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Bedazzled532
Bedazzled532
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January 3, 2025
Question

Frame resized as per masterpage and table resized as per frame

  • January 3, 2025
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Hi
I have a 300 pages long document.

Currently the textframe in the page is using full margins.

I want to reduce the width (from left) of the textframes residing on the even side by 30mm and apply an object style of EVENFRAME
and the textframes residing on the odd side by 20mm (from right) and apply object style of ODDFRAME.

A sample has been done in page 2 and 3. IDML File attached.
Is there a way to achieve this using InDesign ? Does anyone have a script ?

Another hurdle is that most of the pages contains tables.
I need tables width to be the same size of the final textframe.

Thanks

2 replies

Robert at ID-Tasker
Robert at ID-Tasker
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January 3, 2025

@Bedazzled532

 

Are you finally ready to try my ID-Tasker tool? 😉

My offer still stands. 

 

Bedazzled532
Bedazzled532Author
Inspiring
January 3, 2025
How do I test it? Is it free for testing?
Robert at ID-Tasker
Robert at ID-Tasker
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January 3, 2025
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How do I test it? Is it free for testing?
By @Bedazzled532

 

You can download it from

https://id-tasker.com/docs/id-tasker/download-purchase/

 

Free version alows you to load and browse complete structure of your document(s) - no limits there.

 

The only thing that isn't available in the free version is BatchMode - that lets you process 100s of objects in bulk - but anyone can "simulate" BatchMode in the free version by double-clicking on the item on the list and then executing Task.

 

But as I've offered you before - I can let you test full version for free. Please download version for CS6, CC2024 or CC2025 and get in touch with me - I'll send you activation key.

 

Mike Witherell
Community Expert
Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 3, 2025

This is exactly what File > Adjust Layout does for you. If you change the margins in the way you illustrated, InDesign will reshape the textframes to match. This will cause much reflow of text. The tables will have to be modified individually, since physical widths are not defined in any Table or Cell Styles.

But there is a script:

https://creativepro.com/sizing-tables-with-script/

Mike Witherell
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