I would like to be able to import multiple artboards or pages from an Illustrator file or PDF document when using Data Merge.

For example:

Column K
@Images
R:\Customer\SALES ORDERS\SOnumber\Working\01-0001.ai:1 ( Design to be printed in Artboard 1 )

Column L
@Images
R:\Customer\SALES ORDERS\SOnumber\Working\01-0001.ai:2 ( Spot colours listed in Artboard 2 )

I use Data Merge for creating Prepress proofs for large orders, and we have to show the design to be printed and the spot colours used on each document.

The issue is that InDesign won't list the colours used per page only per document, so my solution is to create a color list using the new " Create Swatch Info " introduced to Illustrator.

My limitation is that adobe Indesign only imports the first page of the document listed in the @Images column

This would be such a time saver for me.

Thanks!

Screenshot attached of a simplified version of the proof page
( Top Is where my image gets placed, bottom is where we list the colours and it would be much faster if it came from illustrator if each document has different spot colours using the create swatch info tool )

PS. I have thought about saving a second ai file with the spot list only but that will just take as much time as copying and pasting from AI to Indd.