Is it possible to have Action Panel in InDesign like Illustrator & Photoshop?

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Make Actions in InDesign (like in Illustrator and Photoshop)

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Scott Falkner

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> Why in the world would Adobe discontinue this useful capability?

I don't believe they did. Actions have never been a feature of InDesign.

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_Ron_M_Anderson_

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You are so right "there is no way to record a sequence of operations and save them for later re-use, which would be a real bonus for the non-scripters among us." I'm constantly running into cases where I want to create an action, like I used to be able to, where I can save a series of keystrokes to reuse.

Why in the world would Adobe discontinue this useful capability??

Ron

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BobLevine

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> Why in the world would Adobe discontinue this useful capability??

You can't discontinue something that never existed. You must be thinking
about something else.

Bob

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Peter Spier

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This is something I've wished for from time to time.

InDesign allows for scripts, which are far more powerful that simple actions, and you can use the transform again commands to repeat what you just did, but there is no way to record a sequence of operations and save them for later re-use, which would be a real bonus for the non-scripters among us.

Peter

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lightal65

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I totally agree. We need actions in InDesign - scripting is way too complex (and I'm a web designer who writes JS!). Photoshop has had them for years, and they are absolutely wonderful.

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