Could you be please more precise ? If I got the idea, you want to place everytime your logo in the bleed area. I will first set the bleed area with these instructions : app.activeDocument.documentPreferences.documentBleedUniformSize = true; app.activeDocument.documentPreferences.documentBleedTopOffset = 5; then i will create a rectangle at the point -5,-5 var myframe = app.activeDocument.rectangles .add({geometricBounds:["-5","-5","0","25"]}); //dimensions are what you want then place the logo. var myfile = File("logo"); //logo is a filepath "/c/..." myframe.place(myfile); Here you are, A+ Loic ... View more

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Thanks to Ole,<br /><br />//TextCleanup.jsx<br />//An InDesign CS2 JavaScript<br />//<br />//Loads a series of tab-delimited strings from a text file, then performs a series<br />//of find/change operations based on the strings read from the file.<br />//<br />//The data file is tab-delimited, with carriage returns separating records.<br />//<br />//The format of each record in the file is:<br />//findProperties<tab>changeProperties<tab>range_string<tab>description<br />//<br />//Where:<br />//<tab> is a tab character<br />//findProperties is a properties record (as text)<br />//changeProperties is a properties record (as text)<br />//range_string is either "all" or "once"<br />//description is a description of the find/change operation<br />//<br />//Very simple example:<br />//{findText:" "} {changeText:" "} all Find all double spaces and replace with single spaces.<br />//<br />//More complex example:<br />//{findText:"^9^9.^9^9"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"price"} once Find $10.00 to $99.99 and apply the character style "price".<br />//<br />//All InDesign search metacharacters are allowed in the findText property; all but wildcards are allowed in the changeText property.<br />// ... View more

It depends on your main intention. Do you want to replace any + character then any = character then finally any - character or the specific string +,=,- ? There is a script for replacing text, you should have no difficulties to adapt the searched items to your needs. Characters unicode value are displayed in the info palette. So type once tou Math symbol then get the unicode value. I am trying to find back the script. Loic ... View more

You may as well assign the shortcut through the shortcut manager of Indesign. In this particular window, ask for your script in the script section to be launched with Ctrl Alt Q. OF course, I guess it's not convenient fo you because you will certainly desire the shortcut is available for any users without having to set it by hand one by one. Loic ... View more

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Hi, Basically radiobuttons are meant to be exclusive each others. In basic dialogs, you create a readiobutton group then the radiobutton itselves. I don't know how to set the exclusion factor in UI but in standard dialog script you will get this result very easy. In fact I don't see what is so worth to use UI in your purpose. By the way, you can get your script in a very easy way. Considering you wrote the export section of the code : var mypagerange; var myinput = prompt("Set a range of pages to export as jpgs","all","JPG page range exporter"); if(myinput == "all") { mypagerange = "1-"+(app.activeDocument.pages.length-1); } else { mypagerange = myinput; } exportJpeg(mypagerange); You will probably need to set a condition like : if myinput == "all" or myinput looks like x-y with x & y valid pages export(); So at the end, you just launch the script, be requested for the page range (default is "all"), then click ok to have the pages exported. Maybe you want to have the choice to use a standard folder (the one of the indesign document for example) or a specific folder (so you prompt the user to choose a folder). Up to you. Hope it helps. Loic ... View more

I am not sure to get the idea but regarding to Roman numerals, you may write a analysis function that will consist in attributing value to letters. so "V" = 5; X = 10; I = 1; ... then check for values and apply values var mypgnb = 0; if string.charAt[0] == "V" mypgnb += 5; if string.charAt[0] == "X" mypgnb += 10; if string.charAt[0] == "I" mypgnb += 1; etc. A loop seems imperative through the length of the roman letters length. The main point is to check for letters placement so IV has a diiferent sum than VI But you can place conditions like if string.charAt == "I" && string.charAt[x+1] == "V" mypgnb -= 1; Tricky and painfull but may finally get a integer value. Hope it helps. Loic ... View more

I am quite fond of dialog box for this kind of purposes. A single prompt does the trick. var myrangeinput = prompt ("Enter a range of page separated by commas.","", "page range PDF exporter"); var myrangearr = new Array(); myrangearr = myrangeinput.split(","); At this point a control loop may be useful to ensure that pages ranges are valid, otherwise the script will fail. Will think about that tommorow. Loic ... View more

