Question
Script to edit actual text in type layer with number generation?
Excuse me if this is a dumb question, is there a way to write a script that will edit the actual text in a Type layer?
For example, I have to create a few hundred slates. Each one has a year and an issue number. There are only 17 years I have to do, but hundreds of issues. I would like to create just a template for each year and run a script that creates a slate with a different issue number for each. They would run 001 to 100, for example.
Basically I would need to script something that opens a document, opens the type layer for editing and generates a number (counting 001 to ###), then repeats with a continuing number in each document.
Thanks for any advice you can give, or if you know of a script in existence that may be able to help me!
For example, I have to create a few hundred slates. Each one has a year and an issue number. There are only 17 years I have to do, but hundreds of issues. I would like to create just a template for each year and run a script that creates a slate with a different issue number for each. They would run 001 to 100, for example.
Basically I would need to script something that opens a document, opens the type layer for editing and generates a number (counting 001 to ###), then repeats with a continuing number in each document.
Thanks for any advice you can give, or if you know of a script in existence that may be able to help me!
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