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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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Counting pages in Adobe InDesign (by script)

In Adobe InDesign, a magazine can have 64 pages or, sometimes, 120 pages, in general, a varying number of pages. It would be great if the script could indicate the total number of pages in the PDF document. For example, if the document has 120…
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GREP to find and change after a number in InDesign

Is there a grep to find and change after a number input a force line break? I have some like this "1651651 John Doe" The number is variable , and the name too. I want to do that "1651651 John Doe"
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How to create batch two-sided pdf page in Photoshop or similar software?

I have 100 PSD files with different content and another 1 separate psd file that want to combine in two-side PDF document (Front and Back). It's for print. I want to Automate process because the files are many. So, for example let's say that for the…
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Indesign Grep Style Help needed for look behind and a head

Am working in Indesign. The idea is that a student can choose what word makes the sentence correct. Want to use grep or nested styles to acchieve the following: So i have a series of sentences where i want to have the latest word before a slash and…
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Removing all language tags from InDesign file

When I export my InDesign file that I was given by a designer to HTML there are hundreds of language span tags scattered all over the place. Example below. How can I remove these language spans from the InDesign file instead of having to remove them…
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What exactly is paragraph leading for indesign paragraph

I am working in an indesign script and I would like to know what exactly is leading for a paragraph as described in the documentation Indesign Paragraph. Is that the height for each line in the paragraph?
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Applescript user interaction

I am looking for a piece of applescript where the user is asked to select a specific frame in InDesign and then copy its contents into another document. I use this to create a new structured document within a script. I have made a script where i ask…
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How do I get the textFrame that the cursor is in?

So I'm typing in a text frame and I decide to run a script. I'd like that script to refer to the text frame that my cursor is already in. In Javascript, how do I refer to that particular textFrame?
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I want to automate process in Photoshop and Indesign

I am recieving PNG files, I want to import them into photoshop, change profile to CMYK, then save as a tiff, then I want to import the tiff into Indesign file, positioned and create a Hi Res print ready PDF, can you help doing this for me?
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How to change this InDesign TOC hyperlinking script so that the entire paragraph, not just the page number, functions as a hyperlink?

I'm attempting to adapt a script (below) for creating a List of Tables in which each entry functions as a hyperlink within the pdf that, when clicked, takes you to the respective table's page. The script below currently works by identifying a…
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Rectangle Tool - Colored on screen, but clear/transparent when printed in pdf?

I have designed a multi-page report with wide, colored borders (roughly 1 inch on the left margin and 1 inch on the top margin) - and the left margin is a dark blue and the top margin is a light blue. The design looks fantastic on screen, and I…
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Templated PDF output with a front end editor view

Looking at various plugins, libraries to create PDF output. I'm trying to build out a application that allows admin user to upload/create their own template (complex print layouts) and a end user to create a PDF from that template with some rich…
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How to print in InDesign several small sized pages on one sheet

Here is what I'm trying to do: I have four single pages in InDesign. Each of them is 150x100mm small. Now I want to print them out, but it would be perfect to have all them on one sheet of paper. After hitting cmd+P there is the thumbnails option…
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Can I Mass Re-link Files in InDesign? Same Name, Just New Extension?

I've got a document that has several dozen photos that I've kept in .psd until i was done editing. Now I've shot myself in the foot as I'd like to re-link all of these to the .tif version. (Easy Photoshop batch). The file names would remain the…
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how to open .indd file in javascript in browser?

indd file extension which has got lot of animation as well.how can i open .indd file in the brower. If i convert .indd file to pdf, is it able to show the animation same in .indd original file?
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