Hi Your request is really simple. The only "difficulty" is to repeat the Export function through a loop for the number of export ranges you want to specify. The range itself may be determined in the PDF export preferences. var myrangearr = ["1","2-3","3","4-6"]; var myFolder = Folder.selectDlg(); var myPDFExportPreset = "High Quality"; //May match one of your PDF presets name ! //Or a directory you already know or better the folder containing the genuine file. for(var i = 0; i < myrangearr.length; i++) { app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = myrangearr; myFilePath = myFolder + / + myfilename +"_" + myrangearr + .pdf; myFile = new File(myFilePath); myDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, myFile, false, myPDFExportPreset); } If you take time to specify correctly the export folder and myPDFExportPreset, it should do the trick. Loic ... View more

Hi Ole, I am glad to hear it and sure about your wish to improve the soft version after version. However could you tell us more about the non utility of "copy/paste" for this stuff ? Do you think about the duplicate() method ? Or something I should know :-) Thanks a lot. Loic ... View more

Hi Scott, try this var mytemplate = app.open(File(X)); //X is a string for the file i.e. /c/... var mysel = String(app.selection[0].contents); //Assuming that your selection is text. app.copy(); app.activeDocument=mytemplate; var mytemplateframe = doc2.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[0,0,200,200]}); mytemplateframe.insertionPoints[0].select(SelectionOptions.REPLACE_WITH); app.paste(); However, maybe the simpliest is to copy the parent textFrame then eventually set it for position and size. Have you ever thought about xml ? It may handle well different inputs with styles etc. Could help you. Loic ... View more

But you know what after all. Just run your scipt into ESTK, it will point directly the line which is causing the error. Doesn't it ? Loic ... View more

another thing that you may do, but it's clearly crap, is to add comments like //lnX where x is incremental //ln5 /* script here */ //ln10 etc. Then youn can search for ln150 for example But I do recognize this is the worst way of navigating ever. ... View more

Hi sounds like mess in the system. Trash Indesign preferences. In the last resort, reinstall indesign and estk if necessary. Loic ... View more

Hi you will be pleased to learn that "No, I don't think that you can get a particular line calling it" BUT you can with ESTK2, add bookmarks (I hope this is the good term in english, I have a fr estk here). Then you can navigate through the bookmarks. If you have ten bookmarks, I guess you can't access the 8th instantanately but pressing F2 mny times will allow you to navigate very quick through your code. Loic ... View more

Hi Peter, That's really efficient now. You should adress your script to the IndesignSecrets.com site. They may spread the utility of the script to a wider audience. Good job. Maybe we will work again on some stuff one day :-) Regards Loic ... View more

It sounds amazing what you did. Congratulations. Just a point, I got a error using it because I am on a french interface. So it doesn't find Object menu (in fr it's objet). Maybe we should think about either a localization either non-locale enumeration. Other think, as I felt like nothing happen, i clicked and clicked again to launch the script, so I have now three "break columns" items. Is it possible to place a control condition for checking is the script has placed yet the command ? Amazing really. You put the art of scripting to a level I wasn't even closed to ! Loic ... View more

which coordinates are you talking about ? The relative coordinates of the content relative to the frame or the position of the frame ? try this : http://dl.free.fr/lycZKLIMu/copycontentframe.jsx when I paste the sccript here, it always appear weird. Loic ... View more

Hi Amit, Ole is right. In my humble opinion, it's a weird project to close your program if the file is not found. Don't you want to keep working on indesign afterall ? try/catch is a intersting technique to get info when you face a boring bug. But for that simple instruction,you can choose to do that : var myfile = File("~/Desktop/minu/Amit-TOC.indd"); if(myfile.exists==true) { app.open(myfile); } /* you may not want to be warned for the non presence of the file else { alert("Sorry, the file may have been displaced or removed !") // Or better // File.openDialog("Pick a file please..."); } */ ... View more

