PDF Tools

Use the CircularFLO PDF Tools to convert PDFs to Fixed-Layout EPUB.

Add Hyperlinks to PDF pages

PDF Tools

With PDFs added using the previous PDF tools then the PDF text can be used to help add hyperlinks quickly.

Click this button to see a prompt with any URLs or email addresses found in the PDF text for the page you are on. After a confirmation you can then draw the area on the page which his to contain the link and then repeat the process by moving on to the next link found.

By using a tool like Markzware PDF2DTP the position of text can be quickly retrieved for use with other hyperlink tools.

We have developed other tools to lift PDF text to separate layers for preparing read aloud EPUB from PDF. Please contact us for instructions on preparing PDFs artwork for use with read aloud.

Place page PDFs into InDesign

PDF Tools
Bringing existing PDF back into InDesign to work on with Circular Software.

Clhoose to Place page PDFs Into InDesign from either the CircularFLO Tools menu > PDF Tools or MasterPlan LIVE menu or MasterPlan LIVE Tools panel to import one or more PDFs into InDesign.

For multi page PDFs (more than one page together in one PDF file) each page of the PDF is placed into a page in InDesign.

Without a document open, imported PDFs are placed into a newly generated document.

The PDF trim box is measured and the PDFs are placed at trim page size. This means that existing print production PDFs with bleed and trim marks can still be used and only the trim page artwork is used in InDesign and with Circular Sowftare.

If a PDF trim box is not present then the entire page size is used or a smaller trim page size can be manually entered.

Text from placed PDFs is retrieved and can be viewed and edited in the InDesign Script Label panel. Show the Script Label  panel using InDesign Window menu > Utilities > Script Label.

When a document is already open, this same button or command will offer to add chosen PDFs into the existing document giving the option to add to a new layer on-top of existing pages or to add to newly created pages ans the end of the document.

An alternative tool to place spreads PDFs is also available.

Place spread PDFs into InDesign

PDF Tools

Clhoose to Place spread PDFs Into InDesign from either the CircularFLO Tools menu > PDF Tools or MasterPlan LIVE menu or MasterPlan LIVE Tools panel to import one or more PDFs into InDesign.

For multi page PDFs (more than one page together in one PDF file) each spread of the PDF is placed into a spread in InDesign.

Without a document open, imported PDFs are placed into a newly generated document. Two facing pages are added for each of the PDF spreads. This means the page count and numbering can be matched to the artwork in InDesign and used within Circular Software.

The PDF trim box is measured and the PDFs are placed at spread size. This means that existing marketing PDFs that have been created as spreads can still be used and only the trim page artwork is used in InDesign and with Circular Software.

If a PDF trim box is not present then the entire page size is used or a smaller spread size can be manually entered.

Text from placed PDFs is retrieved and can be viewed and edited in the InDesign Script Label panel. Show the Script Label  panel using InDesign Window menu > Utilities > Script Label.

When a document is already open, this same button or command will offer to add chosen PDFs into the existing document giving the option to add to a new layer on-top of existing pages or to add to newly created pages ans the end of the document.

An alternative tool to place page PDFs is also available.