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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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Apple Script to extract cropped eps images and save new images in a separate folder

I am wondering if anyone has an AppleScript to extract cropped EPS files from an INDD CS5/CS6 document and save the cropped images into a new folder. I have seen a lot of posts for CS3 and tried to adjust the AppleScript to work for me but cannot…
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Easy way to convert xmlElements XML

I'm making an extension for indesign in flex. I need to convert xmlElements to xml. When you export a file as xml, you get a nicely structured xml file. But how can i easily convert exmlElements to use in my code?
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AppleScript, InDesign errors

I'm trying to convert an existing swatch in InDesign to a new colour with AppleScript, and I'm finding it rather tough. I'm getting an error code, thus: error "Adobe InDesign CS5.5 got an error: Can’t set color of swatch \"CLIENT1\" of document id…
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AppleScript, InDesign, and colour swatches

I've hit a bit of a roadblock when it comes to creating swatches based on entries in a text file. I can get the file to be read okay, but when it comes to actually creating the swatch (or editing an existing one) it fails. Assuming the value of c1…
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Represent text in Flash Player true to InDesigns representation of text

I would like to display an editable text field in Flash, with the same text format, columns, padding and letter-spacing, as it would have been defined in an InDesign document. Is this possible at all? - can the newer Text Layout Format be used to…
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Where are the files for Adobe (CS5.5) InDesign's *export as XHTML*?

From Adobe's GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE INDESIGN CS5.5 PLUG-IN DEVELOPMENT (page 112): In InDesign CS5, the Export as XHTML/Dreamweaver feature is implemented completely using ExtendScript. Export as XHTML/Dreamweaver is not distributed as a…
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How to compare data between a database and a guide which are differently structured?

A rather complicated problem in data exchange between a database and a bookform: The organisation in which I work has a database in mysql for all social profit organisations in Brussels, Belgium. At the same time there is a booklet created in…
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Customised batch processing of PSD files (Adobe Photoshop / Adobe InDesign)

I have some 200 Photoshop templates with me and I want to be able to add certain images and text to each template separately.The path to the image as well as the text is given in an excel file which again has 200 rows.So basically template1 should…
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How to convert InDesign IDML to Tiff?

I have a requirement to take idml files provided by a client, twiddle them a bit to fill in some placeholders and generate a TIFF file. This needs to happen automatically and I have InDesign Server at my disposal. I have the first part down. I have…
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Script to Batch Process InDesign Files, Compiling the File Name, and Data from a Table, Into a Spreadsheet

Our spec sheets are made with InDesign, and there is a certain set of data points in one of the tables that we'd like to extract and put into a spreadsheet. We have thousands of these files though, so I'd like to see if there's a way to script an…
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Python script in InDesign - Index out of range

I'm trying out to run Python scripts in InDesign. Python script is triggered by either a .vbs or a .jsx script and the Python code executes correctly. However I'm running into a problem with trying to access items with index of over 255 - it is…
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count tabs gather data from tabbed delimited text .JSX Adobe InDesign

I need to know how to read data from tabbed delimited text file in order to export merged documents to correct location. -- will always be 4th tab 2nd row (group number) directory will be named by group number -- have directories already created by…
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Generate Table/Grid from script in Adobe InDesign

Documentation doesn't help at all,no Table or Grid is specified...(or I cant find it) I tried to create a grid from inside InDesign and it shows up as TextFrame,but still I dont understand how to manage it. The tool I need to do takes a…
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InDesign GREP reformatting of Time Ranges

Indesign GREP newbie here. I'm receiving text of times that requires reformating. How would I format time ranges using a GREP code to omit the first "am" or "pm" from any time ranges that have "am" or "pm" twice in the same time range? Also, I'm…
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Indesign slug text variable script

I'm trying to come up with a script that can be loaded into the InDesign script panel, but that will also run when you open a given document. My documents are named like "REF_ClientRef", which typically looks like 4294_GEN1. I've got two text…
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