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Portable Document Format (PDF), is a proprietary file format from Adobe that creates lightweight text-based, formatted files for distribution to a variety of operating systems.

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Can ArcMap text formatting support mailto in text elements (ready for Export to PDF)?

The answer seems to be that this is not possible, certainly not out of the box, and so I have posted an ArcGIS Idea to have it implemented as an enhancement. The Idea I posted has now been Merged wit …
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Layer missing from Export to PDF from ArcPy?

If my Comment does not help, or in any event, can I suggest that the following may provide a slightly more elegant way to zoom to the extent of a where clause result. I did it your way at first but h …
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Can layer names in Layered PDF exported from ArcGIS for Desktop be overridden?

The current answer to this appears to be "No" but there is an ArcGIS Idea called Exporting maps into GeoPDF format which mentions that: it's impossible to rename layers, once the pdf is created, all …
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Avoiding save changes before closing dialog of Acrobat Reader when viewing PDF from ArcPy of...

I often write PDF files using ArcPy with ArcGIS Pro 2.0 using code like: import arcpy aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"C:\temp\test.aprx") lyt = aprx.listLayouts("Layout")[0] lyt.exportToPDF(r"C:\temp\ … This means every close is two clicks instead of one, and I am not making any changes to the PDF so I am always choosing No. …
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Creating MapDocs from mxd file

To "Make a pdf doc with a page for each elementary boundary" I would recommend an alternative approach of using your layer of elementary boundaries as the index for Data Driven Pages: Data Driven Pages … With a map enabled for Data Driven Pages then you can just Export Map to a multi-page PDF file. …
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Add multiple pages within ArcGIS Pro layout?

Your 5 static text pages can then be created by exporting perhaps Word document(s) to PDF files. … You can then use the PDFDocument class in ArcPy to open the map PDF file and append the other PDF files as pages into it. …
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Can ArcMap text formatting support mailto in text elements (ready for Export to PDF)?

I currently include an email address in a text element created using the Rectangle Text tool and its map gets exported to a PDF file. … Is it possible to use ArcMap text formatting (or any other means) to assign a mailto: hyperlink to that email address so that it persists into the PDF file as something that can be clicked on to start …
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Export map to PDF using Esri JavaScript API

This blog posting from the GIS Collective seems to point the way to a sample solution from Esri in St Louis: This Sample demonstrates the ability to use arcpy.mapping to export high quality PDF …
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Exporting Maps to PDFs from Multiple mxd's using arcpy

path name then I think it would be helpful to either show us that or to copy your MXDs into a folder like C:\temp so that you can I'm suspicious as to whether outpdf is specifying valid values for your PDF
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Accessing individual pages within existing pdf using arcpy.mapping?

Consequently, you should be able to open a copy of that PDF file and delete all but one page using deletePages (page_range) with a range that can be specified either side of the page you are interested … 1): arcpy.Copy_management(pdfPath,pdfPath.replace("test","page"+str(count))) pageList.append(str(count)) del pdfDoc print pageList for count in range(1,pageCount + 1): print "Processing PDF
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Changing text of ArcGIS Pro text element between repeated exportToPDF of layout?

one called TEST1.pdf and "TEST2" written in the one called TEST2.pdf. … once between repeated exports of a layout to PDF. …
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Changing text of ArcGIS Pro text element between repeated exportToPDF of layout?

From testing by @KHibma it appears that this problem is non-reproducible at ArcGIS Pro versions 1.4 (released) and ... 2.0 (under development) Consequently, the solution appears to be to upgrad …
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Preventing shapefile lines becoming rasterized when exported as PDF by ArcGIS for Desktop?

The software behaviour that you are observing is documented under Exporting your map: Troubleshooting map export: Rasterization: Layer transparency and BMP-based picture symbols can cause maps to …
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Multi MXD export excluding specific MXD using arcpy

I want to come at this from a different direction and show you how you can test the logic in each of the answers by using purely Python rather than ArcPy. I may or may not have copied/understood each …
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Export PDF from a folder having multiple single mxd and mxd's having data driven pages

You will need to replace this line: arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd,newPDF) with an if/else that uses this pseudo code: if "DDP enabled mxd": "Export PDF of all pages" else: arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF … (mxd,newPDF) To do "Export PDF of all pages" I recommend reviewing Combining Data Driven Pages with Python and arcpy.mapping where these lines of code will play a part: ddp = mxd.dataDrivenPages ddp.exportToPDF …
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