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August 30, 2023
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Resize one page out of 2 page indesign with js

  • August 30, 2023
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Hi,

 

I need to resize one out of 2 pages in Indesign with javascript. What would be the correct sintaks for it:

 

myDoc.pages[0].resizeIndividually (8.5,11);

 

Thank you

Yulia

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    Correct answer Eugene Tyson

    Oops that didn't work 

     

    Try this

     

    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myPage = myDoc.pages[0];

var newWidth = 8.5; // in inches
var newHeight = 11; // in inches

var widthScaleFactor = newWidth / myPage.bounds[3];
var heightScaleFactor = newHeight / myPage.bounds[2];

myPage.resize(CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES, AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR, ResizeMethods.MULTIPLYING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_BY, [widthScaleFactor, heightScaleFactor]);

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    Peter Kahrel
    Community Expert
    Peter KahrelCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 31, 2023

    Eugene's method works perfectly fine, but for interest's sake, instead of calculating the new values you could use 

    ResizeMethods.REPLACING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_WITH

    and simply set the values:

    myPage.resize (
  CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES, 
  AnchorPoint.CENTER_ANCHOR, 
  ResizeMethods.REPLACING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_WITH, 
  [UnitValue (8.5,'in').as('pt'),
  UnitValue (11,'in').as('pt')]
);

    Only thing is you need to convert the inch values to points, that's the only unit that .resize() works with.

     

    P.

      E
      Community Expert
      Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 31, 2023

      Does this work for you?

      var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
// Replace 0 if needed
var myPage = myDoc.pages[0]; 

// Page size
var newWidth = 8.5; // in inches
var newHeight = 11; // in inches

// Set dimensions
myPage.resize(CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES, AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR, ResizeMethods.ADDING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_TO, [newWidth - myPage.bounds[3], newHeight - myPage.bounds[2]]);
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      Community Expert
      Eugene TysonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      August 31, 2023

      Oops that didn't work 

       

      Try this

       

      var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myPage = myDoc.pages[0];

var newWidth = 8.5; // in inches
var newHeight = 11; // in inches

var widthScaleFactor = newWidth / myPage.bounds[3];
var heightScaleFactor = newHeight / myPage.bounds[2];

myPage.resize(CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES, AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR, ResizeMethods.MULTIPLYING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_BY, [widthScaleFactor, heightScaleFactor]);
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        YuliascriptAuthor
        Inspiring
        August 31, 2023

        Thank you.

         

        It's strange that first version did not work. I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not crashing, only not doing anything. But 2nd version works perfectly.

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