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AutoPageX™ plug-in for Adobe® Acrobat®

What is AutoPagex™ Plug-in?

AutoPagex™ is an advanced plug-in for Adobe® Acrobat® software. It is designed to automate many tasks related to page management and content editing. The software provides functionality to move pages within a document, divide pages into multiple ones, duplicate pages, change page size, insert and delete blank pages, repeat page content into number of rows and columns, flatten form fields, and reverse page order in the document. AutoPagex™ plug-in offers special features for manipulating of page content such as fitting to margins, scaling, aligning, shifting and rotating. All page content such as text, images, graphics, annotations can be easily manipulated using these powerful tools. Detailed page statistics such as word, page and annotation counts can be computed for one or more PDF documents at once. The plug-in features powerful and intuitive user interface that is easy to use for power users as well as for beginners. Acrobat's batch processing framework is supported (available only in Adobe® Acrobat Professional®). AutoPagex™ plug-in exposes many useful commands that can be used in Acrobat's batch sequences to enhance a document processing workflow.

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Features Summary

Change Page Size

Enlarge or reduce page size (size of the media) to any of the available standard or custom sizes. Media orientation can be changed independently from a content orientation. Page content can be optionally scaled to fit a new media size. This operation is different from page cropping available in Adobe® Acrobat® that can only reduce page size and do not scale page content. It is useful when there is a need to change a media size without affecting the page content or when documents need to be adopted for the new markets that use a different page sizes. European users might want to use this functionality to change ISO page sizes to non-metric traditional sizes when preparing documents for North American market and vise versa.

Divide Pages

Page can be automatically divided into multiple pages of a different size. For example, a single A2 page can be divided into two A3 pages or four A4 pages. Custom page sizes and page positions can be used to provide a full control over the way a page is divided. Use this operation to split large sheets into several smaller pages. This operation is useful for splitting large engineering drawings or documents that contain multiple logical pages per a single physical page.

Duplicate Pages

Individual pages and page ranges can be easily duplicated. Pages can be duplicated using either "Carbon Copy" or "Page Range" method. "Carbon Copy" method duplicates each page individually and inserts new copies right after each original page. "Page Range" method duplicates a selected page range at once and inserts new copies at the end of the document. New pages appear as exact copies of the corresponding source pages. All text, images, graphics and annotations are duplicated.

Move Pages

Individual pages and page ranges can be easily moved to a different location within a document. They can be inserted after a specific page in a document or placed in the beginning or the end of the PDF document. Out-of-the-box Adobe® Acrobat® does not provide an easy way to move pages within a single document. First, pages need to be extracted into an intermediate PDF document, deleted from an original document and only after that inserted back into document at desired location. AutoPagex™ removes all this complexity and provides a convenient, one-step operation for moving pages in the document.

Reverse Page Order

Page order can be reversed for a whole document or just for a specific page range.

Insert Blank Pages

Blank pages can be easily inserted into an existing document. Page size is automatically inherited from a page where new blank page is inserted. Single line of text can be optionally added to each page. Font style, size, color, and rotation angle can be controlled. Text is automatically placed at the center of each "blank" page. This is useful for adding notes such as “This page is intentionally left blank”.

Delete Blank Pages

Blank pages can be automatically deleted from the document. The software detects two types of blank pages: empty pages (pages without any content) and blank scanned pages that contain images of a blank page. The plug-in allows to fine tune blank image detection to correctly recognize scanned pages with different image quality and amount of noise.

Delete Duplicate Pages

Use this functionality to search for duplicate pages within the same PDF file. The search results are presented to the user for the review before deleting the duplicates. There is more advanced version of this operation available in the AutoSplit plug-in.

Flatten Form Fields

Flatten form fields to make content of a PDF form permanent. Flattening forms makes form fields unusable and form data is merged with the page. This operation can significantly reduce the size of the PDF files since Acrobat forms can take up a lot of space in the PDF file. For a large form, flattening can reduce file size by 300%.

Flatten PDF form to make all form fields non-editable

Interactive Tools

The plug-in creates a toolbar with a number of interactive tools for deskewing, enlarging, shifting, cropping, rotating and masking page content. All tools are designed with maximizing productivity in mind and are very simple to use. For example, to deskew a page simply click twice on the page to define a near vertical or horizontal line and software will do the rest. "Undo" and "Redo" operation are fully supported by all tools.

Add White Margins

White margins can be added to each page of the document. Margins will completely cover all existing page content except annotations. This operation does not change page size but merely covers margins of the page with solid white rectangles ("path" elements). This operation is useful when it is necessary to hide unwanted content such as black edges without changing the page size or cropping. Click here for the example of this operation.

Change Text Color

Change text color in the PDF document on the selected range of pages and, optionally, restrict changes to a specific page area.

Change text color in the pdf document

Add Persistent Guides

Persistent guides can be added to pages that unlike regular page guides are saved as part of the document. Guides are computed based on head, foot, back and front margins. Guides are implemented as line annotations and allow optional printing. Persistent guides can be added to multiple PDF documents at once using a batch processing framework (available in Adobe® Acrobat Professional®).  "Remove Guides" menu allows removing persistent guides from the document once they are no longer needed.

Scale To Margins

Courts and many governmental agencies have strict requirement for page margins. For example, you might have an engineering drawing or a scanned document that goes nearly edge to edge and needs to be modified according to specifications. Trying to achieve this without proper tools might be a time-consuming challenge even for experienced users. "Scale To Margins" operation provides a way to adjust page content to fit specified margins and effortlessly meet court/agency requirements. All page content such as text, images, and graphics is automatically enlarged or reduced the best possible way and aligned on the page to ensure the proper margin sizes. Software allows to store and easily access user-defined processing configurations for frequent reuse.

