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kevink43689030
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September 20, 2016
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Help for a Newbie in a hurry - Applescript scripting

  • September 20, 2016
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Sorry, I have a deadline and I need a quick example to get going with an InDesign Applescript script.

ALL I want to do is to set the width the left hand edge of all selected objects on my active spread to a given value.

If someone could give me this leg-up, I would be eternally grateful, as I have many many pages to process in this way..

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Correct answer Kevin Parrott

hi

something like this may help

tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2015"

    set theSel to selection

    tell active document

        repeat with i in theSel

            tell i to set geometric bounds to {0, 0, 50, 100}

        end repeat

    end tell

end tell

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Loic.Aigon
Loic.Aigon
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September 21, 2016

Get in touch with editor and let him know.

kevink43689030
kevink43689030Author
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September 20, 2016

I should have written

ALL I want to do is to set the width AND the left hand edge of all selected objects on my active spread to a given value

Loic.Aigon
Loic.Aigon
Legend
September 21, 2016

See there maybe :

Indiscripts :: New Features in Equalizer 3 BETA

kevink43689030
kevink43689030Author
Participant
September 21, 2016

Thanks so much for that. That looks like a great tool, but I have tried it and the 'move' function only seems to work with the spread origin ay top left corner. I am using a different origin....

I can get around this with the Equaliser, but any chance of a fix?

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