Thanks for your reply Jarek. I'm sure what you added is great, but I'm of such a low level, that I don't know what to do with your info, where to add it to my script or how to troubleshoot the issues. I'll leave it here for now as I've used up more of your time than is polite. Again, thanks for your input thus far. I think I need to go away and learn lots more before embarking on javascripts projects. If and when I come unstuck, I'll be sure to post on this forum. Thanks (F) ... View more

Thanks for your reply and idea. Yes, the snippet idea will work, but I was looking for a simple double click solution without any added steps or date changes (lazy, I know!). I also work across InDesign 5.5 up to CC 2107, and have encountered issues, hence my quest for a common cross version ID script. Jump_Over has come up with a good script, that with a couple of tweaks could be the one. The colour issue does seems to be the thing I can't get right, or maybe its an CC 2017 clash? Thanks for your reply and input. Appreciated. (F) ... View more

Thanks Jump_Over Your script functions the way I'd like, which is great, thank you! Also your code is very different to mine. Your obviously a seasoned pro... where as I am neither seasoned, or a pro! One issue, is that the "Red" colour doesn't seem to work. It showed an error, so I changed it to "Black" and it worked. Ideally I'd like this as a 'Pantone Spot colour' Red 032 if possible? And if possible, could the date be set, Day / Month / Year (e.g. 06 September 2017), nothing else, no time etc.? I realise I'm being picky, but those are the only things that are stopping it from being perfect. Your input is much appreciated. Cheers (F) ... View more

My journey so far has lead me to this script. (Below). Like most people stating out, it'll be 5 times longer and badly written, but it's a start. I'll attempt to attach a couple of screen grabs of what I have and what I'l like. I just can't seem to add colours and another paragraph for my variable data information. Driving me mental. So I thought I'd ask the people that know. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers (F) ----------------------------------------------- Main(); // If you want the script to be un-doable, comment out the line above, and remove the comment from the line below //app.doScript(Main, undefined, UndoModes, ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Run Script"); function Main() {   //Check to see whether any InDesign documents are open.   // If no documents are open, display an error message.     if (app.documents.length > 0) {         var myDoc = app.activeDocument;                // var myDraftLayer = myDoc.layers.add();         // DRAFT start   var myDraftText = "DRAFT";                 myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;                 myDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;         var myTextFrame = myDoc.textFrames.add();             myTextFrame.geometricBounds = [30, 10, 80, 90];             myTextFrame.contents = myDraftText;             myTextFrame.textFramePreferences.verticalJustification = VerticalJustification.CENTER_ALIGN;             myTextFrame.bottomLeftCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.bottomRightCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.bottomRightCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.topLeftCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.topRightCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.strokeColor = ("Black");             myTextFrame.strokeWeight = ("10");             myTextFrame.absoluteRotationAngle = 10;         var myText = myTextFrame.paragraphs[0];             myText.appliedFont = app.fonts.item("Arial");             myText.fontStyle = "Bold";             myText.justification = Justification.centerAlign;             myText.pointSize = 40; // DRAFT end // PRINT start         var myPrintText = "SENT TO PRINT";                 myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;                 myDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;         var myTextFrame = myDoc.textFrames.add();             myTextFrame.geometricBounds = [90, 10, 150, 90];             myTextFrame.contents = myPrintText;             myTextFrame.textFramePreferences.verticalJustification = VerticalJustification.CENTER_ALIGN;             myTextFrame.bottomLeftCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.bottomRightCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.bottomRightCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.topLeftCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.topRightCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.strokeColor = ("Black");             myTextFrame.strokeWeight = ("10");             myTextFrame.absoluteRotationAngle = 10;         var myText = myTextFrame.paragraphs[0];             myText.appliedFont = app.fonts.item("Arial");             myText.fontStyle = "Bold";             myText.justification = Justification.centerAlign;             myText.pointSize = 40; // PRINT end         // FINAL start                    var myFINALText = "FINAL";             myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;             myDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;         var myTextFrame = myDoc.textFrames.add();             myTextFrame.geometricBounds = [160, 10, 210, 90];             myTextFrame.contents = myFINALText;             myTextFrame.textFramePreferences.verticalJustification = VerticalJustification.CENTER_ALIGN;             myTextFrame.bottomLeftCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.bottomRightCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.bottomRightCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.topLeftCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.topRightCornerOption = CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER;             myTextFrame.strokeColor = ("Black");             myTextFrame.strokeWeight = ("10");             myTextFrame.absoluteRotationAngle = 10;         var myText = myTextFrame.paragraphs[0];             myText.appliedFont = app.fonts.item("Arial");             myText.fontStyle = "Bold";             myText.justification = Justification.centerAlign;             myText.pointSize = 40; // FINAL end   }     else {     // No documents are open, so display an error message.   alert("No InDesign documents are open. Please open a document and try again.");   } } --------------------------------------------------- ... View more

Thanks Ten A. First time user of the forum. Didn't realise there was a specific InDesign Scripting forum. Appreciated. ... View more