Auto-Rename PDF Documents Overview
AutoSplit™ plug-in for Adobe® Acrobat®
The AutoSplit™ plug-in for Adobe® Acrobat® integrates seamlessly with Acrobat’s menus and toolbars to provide its core functionality. The Pro version extends these capabilities by enabling automated processing through Guided Actions and command-line execution.
This page offers a comprehensive overview of the PDF auto-renaming capabilities available in the software. It highlights the various renaming methods and processing options.
Auto-Renaming Features
Use this advanced feature to automatically turn nameless PDF files into human-readable filenames according to your document processing requirements. Instantly rename multiple PDF files by using document text and metadata in the filenames. Review auto-generated names before files are actually renamed. This features is a big time saver!
Use any combination of text from page, metadata, page labels, auto-incrementing letters and numbers, and custom text to generate file names according to your requirements. Review and edit auto-generated filenames before renaming files. Report generation keeps track of filename changes
The automation comes from ability to extract text from the document's content and use it to create a filename.
File Naming Components
Automatically rename multiple PDF files by using any combination of the following elements:
- Original filename
- Text extracted from a specific location on the page
- Text or pattern extracted by performing advanced search operation (regular expression are supported)
- Text replaced by a user-specified keyword table
- Auto-incremented number (custom starting/incrementing parameters, optional leading zeroes)
- Auto-incrementing letter
- Page label (from the first page of the document)
- Any custom text
- Document metadata property such "Author", "Subject, "Title" or page count
- Current time: year, month, day, hour, minute, second
- The name of the currently logged Windows user, computer name, etc.
Guided Actions and Command-Line Processing
Guided Actions Support ↑overview
Create your own batch processing actions for processing multiple files at once by using Guided Actions (aka Action Wizard tool) that comes with Adobe® Acrobat® Professional and AutoSplit Pro™. See tutorials below for more details.
Launch From Command-Line BAT Files↑overview
Execute AutoSplit operations from outside of Adobe® Acrobat® via command-line BAT files. This option is available in AutoSplit Pro™ package only.
Step-by-Step Tutorials
- Auto-Rename PDF Files
- Rename PDF Files using Text from Page (video)
- Rename PDF Files by Text Pattern Search
- Using Rules to Automatically Rename Different Document Types
- Rename PDF Files Using a Lookup Table
- Using 'Search and Replace Rules' to Rename PDF Files
- Auto-Rename PDF Files: Switching Words in the File Name
- Batch Processing and Automation