Writing a script to expand the pasteboard size

Question

I'm very new to scripting and was using ChatGPT to work through a way to expand the pasteboard size of the current openend document. I found a way to make a script expand the slug area, but that isn't what I needed. Here's the final message I received.

InDesign scripting API doesn't give direct access to pasteboardPreferences through the Spread object. Even though pasteboardMargins is editable in the InDesign UI (in Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard), it's unfortunately not exposed through scripting on a per-spread or global level.

I just wanted to check if anyone knows that this is true, so I can either stop my quest or keep trying.

Thanks!

Manan Joshi · Accepted Answer

Yes, I was able the script to increase the slug area, but that's the message it gives when asking about the pasteboard.

ChatGPT spits out garbage many times, forget it. Check the API link reference I gave above. I used the following code and it did change my pasteboard size.

app.documents[0].pasteboardPreferences.pasteboardMargins = [20,20]

P.S. :- Execute this code with an open document, else you would get an error

-Manan

Manan Joshi · Answer

You should be able to do it via the PasteboardPreference objects pasteboardMargins property. You can access PasteboardPreference via code like

app.pasteboardPreferences

or

app.documents[0].pasteboardPreferences

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/index.html#PasteboardPreference.html

-Manan

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