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InDesign is Adobe's scriptable publishing software. When using this tag also tag the language that you are coding in for context, e.g. [extendscript], [applescript], or [vbscript], etc..

Adobe InDesign is a software application that can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. It can publish content directly to tablet devices, in conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite.

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Using folder pathname, save all image files and file names

I trying to create a 360 degree animation from In Design-to-HTML conversion. I get the folder name, and inside that folder are 50 to 80 images. I need to save those images in my folder, and to save each image name inside the script. Here's my…
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Programmatically Inserting Data into an InDesign Document

I have to use Adobe InDesign for creating documents. We basically need to have a couple variables throughout the document (company name, project name, etc) that need to be filled in. I was wondering if there is a way to take an existing template and…
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Adobe InDesign Server examples

I'm new to Adobe InDesign Server and I'm having a hard time finding a good kitchen sink app. All the examples I got from the SDK seem to partially work. All I'm trying to do is use a master page from InDesign from the server side and edit certain…
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How to find, and standardize the spelling of chapter and page references (Adobe InDesign)?

I want to find digits followed by "f", "ff", "f." or "ff." to standardize the spelling following given conventions/rules. I already tried some regular expressions, but unfortunately I did not find an universal expression grabbing all of the cases…
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Manipulating text in a TextBox in Adobe InDesign CS5

How can I do some manipulations with the text in a TextBox on resize in Adobe InDesign CS5? The main goal is too split the last word on every row to achieve something like a custom hyphenation. Is it possible using JavaScript (or ExtendScript?)…
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Createjs import files from indesign and place them on canvas

So i have this project where i need to manipulate pictures, text and other objects to create: birthday, wedding and other cards. Each of these cards contain fonts, styles ect. Now the tool i have found that i will edit these pictures with is …
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Getting website data into Adobe InDesign

I'd like our magazine team to be able to download website data in a file that Adobe InDesign can read. They can then import/open the file, make a few tweaks, and cut out a vast deal of repetitive manual labour (they currently use copy&paste for a…
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How can I get the glyph that was set manually for a given character?

I can use the Glyphs panel to use a character with a manually chosen alternative glyph. But how can I then retrieve that glyph ID programmatically? I am currently using IDrawingStyle::GetSpecialGlyph, but it only works if the underlying character…
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How can I improve performance when adding InDesign XMLElements via AppleScript?

I have an AppleScript program which creates XML tags and elements within an Adobe InDesign document. The data is in tables, and tagging each cell takes .5 seconds. The entire script takes several hours to complete. I can post the inner loop code,…
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How can I use higher order functions like Array.reduce() in an Indesign script?

I've started a project where I need to use Adobe Indesign and ExtendScript to programmatically extract some data from a series of INDD files. The version of Javascript used for scripting in these programs doesn't support any of the higher order…
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How to use app.selection[0] for scripts in Adobe InDesign

I would like to run code by testing only the current selection (not the whole document) and I'm having difficulty understanding exactly how the array "app.selection" and its methods work. To start, I use a "for" loop to cycle through each item…
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IDML Polygon to SVG

I have this Polygon in a idml file
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How to Change Default Path of File Open Dialog?

I'm writing a script that allows me to do some basic imposition within InDesign CS3, and one of my tasks is to open a dialog allowing the user to select a file to place. I'm currently doing this with: var file = File.openDialog("Choose a…
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Adobe InDesign .jsx script execute .jsx script

How can I have my .jsx script when finished execute another .jsx script? Maybe this will help understand what I am trying to do: // WebCard.jsx file function mySnippet(){ // var myPageName, myFilePath, myFile; var myDocument =…
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How to create our own plugins in adobe indesign

I want to create my own plugin, Is there any tutorial available. I want to do it in java. Thanks in Advance.
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