--- a/utils/pdfseparate.cc	2013-09-16 13:26:25.403397896 -0400
+++ b/utils/pdfseparate.cc	2013-09-16 13:47:01.352602022 -0400
@@ -61,9 +61,24 @@
     lastPage = doc->getNumPages();
   if (firstPage == 0)
     firstPage = 1;
-  if (firstPage != lastPage && strstr(destFileName, "%d") == NULL) {
-    error(errSyntaxError, -1, "'{0:s}' must contain '%%d' if more than one page should be extracted", destFileName);
-    return false;
+  if (firstPage != lastPage) {
+    bool foundmatch = false;
+    if (strstr(destFileName, "%d") != NULL) {
+      foundmatch = true;
+    } else {
+      char pattern[5];
+      for (int i = 2; i < 10; i++) {
+        sprintf(pattern, "%%0%dd", i);
+        if (strstr(destFileName, pattern) != NULL) {
+          foundmatch = true;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (!foundmatch) {
+      error(errSyntaxError, -1, "'{0:s}' must contain '%%d' if more than one page should be extracted", destFileName);
+      return false;
+    }
   }
   for (int pageNo = firstPage; pageNo <= lastPage; pageNo++) {
     sprintf (pathName, destFileName, pageNo);