Slug script

Question

Is there a script that can add the slug area, a text frame, and variable to any document, though. It could be run on single files or entire folders?

The only variable I require is the documents filename.

I have a very large amount of indesign docs I need PDF'd, but I need the file name on the PDF as they will be printed. And sometimes they will be printed straight from indesign. I have more and more indesign documents arriving from many sources every day too, so a scripted solution is probably better for me than trying to get people to supply them with correct slug set-up.

Thanks in advance, Tim

Jongware · Answer

In principal this is not really hard -- the good news. But I'd like to know a few more details.

How much slug would you need? Should it only be at the bottom, or all around? Where do you want the file name to appear -- on the first page only, on one or all master pages, or on every single page, or spread?

Would you like your slug text in Black, or in Registration color?

If working on a folder, would you want it to open, change, then close & save documents in the same place?

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