How to make a handwriting font look like real handwriting in InDesign CS5
This is a script I've written (AppleScript) that addresses the problem most handwriting fonts have — they look like fonts, mostly because they're settled so regularly along the baseline and their...
View ArticleIndex markers misplaced
Hi All, I have a strange issue..."Index markers are misplaced"...please help me on this.My need is to find keywords with a specific ParagraphStyle and to add index for it. So, i wrote script to...
View ArticleResizing text to frame in data merge
Hi all, I've been asked to automate the layout and printing of thousands of degree certificates and I've used a data merge from an excel spreadsheet to insert the data into my InDesign CS6 document....
View ArticleFont Converter .ps to .otf
Hi ALL, Any font converter or any solution from postscript fonts(.ps) to open type fonts(.otf). Font i want to convert is "SassoCPMPri" Can anyone give solution for this. RegardsBEGINNER
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R6025 pure virtual function call
Hello,Got error "R6025 pure virtual function call". Thats an error send by InCopy after quitting application.Sorry for writing on this forum but on InCopy Forum is 2 month freeze from the last post...
View ArticleHow to get the fitting options of an image?
Hi, I want to get the fitting options of a page-item. It can be a text-frame or an image. I searched, but found methods to set fitting options, not to get them. How can I get them? Any help will be...
View ArticleFindChangeByList script
I'm trying to use this pre-made script in CS4, and I customized the accompanying .txt file with all our Find-and Replace needs, but when I actually try to the run the script on a document, the...
View ArticleExport to Excel...from ID CS5
Hi there, my coworker posted something similar on the InDesign forums but I thought I would ask over in scripting as well. I've also searched tho forums and found alot of info on importing from excel...
View Article[CC/JS] Check for Images Containing White Borders
Hi, I’m writing a script, that places images (CMYK-JPGs) in frames. So far so good, but when an image has a white background at its top, right, bottom OR left border, then the image frame should get a...
View ArticleHow to show/say top level group/directory
So i have a script thanks to help from this forum for changing styles, but the one problem i still have is i don't know how to say or show the top level of a style (so one not in a group). Here is the...
View Articleapp.changeGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle
Why does this work: function changeBoldToCharacterStyleBold(){ app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;...
View ArticleCan Dialogs remember last used settings?
I have a script that launches a dialog. A user can pick a few dropdown and checkbox options. Is there a way to store the last used settings for the next time the dialog pops up? Do native indesign...
View ArticleExport indd to doc
Hello all members of community,I have a job that have done in indesignCS2 and the same work i have to do in microsoft word. If there is any way or any script that make this work easy and i can export...
View ArticleInsert text without picking up local overrides
Okay, time to give up and ask for help.... I'm trying to write an Extendscript that will insert tags around a text style range without picking up the formatting of the text style range. For example, I...
View ArticleRemove all character styles unless in group 'X'
Hi again everyone First a massive thanks to everyone who has helped me so far... now onto what i'm trying to do I'm trying to put together a script that will delete all character styles that are not in...
View ArticleGrab graphic layer option by item name
Hello,I can easily acess a graphic's layer option by using the following: var doc = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;doc[0].graphicLayerOptions.graphicLayers.itemByName( "Orange").currentVisibility =...
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Need a stop block in my script
Hi Forum,, I was very helpfull to learn from vamitul and Jarek previous thread help... but still i'm lagging here and my mind blocked.... my script now find for the previous paragraph last character...
View Articlescript 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...
View ArticleI'm looking for a GREP solution for superscripting a Service Mark
I'm looking for a GREP solution (in InDesign) for superscripting a Service Mark (i.e.., SM). My big issue is I want to remove the space in front, (easy) but not superscript any following punctuation....
View ArticleScript to make text frame or table cell hit precise depth - ID5.5
Is there a script out there which can make a text frame or maybe a table cell adjust to a fixed depth of a centimetre. ie 6cm or 7cm when filled with text?
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