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revathiv80720177
revathiv80720177
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May 15, 2017
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InDesign Document to Xls

  • May 15, 2017
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Hi,

Is it possible to export InDesign Document to xls?If is  it possible,then how to export InDesign Document to XLS using JavaScript?

I am able to convert only xml to xls.Please guide me.

My script is:

   myXMLElement.exportFile(ExportFormat.xml, File("/c/partialDocumentXML.xls"));

Regards,

Revathi

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Loic.Aigon
Loic.Aigon
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May 16, 2017

Nope. That's not a possible export format. Once that said, one may loop through document's contents and output to a CSV file. The latter can then be opened in Excel.

Loic

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    revathiv80720177
    revathiv80720177Author
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    May 16, 2017

    Hi Loic,

    Thank You,

    Kasyan Servetsky
    Kasyan Servetsky
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    May 16, 2017

    To avoid the extra step of creating csv-file, InDesign can interact with Excel directly via Visual Basic Script (on Windows) or Apple Script (on Mac).

    Also, you can mix JavaScript (the most popular language in InDesign scripting) with VBS/AS (languages available for scripting other apps). If you're interested, see here for examples.

    — Kas

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