Guides in back

[jay fresno]

I have a bunch of already created InDesign files and need to change the preferences on all of them to "guides in back." Does anyone know of a script to do this?

[Shonkyin-CF145T · Accepted solution]

Here is code for you

//Send document guides to back //created by Baljeet Singh if (app.documents.length > 0) { alert ("Please close all document and try again"); exit(); } var dirr = Folder.selectDialog( 'Select Indesign folder'); app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract; alldocs = getAllfiles( dirr, [], ".indd" ); var alldocslen = alldocs.length; for (l=0; l<alldocslen; l++) { var doc = app.open( alldocs); doc.guidePreferences.guidesInBack = true; doc.save(alldocs); doc.close(SaveOptions.yes); } function getAllfiles( dir, array, mask ) { var f = Folder( dir ).getFiles( '*.*' ); for( var i = 0; i < f.length; i++ )      if( f instanceof Folder )           getAllfiles( f, array, mask );      else           if( f.name.substr( -mask.length ) == mask )                array.push( f ); return array; } app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;

Shonky

[jay fresno]

Shonky,

Thank you so much! You are so fast, and the script works great!