I have a folder with 200 different complete 4-6 page pdfs. Doc1, Doc2, etc. One for each customer.
I want to attach a single 2-3 cover pdf to each of them, and save the resulting bunch...Doc1a, Doc2a, etc.
I know how to do them one at a time. But I have 200.
How do I batch this?
One could do this using a script w/in InDesign or Acrobat --- I'd write up an AppleScript, but no access to my Mac at the moment.
Simpler to use a tool such as pdftk or pdftex. The former is intended for this sort of operation:
create a batch file which calls pdftk once for each .pdf which you need to make:
pdftk A=Cover.pdf B=Doc1.pdf cat A B output Doc1A.pdf
I usually make the .bat file up in a spreadsheet, then copy-paste it into a plain text editor and replace tabs w/ spaces or nothing as appropriate. There are command line options which would allow one to execute the command for all the files in a directory, but I just find it easier to be able to review what will happen first.
