Ha, very old but still very fantastic and useful!   I wonder why they bother to increment the version number while not changing anything else about it? ... View more

Hi. If nothing has changed since IDCS4 (wow!), then this will do nicely. Thanks! ... View more

Thanks shrishtib, but as Jongware correctly notes, tagged text is not XML. As he also correctly notes, tagged text is superior to xml for many purposes (such as mine). I see that you are an Adobe employee. Is there a link somewhere to documentation for the current version of InDesign Tagged Text? (I'm currently using v13.1.) Thank you! ... View more

It does sound like a no-go. Drat! Thanks for your expertise! ... View more

All of the existing images are CMYK, and all the new ones being created are as well. ... View more

So, if I understand correctly, the PDF driver won't make any difference because the application (here, Word and Filemaker) would have to be able to "speak" CMYK, as it were, and send its data to the printer in CMYK format – which neither of these do? Ha, there goes that plan... Do you know of any simple programs that can output to CMYK and can combine text and graphics in a simple layout? Thanks for all your help! ... View more

Hi, thanks for confirming the lack of virtual printers! They want to make a lot of small ads with a photo in each one (usually), and then send the ad files to be placed in a large Quark or InDesign document and then ultimately printed in a glossy magazine (eg, Seattle Magazine). They want to use MS Word and Filemaker to automate making the ads from simple template documents. I thought PDF/X might be a good option because the photos are CMYK. Seems like there must be some similar workflows that have been developed for this kind of scenario, if you could recommend any. Thanks for any further insights you can offer! ... View more

You can also copy some styled text and paste it into another document via script. The styles will be created automatically. ... View more

-- You can use something like this to get a list of all the different labels. -- From there, it depends on how your InDesign document and frames are set up set numTables to 3 set numSeats to 5 set theLabels to {} repeat with t from 1 to numTables   set theTable to "Table " & t   repeat with s from 1 to numSeats   set theSeat to "Seat " & s   set theLabels to (theLabels & (theTable & " " & theSeat))   end repeat end repeat return theLabels --> {"Table 1 Seat 1", "Table 1 Seat 2", "Table 1 Seat 3", "Table 1 Seat 4", "Table 1 Seat 5", "Table 2 Seat 1", "Table 2 Seat 2", "Table 2 Seat 3", "Table 2 Seat 4", "Table 2 Seat 5", "Table 3 Seat 1", "Table 3 Seat 2", "Table 3 Seat 3", "Table 3 Seat 4", "Table 3 Seat 5"} ... View more

Hi. My use of "set fWList to {500, 400, 300, 200, 100}" was just an example to get a list of numbers to add up. In your case, you already have a list of numbers in fWList, so you don't need that line. When you have your fWList populated with the numbers you want to add up, just use the rest of my lines. The last line, "return totalWidths --> 1500", does stop the script, and you don't' need it. It was just to show that everything was being added up properly. ... View more

-- Try something like this:     set fWList to {500, 400, 300, 200, 100}           set totalWidths to 0           repeat with aWidth in fWList -- will cycle thru list items and then stop                                    set totalWidths to totalWidths + aWidth                  end repeat           return totalWidths --> 1500 ... View more

Try this:     tell application id "com.adobe.indesign" When I switched from CS6 to CC 2017 I didn't have to change this at all. ... View more

-- In Applescript: tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"   activate   tell document 1   tell page 1   select text frame 1   end tell   end tell   invoke menu action "Fill with Placeholder Text" end tell ... View more

> I don't want to run a script while other people may be accessing and modifying dozens of files. > And I can't have my copy of InDesign converting all the files all day. I have to use it to do my job. Thanks for the info. Most people who have run these scripts have scheduled them for a special time when those two factors are not operative. ... View more

> but I am not comfortable using a script to convert all of our files... > especially if I'm going to have to do it all again after the next CC update It's unreasonable *not to script this process, and the point of running a script is that the next time, all you have to do is run the script again. There are pretty good reasons for the default previous version opening behavior, so you should always keep copies of the original files. ... View more

Can you provide the code that doesn't work, and/or the exact name of the Menu Item? ... View more

-- I believe this  returns the frontmost text frame: tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"   tell document 1   tell page 1   set theframe to item 1 of (every text frame whose index is 1)   end tell   end tell end tell -- So, you should be able to loop all objects on the page and determine the object with -- the highest index number (ie, the backmost). ... View more

Shirley Hopkins would know. I noticed she posted an answer to a different question today, so maybe she will offer a definitive answer here. ps I just had a thought: another possibility is the invoke menu action command. ... View more

-- I've never seen that UI feature scripted, so I always use something like this: set newFD to "HardDrive2:Links-New:" -- new source folder of links tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"   tell document 1   set eflag to 0   try   set myBrokenLinks to object reference of (every link whose status is link missing)   on error   display dialog ("No missing links found.")   set eflag to 1   return   end try   if eflag = 0 then   set oldTIDs to AppleScript's text item delimiters   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ":"   repeat with i from 1 to count of myBrokenLinks   set oldFP to (file path of item i of myBrokenLinks) as string   set newFP to (newFD & (last text item of oldFP)) as string   relink item i of myBrokenLinks to alias newFP   end repeat   update every link   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldTIDs   end if   end tell end tell ... View more

-- In Applescript, you can try: tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"   tell document 1   move (pages 1 thru 2) to after page 4   end tell end tell ... View more

You might also consider first running a separate shell command batch process on all files and putting the image dimensions, color mode, bit-depth, etc, into a database such as FileMaker which can then run the place scripts, or renaming copies of the files with the desired info embedded in the filename which would allow your place script to parse the filename and make the necessary decisions. ... View more

-- Often, instead of setting a property directly, you must set it within a "tell [...] preferences" block, for example: tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"   tell document 1   tell document preferences   set start page number to 14   end tell   end tell end tell -- There are several different suites of preferences, so check the Applescript dictionary to see if a property is within a preferences suite. ... View more

-- This works in CS6: tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"   set myDocument to active document   set selectedRectangles to selection of myDocument   set theGraphicsLink to file path of item link of (graphic 1 of (item 1 of selectedRectangles)) --> "Macintosh HD:folder/folder/filename.tif" end tell ... View more

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"   tell document 1   tell page 1   tell group 1 -- this group is a grouping of two separate groups, one with 3 text frames and one with 2 text frames   set framecount1 to count of text frames of group 1   --return framecount1 --> 3   set framecount2 to count of text frames of group 2   --return framecount2 --> 2   end tell   end tell   end tell end tell ... View more

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"   tell document 1   tell page 1   tell group 1   set framecount to count of text frames   end tell   end tell   end tell end tell ... View more