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July 15, 2016
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Excel data merge to Indesign

  • July 15, 2016
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Hi, I have an excel spreadsheet with a column of dimensions, height and width.   What I would like to do is import this list into Indesign and run a script creating frames/ boxes.   In addition to merging this list and creating boxes, I would hope to have these boxes align in a linear pattern each meeting up with the other flush.

Thanks in advance,

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Correct answer Loic.Aigon

Your request implies a few fundamental bricks such as :

- loading CSV data (given you can't load EXCEL by default)

- Adding frames to a page (the scripting guide is full of samples)

So start exporting EXCEL to CSV, then look around for loading CSV. Come back then with a snippet of yours we can comment.

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kglad
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July 15, 2016
Peter Spier
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July 15, 2016

Moved to scripting...

Loic.Aigon
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July 18, 2016

Your request implies a few fundamental bricks such as :

- loading CSV data (given you can't load EXCEL by default)

- Adding frames to a page (the scripting guide is full of samples)

So start exporting EXCEL to CSV, then look around for loading CSV. Come back then with a snippet of yours we can comment.