Scale page one inch margin example

Scale Page Content

Page content such as text, images, graphics, forms and annotations can be enlarged or reduced in size without changing a size of the media. Scaling is performed relatively to the center or four corners of the page.

Scale page content example

Shift and Align Page Content

Page content such as text, images, graphics, forms and annotations can be shifted from original position and moved to a different location. Software provides various alignment options such as center of the page, four page corners, and four page edges.

Rotate Page Content

Page content such as text, images, graphics, forms and annotations can be rotated to an arbitrary angle without rotating a page itself. Rotation is performed around 5 possible points such as center of the page and four page corners. This operation is useful when working with scanned documents that might appear slightly rotated.

Repeat Page Content

Create new pages by repeating a "template" page multiple times on a single page. The plug-in arranges page content into a number of user-specified rows and columns.

Repeat page content in row and columns

Compute Statistics

Detailed document statistics and word count can be computed for one or more PDF file at once. The plug-in computes and lists the following statistics:

For individual document:


For multiple PDF files:

The plug-in provides a separate operation for computing word counts in multiple PDF documents. This operation creates a detailed report that shows total and individual word and page counts for each input document.

Guided Actions Support

Users of Adobe® Acrobat Professional® can use Guided Actions tool (aka Action Wizard in older versions) many document processing operations. AutoPagex™ adds the following commands to the Guided Actions:

System Requirements

Platforms:

Microsoft Windows logo Microsoft® Windows 11/10/Windows 8/Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022.

Software:

Full version of Adobe® Acrobat® software is required - Acrobat Standard or Professional (32/64-bit versions 9-XI, 2015, 2017-2026, DC).
This software will not work with free Adobe Acrobat® Reader®.
Batch processing functionality requires presence of Adobe® Acrobat Professional®.
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FAQ

Common questions

What is the AutoPagex plug-in?

AutoPagex is an advanced plug-in for Adobe Acrobat that automates page management and content editing tasks. It can move, duplicate, and divide pages, change page size, insert and delete blank pages, repeat page content into rows and columns, flatten form fields, and reverse page order, along with tools for scaling, aligning, shifting, and rotating page content.

How does AutoPagex change page size, and how is that different from cropping in Acrobat?

AutoPagex can enlarge or reduce the page media to any standard or custom size, with media orientation controlled independently from content orientation, and page content can optionally be scaled to fit the new size. This differs from Acrobat's built-in cropping, which can only reduce page size and does not scale the page content.

Can a single large page be split into multiple smaller pages?

Yes. The Divide Pages feature automatically splits a page into multiple pages of a different size, for example dividing one A2 page into two A3 pages or four A4 pages. Custom page sizes and positions can be set for full control, which is useful for splitting large engineering drawings or documents with multiple logical pages on one physical page.

How does AutoPagex move pages within a document compared to standard Acrobat?

Standard Adobe Acrobat requires extracting pages into an intermediate document, deleting them from the original, and then reinserting them at the desired location. AutoPagex removes this complexity, letting individual pages or page ranges be moved to a new location, to the beginning, or to the end of the document in a single step.

Can AutoPagex detect and remove blank or duplicate pages?

Yes. AutoPagex can automatically detect and delete both empty pages and blank scanned pages (with adjustable sensitivity for image quality and noise), and it can search a PDF for duplicate pages and present them for review before deletion. A more advanced version of duplicate detection is available in the AutoSplit plug-in.

What does flattening form fields do, and why would I use it?

Flattening merges form field data permanently into the page content, making the form fields unusable but the data part of the page itself. This can significantly reduce file size, since Acrobat forms can take up a lot of space, with reductions of up to 300% for large forms.

What interactive tools does AutoPagex provide for editing page content?

AutoPagex adds a toolbar with interactive tools for deskewing, enlarging, shifting, cropping, masking, and rotating page content, each usable with just a click or a drawn box or line, and all supporting undo/redo. For example, deskewing a page only requires clicking twice to define a near vertical or horizontal alignment line.

Can page content be scaled or shifted without changing the page size?

Yes. Scale Page Content enlarges or reduces text, images, graphics, forms, and annotations relative to the page's center or corners without changing the media size. Shift and Align moves that content to a new position with alignment options such as the page center, corners, or edges, and Scale To Margins automatically resizes and aligns content to meet specific margin requirements, such as court or agency filing standards.

What document statistics can AutoPagex compute?

For individual documents, AutoPagex can report file version, file size, fast web view status, page size, page count, article threads, form fields, bookmarks, annotation counts by type, embedded files, named destinations, and document metadata. For multiple files, it can total these figures across the batch and generate a separate word-count report per document.

Does AutoPagex support Acrobat's batch processing (Guided Actions)?

Yes. In Adobe Acrobat Professional, AutoPagex adds commands to the Guided Actions (Action Wizard) tool, including adding or removing guides, adding white margins, changing page size, deleting blank pages, duplicating pages, moving pages, inserting blank pages, reversing page order, rotating and scaling page content, scaling to margins, and shifting and aligning page content.

"We process hundreds of high page count pdf files every week. AutoPagex and AutoBatch enable us to do this efficiently and quickly. When paired with Evermap’s service and support it is easily the best software purchase we’ve made in a long time!"
Gregg Sanders,
Malloy Inc.
"I just downloaded the latest version AutoPagex plug-in. I was using I think 1.4 and the new features are FANTASTIC! This is my favorite "ALL TIME" plugin out of all that I have. Keep up the GREAT work!"
Mark Kelcinski,
Dynamic Designs.