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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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Including files in ExtendedScripts Adobe

I know that we can include related file with #include "filepath" . However, I want to create the file path on runtime rather than hard coding it. Passing the file path as string is not working I/O error . Am I missing something?
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Applescript find any text from list in indesign document

Ive been following the Adobe InDesign CS6 AppleScript Scripting Guide, and I'm trying to change text I have set up. Currently it works, but it only changes the exact string "Apple" to "Pear" Is it possible to have findword set up as a list of…
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Applescript to open all InDesign files in a folder

I am trying to make a script which opens all InDesign files in a folder and edits them. Currently trying to open the files, here is what I have: tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2015" open (every file of folder "test1" whose name ends with…
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How to place image to selected rectangle on indesign

I created an applescript to tell another program to take a certain image link and place that particular image into a new rectangle that was also created through the applescript onto an opened indesign document. It works great! Now I want to take…
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Change Indesign Reference version in Excel VBA reference list

I have a tool to create a document in Adobe Indesgin through Excel VBA macro and used Adobe Indesign CC type Library(Version 9.0). Now, I have updated Adobe Indesign software and in excel macro ver 9.0 library is missing and ver 11.0 is available to…
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in indesign javascript. how to select some text in textframe and color this

in first times i took text frame and color text and background. but i need color only first words, and in second times i can not color only selected word. please, help me! thanks. var textHeaderTf; try{ textHeaderTf…
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Can you update indesign text after merging a document?

I know that you can link text to an indesign document and it will show as a "link" that you can update whenever the text file has changed. I'm wondering if there is any way to have this link option after merging a CSV document to indesign. The link…
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Indesign script GREP messes up when applying hyperlink destination

Stumbled across a very odd issue with scripting, GREP and hyperlinks in InDesign. I am trying to write a script (js) that automates the creation of hyperlinks across a large book (e-book). I have successfully written a glossary hyperlinking script…
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Getting contents of indesign text frame through applescript

I am trying to form an applescript that will read the contents of one text frame in indesign and if that frame contains a character "/" then it will move another text frame. I figured out how to make the other text frame move, I cannot figure out a…
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Creating QR Code in Indesign

I'm using Adobe Creative Suite. I have a subscription so I have the most current version of the software. I have never used InDesign before (Never needed to, until now). I've looked online and found how to create a QR Code in Indesign. However,…
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Select, adjust and distribute textframes in InDesign [ExtendScript]

I want to write a script that does the following: select some textframes center the selection horizontally distribute the frames horizontally the whole routine has to be done on several pages My first problem is, that I only want to select…
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How can I call an Adobe InDesign javascript from another InDesign javascript?

I have so many javascripts in InDesign, I wrote a script that lists them all so I can select from them. The problem is getting the "directory" javascript to call the selected javascript. How can one javascript in InDesign call another?
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Combining multiple XML files into one for Adobe InDesign and perform a find/replace

I'm a novice to XML (and code in general), hence I apologise in advance if this question sounds dull or redundant. I'm working on project which output will be a printed document with about 750 directories. I'm working on Indesign with imported XML…
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JavaScript NY Times API data into InDesign: "http.get()" function not connecting (using Extendables)

Does anyone know if something has changed in the NYT API access, or how to reroute access to the API so that the connection is successful? For my MFA thesis a couple years ago, I was scripting NYT API data into InDesign, using the Extendables…
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Can't convert pdf to text even though trying pdfminer, pdf2txt, textract in Python

I'm having a trouble extracting text from pdf files which were originally converted from InDesign and Illustrator. I'm working on a project that needs data from these pdf files. I have tried pdfminer, pdf2txt libs in Python, but none of them works…
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