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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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Auto-correct character within word in InDesign

I got this XML file in use in Adobe-Indesign which is used for Autocorrection:
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SimpleXMLElement errors. Trying to add XML after particular point

I am trying to add a new node after in designmap.xml The new node includes an src attribute that is customized by the array below. $newStories = Array ( [0] => u102 [1] => u103 [2] => u107 [3] => u156 ); $designMap =…
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applescript associate xml element to indesign frame

I'm working with indesign and xml and I need, if possible, to associate element of xml to frame of indesign and get position of it with applescript this is my simply code tell application "Adobe InDesign CC" set myDocument to active document tell…
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find next and find previous with indesign javascript

I want to find and select the next result from active cursor point in Indesign. What I have so far is this, but it finds and selects the first result from the beginning of document.. I also want to find the previous result from cursor, if it's…
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Indesign file formatting using javascript

I am getting extra spaces and early line break on the indesign file. Indesign file is generated programmatically using Javascript. I was trying following script but nothing changed on indesign file.…
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Bar graph in InDesign table cell using javascript

I have added table in InDesign document and populated data within the same using javascript. But at one place I would need to display horizontal bar graph depending upon the percentage in table cell. The Below image is how required output should…
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Adobe Indesign XML

I need to create an XML that will be exported from Adobe InDesign. This InDesign file will have different pages, and each page will have speaker notes tag. The idea is that when I will be exporting the whole document to XML, I'll have a file with…
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Execute ExtendScript in InDesign from AppleScript

I can use AppleScript to send ExtendScript to Photoshop and get back the result: This sends "2" to stdout: tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC 2017" do javascript "var x = 2; x" end tell I get a syntax error when I try the same thing for…
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inserting characters in footnotes, in Indesign

when i select some text then run the code below, i can replace the two characters right before and after that selected text, but this code doesn't work if i select the text in footnotes.. how can i make it work there also? var myStory =…
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EPUB Score catching

I created an EPUB through Adobe InDesign CC. After exporting the project to EPUB i extracted the file so that I can insert a (html, javascript) page for the exercises. Could somebody please help how can I manage to throw a value from the epub…
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Package indesign document with SDK c++

I would like to package an indesign document through the SDK (c++ or javascript, it doesn't matter) but I cannot find any documentation. Does anyone know if it is possible? This is the duplication of the question Packaging a document with Indesign…
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Have indesign auto remove symbols and change char style from selection

So at the moment I have plenty of words that are in the following format << some words >> and I have to manually select them, remove <<, >>, and make the word in italic by applying a character style. Would there be a way to do this with a hotkey on…
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InDesign CC 2017 ExtendScript - Can't overwrite text in TextArea

At this point, I'm sure this is something simple that I'm missing but I can't for the life of me figure it out. Working on an InDesign script that takes text passed into the script and writes it into the currently selected text area. …
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ICML/XML attribute being ignored by Indesign

The Setup I'm working on a large book in Indesign. I write in Scrivener and process the text with python. After compiling my text with python, I run the whole manuscript through Pandoc to get ICML for indesign. I then cut that ICML up into chapters…
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Indesign XML export generates points at the begining of each node?

When I try to export XML from an existing .indd file written in arabic, the phrases ending with a point or a closing bracket or other special character i find it at the begining of the XML element. Am I missing an option in Indesign? or is there…
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