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I have a JavaScript script that opens a Letter size document containing one page, adds some text frames to the page, and then resizes them to fit their contents. Then I want to resize the page (or the document) down to the overall size of the text frames (approx. 5" wide and 3" high). I can accomplish what I want in InDesign by selecting the Page Tool, setting Liquid Page Rule to Off, and entering the width and height values. I cannot figure out how to do it in JavaScript. Help! Thanks!
Something like the following should work. This will resize the first page of the active document to new dimensions of 400*500 points
var doc = app.documents[0]
doc.pages[0].layoutRule = LayoutRuleOptions.OFF
var bb = BoundingBoxLimits.GEOMETRIC_PATH_BOUNDS
var a = AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR
var rm = ResizeMethods.REPLACING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_WITH
var nbb = [400, 500]
doc.pages[0].resize(bb, a, rm, nbb)
-Manan
Hi Dan,
test the script with pages of a facing-pages document and with ones from a non-facing-pages document.
You might see a difference in behavior, because in the case of a facing-pages document there is a spine where a page will be "glued" to when resized.
Regards,
Uwe Laubender
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Something like the following should work. This will resize the first page of the active document to new dimensions of 400*500 points
var doc = app.documents[0]
doc.pages[0].layoutRule = LayoutRuleOptions.OFF
var bb = BoundingBoxLimits.GEOMETRIC_PATH_BOUNDS
var a = AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR
var rm = ResizeMethods.REPLACING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_WITH
var nbb = [400, 500]
doc.pages[0].resize(bb, a, rm, nbb)
-Manan
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Hi Dan,
test the script with pages of a facing-pages document and with ones from a non-facing-pages document.
You might see a difference in behavior, because in the case of a facing-pages document there is a spine where a page will be "glued" to when resized.
Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( ACP )
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I did both of your suggestions (page.resize as shown and non-facing-pages document) and got exactly what I wanted. Thanks very much for your help!