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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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Importing into an XSD file

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JavaScript change first instance of paragraph style with another

I need help writing a JavaScript that will search for the first instance of a paragraph style in each text box and then replace it with another paragraph style. If there's a way to do that with a grep, that'd be good too. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Export HTML from InDesign or FrameMaker with tree index like Help and Manual

I am looking into the ability of generating HTML exports from Adobe Indesign or Adobe FrameMaker that give me index navigation in a panel on the left and the content in the main panel. So I can easily navigate around the book by clicking the links…
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Add indesign cellstyles in XML CALS-Table?

I have an XML file with a CALS-table which I want to import into an indesign. The problem is, that the actual table in indesign has some cell styles defined and indesign doesn't allow to add tags (and so styles) to a CALS-table (only indesign…
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Indesign Tagged text cross-reference that works like cross-reference using ICML tags

I've looking for solution on how to create cross-reference using InDesign Tagged Text but I can't find any good suggestion. Here is my scenario I was task to create a round tripping workflow for XML to InDesign and InDesign to XML or vice versa. I…
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JS in indesign. autotag error

I'm trying to apply tags to all the EPS files in the document. My code: #target indesign var allItems=app.activeDocument.pageItems.everyItem().getElements().slice(0); for(var i=0;i
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How to debug code that was attached to a .exe

I'm developing a plugin for InDesign CS5.5. And when developing a plugin you can't really debug if you don't have the debug version of the program you're developing for(in my case, indesign). I tried to get the debug version from adobe with no…
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How to get an area as image in Adobe InDesign with Javascript

I want to develop a script for InDesign CS5. I need to take a selected area and need to convert it to image. Is there a way to do this. Also I need to post that image to an web page. Can I do this by Javascript or needed to learn InDesign plugin…
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how to make epub from html5 and css2

I have a book designed in Adobe Indesign. The book when printed has questions and the answers are there in flaps. Kids will lift the flaps up, right, left or bottom direction to view the answer. What I want is to have this exact feature replicated…
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How to find Shape of the textframe

I have three textframes with different shapes. One is regular rectangular frame, other is oval and last one is triangular textframe. I want to find the shape of the text frame. Do anyone know how to find the shape of the textframe? Thanks in…
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Indesign CS6 import xml content in document textframe content

I am having problems with element placement on document var myDocument = app.activeDocument; var productXML = new XML (xmlString); alert(productXML.children().length()); x1=0; y1=0; x2=25; y2=25; …
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InDesign CS5 Script: How can I automate "Alt + click" on the XML structure pane?

I have this script, which is displaying the  View --> Show Structure  pane: with(obj.doc.xmlViewPreferences) { // this opens the View --> Show Structure pane showStructure = true; showTagMarkers = true; showTaggedFrames = true; …
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How do I quit InDesign and open Illustrator using InDesign scripting?

How do I quit InDesign and open Illustrator using InDesign scripting? This is my code: // closing the InDesign document here myDocument.close(SaveOptions.NO); // change the script's target to Illustrator #target…
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InDesign CS5 Script: How can I ignore the DTD when importing XML?

I am importing XML into InDesign, and I get this message: The external entity 'blahblah.dtd' cannot be found. Continue to import anyway? And when I then continue to import the XML, I get this error message: Javascript Error! Error Number:…
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parse XML in Indesign

I have the following XML file contents:
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