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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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Drag&Drop text to from a browser in to a textbox in Adobe Indesign

I want to Drag&Drop Text-Content from my Webbrowser (Firefox) into a textbox in Adobe Indesign. If you drag a link like into the textbox in Indesign, the content inside the textbox is: http://www.link.de But I want drag some generated text (with…
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Importing Data to InDesign from a CSV with basil.js

I'm trying to import a CSV into an InDesign document using basil.js. However, depending on the dataset, I will often get an error of: Javascript Error! Error Number: 21 Error String: undefined object is not an object Engine: main File:…
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Add Drop Shadow to All Selected Items in InDesign using Javascript

Trying to figure out how to add drop shadow to all selected items on page within InDesign CC. Here is what I have but it says "Undefined is not an object." myDS = app.select(SelectAll.ALL); myDS.dropShadowSettings.mode =…
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How to Group all Objects on a page in Indesign CC Javascript

Currently I have been using the following in older InDesign version ... //GROUP AND SELECT ALL ITEMS ON PAGE 1----------------- myItems1 =…
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InDesign Automated Tests

Is there a way to create automated tests for InDesign in Windows? For example: Open InDesign Open a Document Run a JSX Script Close file Close InDesign From what I've researched I didn't find an straight forward way to do it. What I found was a…
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Create a GraphicLine using InDesign JS based on Page Size withn the Geometric Bounds

My overall goal is to create crop marks with specific specifications. I have tried manipulating the supplied sample script that comes with InDesign to no ends. I am now trying to create my own crop marks and working to fully understand the geometric…
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Move Text Frame Outside Page into Bleed

I need to move the text frame created in the below script to outside the page area to the bleed area. If anyone can help me adjust the below script, that would be wonderful. I have been trying to determine how to use Page Height and Width to do an…
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Indesign Script to Apply "Object Style" to Specific XML Structure Tags

Is there a way to come up with a javascript within InDesign that after importing images via XML into InDesign, I can run a script that will map a specific object style to a particular tag? Just like the Tags allow when it comes with Paragraph styles…
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Applescript, placing an image in a table cell in InDesign CC 2017

I am attempting to create a script that automatically inputs a tabled/tabular slug at the base of an InDesign page - quite a common query on the internet and thus far have done very well by cobbling together bits of relevant script... Creates table,…
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Adobe InDesign CC 2017, can't open ExtendScript to edit script

I have a problem opening Adobe ExtendScript from Adobe InDesign (to edit the script). Once I click "edit script", Creative Cloud keeps popping up and nothing happens. I have installed Adobe ExtendScript already.
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How can I modify an InDesign's document textFrame created from InCopy?

I have an InDesign file that I'm trying to script through but I'm running into an issue. I believe a portion of the document's content was created from InCopy because when I try to modify that text frame after scripting through the pages I get…
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Mass export all images as individual JPEGs in InDesign?

I am new to Indesign. I have a file that contains images with Photoshop clipping paths. I want to export all the clipped images in a folder. I have tried doing the "Copy Links To" and it successfully exported the original images. However, I do not…
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C++: How to force XCode 7.2.1 to ignore redefinitions that are causing errors

I have a project that builds just fine in Release Mode but Debug Mode shows many Redefinition errors at compile time. As shown in the snapshot attached.Error Snapshot Is there any way that can force XCode to just ignore these errors? Update: I know…
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InDesign links in XML

Overview: we have created a custom plugin for InDesign that allows a user to upload files to our FTP with the same credentials they have for our online based software. When a user clicks "upload package" this allows them to choose where the package…
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How to replace text with dynamic content in InDesign CC 2017?

How can I replace a text with recurring dynamic content? For Example: I have added text, "Tutorial Example", as part of running paragraph in the document. In some pages there is one and in some there are more. I want to replace the text to "Example…
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