Hi, You consider the thing the wrong way. Dropshadow is not the starting point but the end of your journey. First you have to talk with a object that may have a drop shadow then either get the value or set a value. for example, assuming that you select a object that has a drop shadow, you can use app.selection[0].transparencySettings.dropShadowSettings.angle; or app.selection[0].transparencySettings.dropShadowSettings;angle=120/* a value between -180 & 180)*/; I try to apply a drop shadow on a clear element and it's true I failed. in fact, datas seem to be considered but not applied in real time to the selection. But if I apply a drop shadow manually, the object get the value I ordered formerly. Loic ... View more

Hi scott, As you suspect, it's really simple. However, I guess that what you are really trying to get may lead to a richer way of thinking. Could you tell us more on the whole project. Anyway, var doc = app.activeDocument; var mysel = String(app.selection[0].contents); //Assuming that your selection is text. // X is a string like /c/my documents... //If you want to be able to pick a particular template, //you can choose to set a var to var mytemplate = File.openDialog("choose a file"); var mytemplate = app.open(File(X)); var mytemplateframe = app.documents.item(mytemplatedocname).pages[0].textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[0,0,200,200]}); mytemplateframe.label = "textframe"; mytemplateframe.contents = mysel; It needs to be completed regarding to owerflow. And textframes dimension are empiric, you can adjust that too. hope it helps. Loic ... View more

Hi, Looking into Indesign interface, it seems that there is no way to adapt a table to its frame. By the way, I don't see any ability to set the width of a table but maybe I am wrong on this point ? So, is there any script that allow that, to be honest, I don't think you can get something really good. The closest lead I see should be something like : A - get the width and heigth of the frame B - get the number of columns and lines C - set the width & heigth of cells to A/B. You will understand how much this way can'tbe satisfying for you. I hope I am wrong however. Loic ... View more

http://dl.free.fr/kJOvckC4m/extractpages_test2.jsx Hi, Finally, I chose to develop the delete,save & reopen approach. I guess it may take a long time to operate on long documents but that's the simpliest way. Let me know if you think about any improvements. Loic ... View more

Hi jxswm, I think that this is a convenient way of thinking for exporting a range of pages into one single document. Exporting n pages to n documents will be, in my opinion, too time consuming. That was the way I was thinking first but what appeared as a issue at the time was that it was multiplying operations again & again and that could result a very slow script. I mean, I should have removed pages through a loop, then save for the first page. Either undo till I got the document as its first state or better reopen the doc. Then remove again, resave, reclose, reopen,etc. And if you have a 200p documents, it might be a good option, I think. However, I may be wrong thinking that. Loic ... View more

Peter, It seems that there is a lead with pageItems.overriddenMasterPageItem So I can think about a loop which will analyze all the pageItems, check if they have been overridden, then if true, identify parent master name, override the pageItems on the page then remove it. Tricky but it should work. Loic ... View more

Ok, I believed interchange could handle page range, my mistake. Anyway, the script is quite a good basis after all. If I am not wrong, the worst that can happen is that a page items is doubled (once in the page, once in the master). The script may cover fine a lot of jobs and may request some manual adjustements with the exported files once in a while. Loic Hey, Mike, did you try it ? ... View more

Hi frits, Does it works ? Loic ... View more

Hi Peter, I saw this problem this morning at work. Indeed, it seems that the more I get close from the solution, the more problems I discover. But I won't surrender so fast 😉 Well, I will have a look on it as soon as possible. Loic PS : I thought that afterall, the simpliest should have been a export to indesign interchange. But it wouldn't have preserved CS3 specific elements, am I wrong ? ... View more

Hi guys, I am closed from a final version. This one is quite really operational. However, I need to fix some stuff. Setting range to one page (2 to 2 for ex) bugs the script. I placed a control for the removing pages loop as a document must contain one page at minimum. However, the script duplicates the page that is going to stay on the genuine document. The best should be that this first page is not duplicated then renamed as document_P1.indd. I have not dealt with sections at all. we can consider them in a second phasis. A great thanks to Peter Kahrel, I used mainly your code as the skeleton of the whole script. Whatever the lead I tried to study, your way was always the simplier after all. And the fact is that is much more reliable and faithful than I expected. Either layers, rulers are kept. A final effort and this script will be over. Loic http://dl.free.fr/eS6jMQURS/extractpages.jsx ... View more