Action Recorder for InDesign
Rorohiko just released beta version of Action Recorder— an extension panel which allows recording and replaying repetitive actions and saving recordings as scripts. However it doesn't work for me in...
View ArticleExtracting single pages out of InDesign documents
Is it possible to extract or export single pages from an InDesign document?So far I've done it this way: I remove all the other pages, save to a new document and reopen the original document.Here's my...
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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,...
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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...
View ArticleESTK string bug [CS5, CS5.5]
Hi all, Consider this JavaScript: var s = String.fromCharCode(65, 66, 67, 68, 69); $.writeln("string len=" + s.length);for (var i=0; i < s.length; i++) { $.writeln("#" + i + " = " +...
View ArticleRelease all anchored objects at once
Dear All, I want to release an all anchored objects from my file. All anchors are created inside the table. I am using InDesign CS4. I have a file for 4 pages which is containing more than 150 images...
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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 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...
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...
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How do I set additional Preflight options...
Hi Folks, I'm attempting to write an AppleScript to create a Preflight profile in InDesign CS5. I've worked out how to create the profile, give it a name, and set some of the properties using code...
View ArticleRead Excel File and Report
Hi All, I need to match the paragraphs styles with Indesign files and Excel File. Excel file consists of standard paragraph styles file naming (around 500 Paragraph Styles) Indesign files having 100...
View ArticleAuto-flow of images?
Is there a script that will autoamtically place the images that I select on my pages without me having to place one image on each page?
View ArticleHow can I get a total page count of a PDF before placing every page in the PDF?
Before the [long] spiel, I'm using javascript in InDesign CS3.I'd like to create a script that places a multiPage PDF in any number of different impositions. (saddle stitch, 4up signatures, 16up...
View ArticleExporting Multiple PDFs From A Single INDD Document
Hello All- I am trying to write a script that will create 3 pdf documents (high res, high res with crops and bleeds, and lo res web). I have a script that works for exporting pdfs with presets:...
View ArticleWhat is the best way create an interactive and portable study guide?
I am creating an interactive study guide and I'm wondering which Adobe product would be the best product to use for this project. The main functionality that I'd like to incorporate is clickable...
View ArticleOpen With
I am saving a txt file and I want it to open (execute) in excel after the script creates it. I probably can't do it in JS and need to do a little doScript in VB and AS Can anyone show me how to do...
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[JS] Write XML file
Hello IreadanXMLfileI ycontributionofthechangeandIwant to writeitinanewXMLfile.IwouldgetthispresentationbutI optcesiHere ismycode : leDossierOEBPS = "~/Desktop/content/";...
View ArticleCan I use Adobe in my own website
Hi all, Since a few months I'm working on a project to create a javascript framework based on extended tool kit.My goal is to provide a lot of usables class to work with InDesign, Photoshop, Bridge ......
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cleaning up text frames
hello all you smart guys. I get a big complex files from another designers every month for further processing. Among other not-so-good habits, they usually do not use layers.To make layout a bit more...
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