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dublove
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March 2, 2025
Question

Can a script be used to automatically backup the current InDesign file?

  • March 2, 2025
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For example, my fileName is: "myfile.indd".

I want to create a subdirectory backup in the current directory to back up a file  that starting with the current  date.


...\backup\2025-03-02-myfile.indd

If there is already an existing file of the same type, it will be overwritten directly without prompting.

Seems like I've seen similar scripts and didn't care at the time.

2 replies

Willi Adelberger
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 2, 2025

Use the file > package … command. 

dublove
dubloveAuthor
Legend
March 3, 2025

package?

... ...

It's not better to Ctrl+C then Ctrl+V

Willi Adelberger
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 3, 2025

Only with package you get all linked assets included. 
What do you want to do with copy & paste?

Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
March 2, 2025
dublove
dubloveAuthor
Legend
March 2, 2025

Thank you very much.
You're still very active.