Step 5 - Define the Page Area Where to Extract Text From Draw a box around text that needs to extracted to record its position on the page. Select a sample PDF file for defining a page area where to extract an "Invoice Number". Step 4 - Select a Sample File to Define the Text Location Click “OK” in the dialog box to proceed. Step 3 - Select File Naming Option Select the “Text From Location” option and click “Next” to enter parameters. Step 2 - Add "Invoice Number" Press “Add…” to add a new component to the output file name. Start Adobe® Acrobat® and select “Plug-ins > Auto-Rename PDF Files…” from the main Acrobat menu. Step 1 - Open the “Auto-Rename PDF Files” Menu Close all open PDF documents to avoid possible file access conflicts.
See Recognize Text in Scanned PDF Documents tutorial for detailed instructions.
If you are working with scanned paper documents, make sure that the text recognition operation has been Are the PDF documents searchable? The very first step is to verify that input PDF documents do contain a searchable text. You can download trial versions of both Adobe Acrobat and AutoSplit™. Prerequisites You need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional along with AutoSplit™ plug-in installed on your computer in order to use this tutorial. The resulting files are going to be named as "Invoice Number_XXXXXXX_Client ID_XXXXXXX.pdf", Use this method when text that needs to extracted is always located in the same page area. The text is going to beĮxtracted from pre-determined page areas that we are going to define based on the sample invoice. The application will search each document for “Invoice number” and “Client ID” numbers andĬombine them along with some static text to create a resulting file name. Renaming Approach Each invoice has a number and client ID printed in the upper-right corner of the first page.
Such file names would be more meaningful when used by an accounting department. The goal is to rename these PDF files by "Invoice Number" and "Client ID".īoth numbers are located on the first page of each document. The files are invoices and are named by client names. Input Documents Description This tutorial explains how to rename multiple PDF files by using text from the documents. This tutorial is also available as a video. Step-by-step instructions on how to rename existing PDF files using text from the first page of eachĭocument. The following tutorial is going to provide PDF files by using document text or metadata information. AutoSplit™ plug-in for Adobe® Acrobat® can automatically rename It could take a lot of time to manually rename multiple files to make them more useful for the further Typically,įiles need to be named based on account numbers, client names or using some kind of date info from the document
Automatically Rename PDF Files Introduction PDF file names are often either non-informative or do not reflect the actual content of the documents.
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