Place multi-page PDF pages: Place Gun will be unloaded after first page is placed to a frame
New bug with InDesign 17.2 that I cannot see with InDesign 17.1.
[1] Load multiple PDF pages from a multi-page PDF to the place gun.
[2] Hover the loaded cursor over a graphic frame to place the first page in that frame
[3] Click to place the first page.
Result:
The first page is placed to the frame
BUG: The rest of the loaded PDF pages in the place gun are unloaded. The place gun is empty after you placed the first of several pages to a frame.
WHAT WORKS:
[1] Load multiple PDF pages from a multi-page PDF to the place gun.
[2] Draw out new frames with the loaded cursor to place one page after another
See reports in the InDesign user forum for more details:
Place multipage PDF
benr40708230, 27.03.2022
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/place-multipage-pdf/td-p/12840679
Placing multipage PDF in InDesign has stopped working for me.
peterc95308127, Mar 25, 2022
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/placing-multipage-pdf-in-indesign-has-stopped-working-for-me/td-p/12837483
Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( ACP )
Uwe Laubender
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We've just released InDesign 17.2.1 version which fixes this issue.
Please update to this latest version using CCD.
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InDesign team
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Uwe Laubender
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FWIW: Placing Illustrator files with multiple artboards are also affected by the bug.
Placing InDesign documents with multiple pages are NOT.Regards,
Uwe Laubender
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Uwe Laubender
commented
Here comes a crude work around:
Place the multi-page PDF on InDesign pages automatically using a script like this one:https://github.com/mike-edel/ID-MultiPageImporter/releases
Save the InDesign document.
Place the InDesign document pages instead of the PDF pages.
That still is working with previously drawn out graphic frames.Regards,
Uwe Laubender
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Wesley
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Same issue here! Click on a multi-page pdf to place in predefined frames, only first page is placed.
Works if I redraw all frames one by one...
Help!
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Anonymous
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It's broken in Mac version 17.2 too
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Caitlyn Scaman
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InDesign doesn't properly allow use to place multiple paged pdfs into multiple frames. On Mac, this works, but on PC after you place the first page into a frame, the rest disappear (from beside your cursor) and you can no longer place more. I know how to select import options and place all or selected ranges of pages from a pdf. I also know about the placemultipage script but this places them onto new pages and not into the frames. This issue has also been tested with 2 of my coworkers and they also have this issue only for PC.