paste in place

[Hosun26059267k946]

Hi,

I try to copy a logo on page 2 and paste it in place on page 3.

When I presee shift+opt+cmd+V, it is pasted on page 2.

Is there any better way?

Hosun

[Robert Tkaczyk]

I'm away from my laptop to test it - but I can bet it will work even with spreads that have more than two pages 😉

[rob day]

Yes it works as long as you explicitly code the destination page.

If I want to choose any page, you will need put up a dialog and ask me which page I want, or listen for an active page event, which is trickier. Paste In Place decides where to paste the object based on the currently active page, which might not  be on the same spread as the copied object—it’s whatever page is currently selected in the Pages panel

Also, to imitate Paste In Place with a dialog we need to use the duplicate() method—Paste in Place doesn’t remove the original. So the first script I posted with the dialog would be better the duplicate method.

[Robert Tkaczyk]

no longer valid 😉 - can be removed by moderator, thx.

[Robert Tkaczyk]

no longer valid 😉 - can be removed by moderator, thx.

[Robert Tkaczyk · Accepted solution]

OK, this WORKS 😄

//Paste In Place to destination page
//Select a page item, run script, and double-click a page in the Pages panel

#targetengine "pasteinplace";

PasteInPlace()
var el, b, s;
var or = app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.PAGE_ORIGIN; 
function PasteInPlace(){
    if (app.selection.length > 0) {
        var doc = app.activeDocument;
        s = doc.selection[0];
//        b = s.geometricBounds;
//        app.copy()
        var el = app.addEventListener("afterAttributeChanged", getBounds);
        el.name = "PIP"
//        alert(app.activeDocument.layoutWindows[0].activePage);
    } else {
        alert("Please Make a Selection")
        return
    } 
} 


function getBounds(e) {
    if (e.attributeValue.constructor.name === 'Page') {    
        app.menuActions.itemByID(118788).invoke();
//        alert(doc.activeWindow.activePage);
//        app.paste();
//        app.selection[0].geometricBounds = b;
//        alert(s.attributeValue.constructor.name);
        s.duplicate(app.activeDocument.layoutWindows[0].activePage);
        app.eventListeners.itemByName("PIP").remove();
        app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = or;
    }
} 

[BobLevine]

If you're on the same spread, step and repeat would be the way to go. Just set the horizontal offset to the width of the pages. This setting should be sticky so it would work throughout the document. You'd need to change it if you're pasting from right to left pages.

[Robert Tkaczyk]

No need for Step & Repeat 😉 there is a quicker way 😉 you can just execute PasteInPlace then - like you've suggested - add page's width to X location - InDesign is doing math automatically in ALL numeric fields 🙂