javascript, however, this is what I did after reading this post.

1. Selected "batch processing"
2. Selected "edit batch sequence"
3. Selected "New Sequence"
4. Selected a name for the sequence
5. Selected "Select command"
6. Selected "Execute javascript"
7. Selected "add"
8. selected "edit"
9. Cut and pasted the sample code
10. Selected "ok"
11. Selected "ok"
12. Selected "ok"
13. Selected "run sequence"

Can you tell me if there is anything else i need to do? Do I need to change naything in the code, etc? THank you again.

 

[tgreer]

If you have no knowledge of JavaScript, I would suggest not using this approach. My code snippet is very specific and would require editing to make work for a different scenario.

Focus instead on the links to products that perform the searching/splitting for you.



Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting

 

[jdl0523]

Thank you, this might be the best approach.

Would you be able to suggest a third party program? I have looked around pdfstore, but have not been able to find a product that will split the pages based on a text string criteria. Most of the tools I have seen allow to extract "from page...to page..." This will not allow for me to accomplish what I am trying to do.
Any suggestions you can offer are greatly appreciated. Thank you again.

 

[tgreer]

The original poster in the other thread found this software:

http://www.traction-software.co.uk/pdfcontentsplit/register.htm

I haven't used it, but it appears from its feature list to be just what you're after.



Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting