Questions tagged [adobe-indesign]

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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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InDesign - how do I know if an image already placed?

I am working on a book with many images, and I want to ensure that I place each picture only once. Is there a way to tell indesign to to check if image exist before placing it? Or a way to define a preflight profile for it? Thank you, Omer
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How to resolve coordinates of selected objects

I need to get coordinates of selected objects in indesign project. It would be probably some javascript code to do this. Goal is, to have all objects with their coordinates exported to xml or any other format I can work further with.
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Indesign script to change text in a paragraph

There's a particular paragraph in my document and I want to replace its content completely with something else programatically. Is there any function to do this? I need something like this: app.activeDocument.stories[7].paragraphs[0]. = "blah blah…
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How to map object in indesign?

In my xml : sachin nitin ravi deepak i have created "tag1" object style in indesign template. because i want to apply background style for "tag1", but this should not manually, because there is multiple occurrence. please…
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how to link server Images in Indesign using XML

I am using XML as input for indesign, I can format paragraph styles and character styles using XSLT, but I do not know how to link a server image that should load inside indesign when flowing XML in indesign. Can anyone please give a suggestion in…
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Create automatic low & high res pdf, png with inDesign for multiple user

I am working on a platform, which should create from an inDesign file a low and high-res pdf, a png and maybe a new indesign file with the new data. These steps are in my mind. User logins or create a new login with his personal data, for example:…
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indesign script: remove/hide all empty graphic frames placed in a specific layer

I have a multipage indesign document and in it several layers; one layer is called obrazy and in this layer on every page some frames are placed (the frames are also styled with an object style called obraz), then some of the frames are filled with…
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Adobe Indesign - Can you print two half pages per 1 page of paper?

I would like to print out a document that I have created and would like the final printed document to be two halves (with appropriate margins) and be printed on a single 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. 8.5 x 5.5 is the ideal paper size for me economically…
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Text wrap option - suggestion

I am using this condition only for "JUMP_OBJECT_TEXT_WRAP" if ((mypageDiff != 0) && (myTextWrap.textWrapPreferences.textWrapMode = TextWrapModes.JUMP_OBJECT_TEXT_WRAP)) but its alpplied for--TextWrapModes.BOUNDING_BOX_TEXT_WRAP also how can we…
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A3 Indesign file export to A4 PDF

I have an A3 indesign file which is my portfolio and I'm needing to export a pdf which is suitable for an Job upload (max 8mb) but because its a3 its just too large, is there any way to export to an A4 pdf ? I really cant find any answers online.…
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How to make a swf file created in InDesign full screen?

I have created a swf file in InDesign, but now it is not full screen. Even if I import it into Flash Professional doesn't it. Please help.
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Error 13: Type mismatch

I have a example Add ins of excel: I call object InDesign as: Private Sub btnStart_Click() Dim pCnt As Integer Dim myInDesign As InDesign.Application Dim myDoc As InDesign.Document Dim myPage As InDesign.Page …
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Open .indd file in iphone application using objective-c?

I need to open magazines in my iphone application. But magazines have extension .indd. I found a lot but i can't get any clue or example how to do this. So my question is How to open .indd file using objective-c in iphone and if possible please…
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Indesign to Html using Indesign javascript

How to convert indesign to html using indesign javascript?
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i want to open CS5 to CS3 version file in indesign

I have Adobe Indesign CS5 file. I want to open this file in CS3 Version of Adobe Indesign please help me.
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