justify tables
Hi, Justifying of tables??? Is this scriptable. When putting a table into a textframe. The table is too big. The table should have the length of the textframe.. How can I do this? Help please...
View ArticleCall another InDesign script with doScript in InDesign CS4 js
Hi, I need to call a separate InDesign script from an active script. Could I do it through java script, or do I need to call applescript to run the InDesign script. var myJavaScript = "myOtherScript";...
View ArticleExtendScript Oddity with File/Folder on Mac OS X
Here's a really odd one, happens on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 with InDesign CS5.5. Enter the following little InDesign Script in ExtendScript Toolkit, and run it targeting InDesign CS5.5: // Create a path...
View ArticleRemove container frames
I've been using XML to translate some layouts to a condensed format. Each record has an associated image, so I have anchored graphic frames and then copied the entire graphic frame or group of frames...
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Change Page Numbers in Indexes
Hello, I have a catalog and I have added two pages in the middle of the catalog. Now, because of this two page addition, I need to update the page numbers listed on the indexes with the new page...
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ID CC SUI - Insane Daft Crazy Cuckoo Stupid Useless Idiotic
Ok. I must admit the title might be a bit on the negative side but there's a reason for that. In the 20 minutes or so that I have tried out some of SUI stuff on ID CC these are some of the problems I...
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Character/Paragraph Style Hilight colors
In May 2010 Marc Autret posted this interesting blog: Show Local Formatting in InDesign CS4/CS5, where he shows how an undocumented feature of InDesign can be put to good use. If you set...
View ArticleRelink does not seem to work
I have the following line in my script: myDocument.Pages(x).AllGraphics(y).ItemLink.Relink "c:\...\myPicture.jpg"I intend to relink the picture to the graphic placeholder, but when I open the document...
View Articlefind highlighted text
Hi, I would like to remove all conditional text. The background of the text is YELLOW. Can I use findtextpreferences or something? PLEASE HELP!!!
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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JS/ScriptUI: placeholder madness
I created this yummy text box entry placeholder for CS4 on my Mac: but for some reason this fails to draw correctly on Windows! If the edit box is active and the cursor is in it, the text is not drawn...
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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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Create hyperlinks with script, without big increases to size and processing...
Quick summary: I've got a script as part of a process involving a large Data Merge based document that creates hyperlinks using doc.hyperlinkURLDestinations.add(). The script simply turns text snippets...
View ArticleHow to find whole paragarph?
Hi All, How to finding a word and getting a parent paragarph of the word. Regards,Learner
View ArticleHow can I batch turn on/turn off layers in a large group of files
I lifted this code from another discussion that purports to say it works, but it doesn't. I keep getting the Error: Object does not support the property or method 'length' I've looked at other batch...
View ArticleScriptUI: replacing images
When you use graphic files (such as PNGs) for images, you can change the contents of an image control. The following script sets an image (iconA) but immediately replaces it with iconB, so that by the...
View Article[JS][CS4/CS5] Images dropping off in scripted pdf export
I've encounted a bug that I wonder if someone could try to replicate or suggest a workaround of some sort for. Some background: we often need to batch-export a number of versioned InDesign files to...
View ArticleSortParagraphs Rules Do Not Follow Standards
SortParagraphs seems to use different sets of rules in determining the sorting order of hyphenated words and quotes. I sorted the following in InDesign’s SortParagraphs.applescript and compared the...
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Create hyperlinks with script, without big increases to size and processing...
Quick summary: I've got a script as part of a process involving a large Data Merge based document that creates hyperlinks using doc.hyperlinkURLDestinations.add(). The script simply turns text snippets...
View Article[CS3 JS] Help with script that batch turns layers on and off
HiI was wondering if there is a java script out there that will turn a layer on or off.I need to batch turn a certain layer off. We deal a lot with answers keys etc in our books. The real key is being...
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