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how to make own crop marks in indesign CS5
HaloMaster..Iwant tomake ascripcropmarkownusejavascrip..cropmarkstandardInDesignonly butIwant toadd acolorbaritselfusingPDFFileIhaveadded ascrip function myDisplayDialog(){ var myDialog =...
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A script to make pies (and more)
As a sort of dare from our friendly neighbours in the Illustrator forum, I wrote this script that might be useful for InDesign users as well. It creates a pie chart by asking for the series of values,...
View ArticleNeed all textframes in equal width and height
Hi All, Request: I need all the text frames in equal width and equal height in my active document. Trying code: var myDoc = app.activeDocument var myTF = myDoc.textFrames.everyItem().getElements()...
View ArticleImporting 2-column word doc in InDesign
I have been looking into the plausibility of importing a MS word document, wherein the document is of single page with headers, footers, and a 2-column text.The import should work in a way that the...
View ArticleHow do I add InDesign's Object model to ESTK Object model viewer?
I am new to InDesign scripting, and was told that I could view InDesign's DOM in ESTK's object model viewer. The problem is that my ESTK does not show InDesign Object Model in ESTK's model selector...
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Anchoring textFrame
Hi Forum, I tried to create and anchor the textFrame, before the word ("WHAT IS COVERED."), which I find... But the anchored text Frame is inserted at the end of the text or at the beginning of the...
View ArticleANN: automatic dialog after background export (exportPop.jsx)
A week or two ago, I wrote a script to pop up a dialog box after any background export, in response to the InDesign CS5 PDF export status thread. It doesn't seem like there's been feedback. I suspect...
View ArticleNew CS4 features
At Dave's suggestion, I'm starting a thread for discussing new scripting features is CS4. I'd divide new features into three categories: 1) improvements/additions to the InDesign DOM, 2) improvements...
View ArticleDeleteing assoiated text form conditional text dialiog
Hi, I have made some contition set using "conditional text" dialig. I want, when I delete those condition set, there associated text should also be deleted. How is that possible. If anyone...
View Articlespecify target in URLs for buttons or hyperlink settings
I've been searching for hours on this simple question. How can you specify target="_blank" on a URL? I have an InDesign CS5 document with many hyperlinks in it. Actually they have been formatted as...
View ArticleAuto Subtract Time Zone Values
I'd like to automate changing all EST times to PST. And this tool — http://indesignsecrets.com/free-script-to-change-all-numbers-in-a-docu ment-using-math.php — comes close. There is a custom...
View ArticleexportFile() - export selection option via script?
Hello, From InDesign, I can select a group/textFrame/pictureFrame, and then click File -> Export. From this dialog, after I select my "save location," I can then choose to "Export Selection" by...
View ArticleWith CS2, some things have changed
I have not located a place where changes in scripting between CS and CS2 are reported, so I thought I'd start a topic here with some of the things I know about.This is about changes to the object model...
View ArticleExtendscript - Creating Outlines
I can't seem to find the syntax for creating oulines in Indesign. Does anyone know how to do that with Extendscript?
View ArticleNeed help in automating batch placing of images on spreads
My workflow is :I have jpeg files (mostly 100+).They are the size of 2 pages (e.g. 1 spread per jpeg file)I need to place them on either even or odd page (aligned Top-Left).Currently I’m doing this...
View ArticleZIP-package from indesign (by script)
we have a javascript that writes lot´s of files from indesign... developers of the next step asked if it´s possible that indesign would package all those files to a ZIP-pacakge... is it possible?
View Article[Req.] script for updating links in Indesign using spotlight
hi, i've got a challange, can somebody please help me? I'm a graphic designer from holland and I work with lots of Indesign documents whose links are missing because they are moved, so they are...
View ArticleRe-link lots of images? Indesign CS3
Hi - I posted this in the indesign forum and it was suggested to look here. I've had a quick look for a solution but thought I'd post aswell."Because I've resaved a load of jpegs to psds the links are...
View Articlelist images for a visible layers only
Hi, I need images name for the layers visible is "true "only. i.e., document contains 10 images, but the conditions is (layers visible = true) then document images is 7. Trying Code: var myDoc =...
View ArticleJavaScript: changes from CS5.5 to CS6
RemovedClassesFolioBindingDirectionOptions (enum)FolioOrientationOptions (enum)SmoothScrollingOptions (enum)SpaceUnitType (enum)VisibilityInPdf...
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