How can I select objects across multiple pages and align center on each respective page in Indesign?

Hi together,

I would say yes to Willi Adelberger's approach with an object style for position if there is only one image per page.

In case there are more one cannot use the object style, because all images on a page would share the same position. Also if you'd like to apply that object style to a group of graphic frames.

So a simple script could do this if the graphic frames are not positioned inside nested structures like groups.

Simply do a group of all graphic frames for every page and center the group on the page…

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

Hi @sntm, well here is a quick approach. - Mark

function main() {

    app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;

    var doc = app.activeDocument,
        items = doc.allGraphics;

    for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {

        try {

            var item = items[i].parent,
                itemCenter = [item.geometricBounds[1] + (item.geometricBounds[3] - item.geometricBounds[1]) / 2, item.geometricBounds[0] + (item.geometricBounds[2] - item.geometricBounds[0]) / 2],
                page = item.parentPage,
                pageCenter = [page.bounds[1] + (page.bounds[3] - page.bounds[1]) / 2, page.bounds[0] + (page.bounds[2] - page.bounds[0]) / 2];

            item.move(undefined, [pageCenter[0] - itemCenter[0], 0]);

        } catch (error) { }

    }

} // end main

app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Center All Graphics');

@sntm said: "The worst-case scenario is manually select the image and align center and repeating that 200x. sounds egregious…"

Hi @sntm ,

this is faster done than writing a script for it; or looking for one on the web.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

Hey @sntm 

There's thread here with a few scripts you can try.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/is-there-a-script-that-aligns-all-images-in-a-document-to-the-center-of-the-page/m-p/11877865

When you have anchored them, the anchor paragraph style should have auto leadin and center the alignement.

If you have not anchored them, create an object style, in the section size and position options specify where you want to have the images. Apply that style to the images. You should work with object styles anyway.