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June 17, 2021
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Automated placement of objects

  • June 17, 2021
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Hi All,

I am VERY new to ID and have created a document template that has to have variable placement of pdf objects.  Is it possible to create a csv that has the X/Y coordinates of where each object should be placed along with the directory location of the object to automatically place each in the correct location on the blank "template".  This is a very repetitive task and no 2 documents are the same in terms of placement of the objects.

thanks

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S Hopkins
Inspiring
June 23, 2021
As to your inquiry: Yes, you can set up an Excel spreadsheet and
export as cvs.
A script can read the cvs file and using the information place the
files. I have done several scripts for others that use this workflow.
Shirley W. Hopkins,
shopkins@xmission.com
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Hotbutton
Participant
June 17, 2021

InDesign does not have native features that will do what you describe.

brian_p_dts
Community Expert
brian_p_dtsCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 17, 2021

It is possible via scripting but the learning curve is steep. 

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