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elansezhianr72877736
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August 3, 2021
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Update Author Title field in Indesign XMP Metadata

  • August 3, 2021
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Dear All,

 

Any possibilities to update the "Author Title" filed through the Indesign JAVAScript. Please suggest.

 

 

Thanks,

Elansezhian R.

 

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Correct answer Kasyan Servetsky
app.activeDocument.metadataPreferences.setProperty("http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/", "photoshop:AuthorsPosition", "My updated author title");

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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August 4, 2021

Hi Elansezhian R.

did you test Kasyan's code?

 

For me with InDesign on Windows 10 it works perfectly.

So I marked Kasyan's answer as the "Correct" one.

 

Also see into this article:

 

Storing custom data into InDesign file via XMP
Marijan Tompa (tomaxxi), September 7, 2010

https://indisnip.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/storing-custom-data-into-indesign-file-xmp/

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Kasyan Servetsky
Kasyan ServetskyCorrect answer
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August 3, 2021
app.activeDocument.metadataPreferences.setProperty("http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/", "photoshop:AuthorsPosition", "My updated author title");
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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    August 3, 2021

    Another thought:

    With Adobe Bridge you should be able to insert the Author Title for all filtered InDesign documents on a volume.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    August 3, 2021

    Hi Elansezhian R.,

    search the forum. I think, we already had that discussed and also seen some code.

    However, the basic thing is that there is a name defined in menu File > User … which is not the case with a default version of InDesign freshly installed.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    August 3, 2021

    Sorry. You are looking for "Author Title" and not for "Author".

    That's not provided with:

    app.documents[0].metadataPreferences

    unlike "Author" which is.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

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    elansezhianr72877736Author
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    August 3, 2021

     

    Laubender, Thanks much for the reply and yes I am looking for the "Author Title" field to update through Indesign JAVASCRIPT.

     

    Thanks,

    Elansezhian R.

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