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How to search PDFs and extract matching pages with Automator?
I am trying to make an Automator workflow that will alllow me to:
Specify a folder to run the actions on
Search all PDF files in that folder for a certain word (my client's name)
Create a new PDF ...
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Are there more robust tools than Automator to extract text from multiple PDF?
There is an action in Automator that allows you to programmatically "Extract PDF Text", but it fails when fed a moderate amount of files (25 to 100). Worse, it fails without logging anything helpful ...
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Automator turning well-aligned PDF documents upside-down, flipped — unreadable in OSX?
I have PDFs that are readable. When I combine the PDFs, the pages go randomly up-side-down and left-and-right. I have fixed this issue manually in Preview app but I would like to get the pages as ...
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Merging pdfs with automator
I'm scanning my mail and end up with two versions: front & back.
Files are named: scanf 01.pdf & scanb 01.pdf
I'm scanning about 40 pages a day, so it ends up to quite some lists.
Now, with ...
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Automator & AppleScript: How do I import the texts of Notes and Reminders as PDFs and RTFs?
I would like to export and save the Notes and Reminders documents or texts as PDFs and RTFs, keeping or preserving the formatting and the background of Notes or Reminders, but the Notes doesn't have ...
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How to render only first page in PDF as image and then resize?
I've really stuck on how to do this, I thought it would be easy, but maybe not!
I want to create a small thumbnail image from the first page of a pdf in automator so I can batch convert a load of ...
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How to extract the text of a PDF document with Automator, and save it in a directory
How can you modify the output folder of the Extract PDF text action ? I made a basic workflow to extract the text of PDF files, but the output folder is stuck to Desktop. I can change it in Automator, ...
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How to use Automator to upload my real estate listing to web?
I want to use Automator to extract any text in a set region of a PDF, extract all images from the PDF, place all the text in corresponding fields of an Excel spreadsheet, and then upload that ...
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Why is my Automator Print Plugin Only Running Every Other Time?
I have set up a simple Print Plugin in Automator. It renames the file, then moves the file to a particular directory. No matter how simple I make the plugin, it only triggers every other time I run ...
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Automate PDF actions
To improve my paperless workflow, I'm looking to achieve the following, potentially using automator / applescript. I need to be able to run it using Hazel, or as a folder action (not run manually):
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How do I print a selected email to PDF using Automator?
I can't for the life of me figure out how to print a selected email to PDF using Automator.
Example - iTunes invoice arrives as email text (not an attachment) and I want to save it as a PDF to a ...
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Automator PDF text to Spoken Audio file: What's wrong with this script?
I have pages of PDF notes which I want converted to spoken audio to aid revision.
There are several suggested workflows online, but I'm still not getting the results I want.
I used this model from ...
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Create PDF from tall images (Automator?)
I have a number of images that are 8.5" wide, but very long (around 40" tall) and I want to create a standard multi-paged 8.5" x 11" PDF document from all of the images. The problem is that the PDF ...
