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Philosopher · 03-23-2015, 01:02 PM

Hi,

I currently use - on a Mac - a program called PDF EXPLODE to break a PDF into Chapters or Sections files.

[NOTE: I was trying to link to PDF EXPLODE - which comes from http://onekerato.me - but when I go there - I can't find a direct link to the program (although some interesting articles) now. I did find another program being called by the same name (just different CAP for one of the letters) - that I am going to try out: PDF-eXPLODE.

I have the Epub Split and Merge plugins installed. And I wonder if there would be a way to create a similar plugin for PDFs. Either doing what PDF EXPLODE does - or alternative (if possible - accessing PDF EXPLODE for this with the plug-in).

I know I can do this by individual file - using the OPEN WITH - and then manually importing the results into Calibre. But I was wondering if a Plug-In could do this internally in one step - select the PDF(s) - click the plugin - and set it on how to save the new file's metadata (like: setting a "tag" as Chapter, or Section, or something like that; and a tag with the original record (and full book) - possibly linking back to it) - and then automatically add the results - and setting how you want the name to appear (i.e. CHAPTER NAME - BOOK NAME, or variations thereof).

03-23-2015, 01:02 PM	#665
Philosopher Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle	A PDF Split Plugin - Like the Epub Split Plugin Hi, I currently use - on a Mac - a program called PDF EXPLODE to break a PDF into Chapters or Sections files. [NOTE: I was trying to link to PDF EXPLODE - which comes from http://onekerato.me - but when I go there - I can't find a direct link to the program (although some interesting articles) now. I did find another program being called by the same name (just different CAP for one of the letters) - that I am going to try out: PDF-eXPLODE. I have the Epub Split and Merge plugins installed. And I wonder if there would be a way to create a similar plugin for PDFs. Either doing what PDF EXPLODE does - or alternative (if possible - accessing PDF EXPLODE for this with the plug-in). I know I can do this by individual file - using the OPEN WITH - and then manually importing the results into Calibre. But I was wondering if a Plug-In could do this internally in one step - select the PDF(s) - click the plugin - and set it on how to save the new file's metadata (like: setting a "tag" as Chapter, or Section, or something like that; and a tag with the original record (and full book) - possibly linking back to it) - and then automatically add the results - and setting how you want the name to appear (i.e. CHAPTER NAME - BOOK NAME, or variations thereof).