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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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Is it possible to suppress CheckOut/CheckIn dialogs in Extendscript?

I have a script with a function that checks out a document's first story. When I run this, a dialog pops up asking whether I want to update the text to the latest version. Since this function runs several times per run of the script, I want to…
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Open multiple separately packaged indesign files at once with script

I feel like I am already really close to making this happen I just need to add another level to it. So far the code below will open every indesign file in the folder selected when you run the script. var myFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select…
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'before' EventListeners are firing AFTER the event

SEE COMMENTS AT BOTTOM OF POST - I've come up with a partial solution I'm attempting to write a simple JS script to force users to spell check their indesign documents before certain actions (Specifically Save, SaveAs, and Export). Essentially, my…
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Reverse character formation in indesign

So what I'm doing right now is surfing the text to find the following mark for footnotes: .15 and I'd like to change it to 15. where 15 becomes superscript. Is there a way to do this using a keybind and possibly GREP? I can apply a new paragraph…
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Importing data from XML to Adobe inDesign table using java script

Please any body can help me with below code var myDocument = app.documents.add(); var myTextFrame = myDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({geometricBounds:["6p", "6p", "10p", "10p"]}); var myTable =…
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Is it possible to Insert an anchored text frame above a text/word?

I want to mark each CharacterStyle in the document by placing an achored text frame above each text/word. I am quite new to scripting in indesign, so any help is much appreciated. Here is the expected output:
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How to get story page number in an IDML Document?

I require extracting the page number of a particular story in IDML Document. However, I'm unable to find any way to do so.There is a page tag in spread_xxx.xml describing pages in a spread. But that has no particular mapping to a story or…
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Why isn't my if statement executing correctly even though condition has been met?

This is an InDesign script to convert indd files into jpgs and then export and rename them into a folder on my desktop. It all works fine, but there is one part that I'm trying to do, which is only export the pages that do not have the Master Page…
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indesign javascript Export text loop

I have the following script which has been edited over several years. I created a loop to cycle through each language. Running the loop has the desired effect with hiding and showing each language. Whenever I run the script calling the main function…
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InDesign Load Balancing and Queueing Customizing XML-Reponse

Currently we are implementing the InDesign LBQ into our application. This is supposed to replace our old custom made LBQ'er and provide us with more requested functionality. Except we are wondering if the XML response sent back to the client by the…
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indesign GREP for serial commas

For the broader scope of my challenge-at-hand, I have been looking for a usable InDesign GREP statement to help automate the conversion of serial commas from the non-Oxford style to the Oxford comma (and vice versa). For the purposes of simplifying…
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Every Item with specific name

i have indesign document run with Javascript in it. which contains multiple pages. there are some text frames with name txtDate. in all pages, i want to change all of them with javascript. with everyItem() => it changes all text frames with…
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Indesign CS6 blank links

I cannot find a option to make a link _blank in Indesign CS6. If i open the pdf in a browser every link will be opened in the same window. Is this a really bad bug or am I not able to find the option? Is this only supported in CC? thanks :) some…
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InDesign: call script via grep style

I don't know if this is possible but this is what I'm trying to achieve. I use a lot of scripts in InDesign. Every time I run a script I have to go to the pannel and double click on the script. If I can call on a script via a grep style I would have…
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Creating a bulleted list in InDesign with XML

I have tried for hours to get a bulleted list working in InDesign where each item is on its own line without adjusting the formatting after the import. This is an example of the XML structure I have to work with:
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