How to count the page numbers of Pdf files in Excel?
If there are multiple Pdf files in a specific folder, now, you want to display all these file names in a worksheet, and get the page numbers of each file. How could you deal with this job in Excel quickly and easily?
Count the page numbers of Pdf files from a folder in worksheet with VBA code
Count the page numbers of Pdf files from a folder in worksheet with VBA code
May be the following VBA code can help you to display all Pdf file names and their each page numbers in a worksheet, please do as this:
1. Open a worksheet where you want to get the Pdf files and page numbers.
2. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
3. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following macro in the Module Window.
VBA code: List all Pdf file names and page numbers in worksheet:
Sub Test()
Dim I As Long
Dim xRg As Range
Dim xStr As String
Dim xFd As FileDialog
Dim xFdItem As Variant
Dim xFileName As String
Dim xFileNum As Long
Dim RegExp As Object
Set xFd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
If xFd.Show = -1 Then
xFdItem = xFd.SelectedItems(1) & Application.PathSeparator
xFileName = Dir(xFdItem & "*.pdf", vbDirectory)
Set xRg = Range("A1")
Range("A:B").ClearContents
Range("A1:B1").Font.Bold = True
xRg = "File Name"
xRg.Offset(0, 1) = "Pages"
I = 2
xStr = ""
Do While xFileName <> ""
Cells(I, 1) = xFileName
Set RegExp = CreateObject("VBscript.RegExp")
RegExp.Global = True
RegExp.Pattern = "/Type\s*/Page[^s]"
xFileNum = FreeFile
Open (xFdItem & xFileName) For Binary As #xFileNum
xStr = Space(LOF(xFileNum))
Get #xFileNum, , xStr
Close #xFileNum
Cells(I, 2) = RegExp.Execute(xStr).Count
I = I + 1
xFileName = Dir
Loop
Columns("A:B").AutoFit
End If
End Sub
4. After pasting the code, and then press F5 key to run this code, and a Browse window is popped out, please select the folder that contains the Pdf files you want to list and count page numbers, see screenshot:
5. And then, click OK button, all Pdf file names and page numbers are listed into the current worksheet, see screenshot:
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