: How to open a multiple page PDF file as artboards in Illustrator CS6 I'm trying to open a PDF file with 7 pages and need to adjust each page in Illustrator CS6. How do I open the PDF

@Murphy569

I forked and translated the original Multi-Page PDF Loader 4 AI v2.5 script to English, and added the ability to import .AI files.

I tested this and can successfully import multi-page documents as artboards.

Multi-Page PDF Loader 4 AI v2.5.jsx (English)

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@Steve758

There is another script that has worked, in some cases better, for me. The interface is in chinese (i think), but is pretty self explanatory. Works in a similar matter to the script mentioned before:

Multi-Page PDF Loader 4 AI v2.5.jsx

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@Kristi927

You can place the multi page PDF as a link in Illustrator and change the pages using import options.

Just use File > Place > Show Import Options

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@Carla748

There's this cool plugin: aiscripts.com/open-multipage-pdf/
It's worked beautifully for me

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@Gail6891361

The Illustrator PDF Editing Method:
Illustrator's open file dialog box allows you to open a specific page of the PDF document. When changes are made to a single page and saved, those changes are saved to the original PDF document overwriting only that page of the multi page PDF file. Aside from a global view of the document as art boards, this works for most cases.

Other Methods: Illustrator doesn't have a way to open a multi page PDF as an .ai file with multiple artboards. One way is with scripts and achieve a conversion or open PDF pages one by one and drag and drop them into a new .ai file presetted with the number of desired artboards.

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