Automator is a robust, very
powerful, automation tool which delivers a
professional solution for working with Adobe
Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF)
documents to your desktop. It is a unique
automation macro builder tool designed to be
used in conjunction with the following
Mapsoft publishing tools, which have
themselves been designed to assist
publishers and writers in working with PDF
files.
AcroBatch
A very powerful feature which makes the
majority of the batching commands supported
within Acrobat (via the Edit Batch Sequence
facility) available from within the
Automator environment. For example, you
could automate JavaScript operations from
within Automator. BookMarker
Creates a hierarchical set of bookmarks
automatically. Bookmarks up to any nested
level can be created, based on the headings
found within a document. ContentScaler
Changes the size of a page's contents
without altering the actual page dimensions.
DocuMerger
Allows you to merge template PDF files with
existing document content. Flattener
Dramatically reduces the size of certain PDF
files by removing active parts like
navigation buttons and forms. Flattener can
also move content from annotation (like form
content and markup) right into the document
so that it can be archived or viewed easily. ImagePlacer
Stamps images in a variety of formats onto
your PDF document(s), either as an overlay
on top of existing content, or as a
watermark below it. Images can also be
transparent. Impress
Stamps text stamps onto selected file(s).
Stamps can include variable information such
as date/time information and page numbering,
including Bates numbering and Roman numerals
formats. InfoSetter
Sets Acrobat information options including
Title, Subject, Author, Keywords and the
Base Uniform Resource Locator (URL) used for
links to the World Wide Web (WWW). MaskIt
Masks/hides the contents of selected areas
within a page or range of pages. MediaSizer
Alters the media size of the selected PDF
document without changing its contents. OpenOptions
Manages Acrobat's document opening options,
including Initial View, Window and User
Interface options. PageManager
Allows you to create a new blank PDF
document. You can also create new pages and
specify their size, and remove, insert and
replace existing pages. PDFSplitter
Splits a large PDF document into smaller
documents. Optionally, any pre-existing
links within the original document can be
retained when that document is split into
smaller documents. SecuritySetter
Manages Acrobat's Security options within a
document, including owner password and
access rights. ThumbNails
Exports thumbnails for your selected
document(s) as image files for use in
desktop publishing or on websites. TOCBuilder
Generates Table of Contents automatically
from existing bookmarks within a file.
TOCBuilder automatically creates the linked
references.
You can select any of the above Mapsoft
tools for use with Automator, either on
their own (across single or multiple
documents) or in combination with each
other. If used in combination, they can be
used in whichever combination and order you
require in order to create a sequence of
actions (known as an Automator
configuration) for those tools. Each tool
can be added to this sequence more than
once, and each time it is used it can have
different settings. This sequence of actions
can then be applied to one document or
across a library of documents. Sequences of
tasks can be saved and reused.