Any capability in Acrobat to do editing tasks in batch mode on a folder 
full of PDF files? -- as an example, enter identical data into Document 
Info fields of a bunch of files all at once?

(Without getting into AppleScripts or other macro methods?)

(Also, just to ask again: any way to make a dbl-clickable desktop alias 
that will open Acrobat Reader with the  Edit >> Search mode >> Query 
dialog window already open and on screen?

In article <siegman-FF3D61.13514907112003@news.stanford.edu>,
AES/newspost (siegman@stanford.edu) wrote:

> Any capability in Acrobat to do editing tasks in batch mode on a folder 
> full of PDF files? -- as an example, enter identical data into Document 
> Info fields of a bunch of files all at once?
> 
> (Without getting into AppleScripts or other macro methods?)

As far as I've seen, all the batch-processing capabilities in Acrobat
are javascript-based (except for the AppleScript support of the Mac
version, as you mention).

I suppose you could export all the PDF files to PS, batch-process those to
insert the necessary pdfmark stuff and then re-distill them. I kinda doubt
it would be any easier or faster, though.

There are probably plug-ins to do that sort of thing. A google search for
"acrobat plug-in 'document info' batch" turns up some things that seem to
be worth looking into.

AES/newspost <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:

>Any capability in Acrobat to do editing tasks in batch mode on a folder 
>full of PDF files? -- as an example, enter identical data into Document 
>Info fields of a bunch of files all at once?

There's the Batch Process feature. Don't know if it can specifically
do that task, but it's worth a look. Introduced in 5.0.
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In article <3facb471.1366224547@reading.news.pipex.net>,
 quite@dial.pipex.con (Aandi Inston) wrote:

> AES/newspost <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> >Any capability in Acrobat to do editing tasks in batch mode on a folder 
> >full of PDF files? -- as an example, enter identical data into Document 
> >Info fields of a bunch of files all at once?
> 
> There's the Batch Process feature. Don't know if it can specifically
> do that task, but it's worth a look. Introduced in 5.0.

Yup, "Batch Process" is right there in the Help file Index in my copy of 
5.0.  Thanks much, I should have looked there first.