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Copy Files alongwith Folders

Hi Forum! I have this bit of script to copy files which resides inside the Folder. My request to forum, is to get help, to copy all the contents inside the folder... contents inside the folder, can be...

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Undefined Variables

I have the following piece of script, used to import xml files from a folder to a template, but I can't get it to work.var myTemplate = File("/E/template.indd"); var MyFolderWithFiles =...

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Color letters in specific order via scripting? - Is it possible?

Hello everyone,  This is something I've done manually. The thing is, I'm going to do it with a quite long text and it would take an insane amount of timedoing it manually. How would I go about if I...

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Preserve Local Formatting script and CS4

Unfortunately, Dave Saunders' amazing PreserveLocalFormatting.jsx script (that changes local formatting to character styles) doesn't work under InDesign CS4. I've tried running it both as-is and in the...

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ZIP-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?

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ANN: 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...

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event scripting issues

I am trying to get the following script working as a startup script. the goal is that when the user chooses to save the document, they are presented with a dialog box asking for a quick summary of the...

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more efficient right aligned page numbers in TOC

In order to right align the page numbers in a table of contents, after generating the TOC, I need to manually insert a tab character to the left of each automatically generated page number.I'm looking...

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script for running multiple find/change queries

Working on a large ID book document (*.indb), I have saved several dozens of Find/Change Queries (named "col01", "col02" etc.) that I run on "All documents". For a particular reason I have to run these...

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To Forum Admin : Is it possible to pinpoint on top some behavior rules ?

Hi all, I am starting being annoyed by how rude some people can be while posting here. One may think I am a bit rigid but you know, it's like I have been raised. Not that it would prevent rude posts...

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Scripting: Bounding Box Paragraph Style

I just got off of a chat with Om of Adobe Tech Support.  He informs me what I am trying to do is possible with scripting, but I am not skilled at this at all, so I was hoping the community here might...

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make anchored text frame after it is move in to story

Hi,  In my document have 4 stories. and one text framethis text frame is make of anchored text frame and it move in story 1It is possible ?please help me...  my coding is shown in...

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resize pages based on elements

Hey,need to do this:I have multiple pages on single InDesign document, each page has one single text frame which contains a table with different heights. I'd need to resize the pages based on the size...

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Convert Table to Text Script

Does anyone know if there is an Indesign script that will convert all tables in a document to text? I need a fast way to get rid of all tables in a long document before exporting for Digital Editions.

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Move text frame to a layer

Need batch ID docs. & get all instances where the paragraph  style "Codes" was applied, create a new layer "PR" & move text frames containing that paragraph  style to a layer "PR". This what I...

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How do you use JS to open a Folder dialog

If you use this to open a dialog box to select a file:     File.openDialog("Select your XML File", "*.xml") The how do you open a dialog to select a folder.  I would think it would be something like...

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table.convertToText() issue

Hi all, I am not sure if this was reported before (can not match any searches)For me looks like a bug or something weird, at least. Start point is to convert a table to text (even by 1-liner script)...

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Can I build a script to delete unused masters in CS2?

Can it be done? I've tried to build a script to select unused masters and delete them, but so far have been unsuccessful. Whats more is when I googled it I didn't really get anything... is it even...

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How may way for convert table to text?

Hi experts I got this script for convert table to text   app.selection[0].tables.everyItem().convertToText("\t", "\r"); I was wondering is that another way to convert table to text?andhow may way for...

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InDesign CC: ScriptUI TreeView broken

Some troublesome news regarding the treeview in InDesign CC, ver. 9.0 (updated today through ). Using the treeview in "InDesign Creative Cloud" trees can no longer be built dynamically, since there are...

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