thank you....been going nuts trying to solve!!!!! ... View more

that worked perfect!!!!! scott ... View more

tried a new document and it worked flawless....THANK YOU!!!! ... View more

that worked great ....except it did not delete the original spot colors ... View more

in the swatch panel i need the color type to change from Spot Color  to Process color. It will have the global color unchecked and that is how it shoud remain. the name of the color in the swatches panel should change (if possible but not mandatory) to reflect that it is a process color by appending the existing color name with something like "_PROCESS" or "_CMYK" ... View more

Also, i want to keep the color names but maybe tag the color _PROCESS  (231_PROCESS) ... View more

THANK YOU!!!!!   scott ... View more

thank you...and how to make the CMYK version?     ... View more

thank you....that got me up and running!!!!   ... View more

...at first glance that is going right over my head....i am just beginning scripting and so far have just been modifying existing snippets that i have found and been stringing them together to get what i am trying to do. is there a simple solution?   scott   ... View more

no,it is not working for me i have been running it from the scripts panel in indesign.....hmmmmmm ... View more

still getting the same error....attached is screengrab of code i ran.... did i insert the address in the correct place? ... View more

above i am referring to the short script at the very top by muppet mark and posted by pixxxel...     Community Expert , May 10, 2014 Copy link to clipboard   Searching the forum you can find examples like this (written by Muppet Mark): // OpenBrowserWithJavascript.jsx // siehe http://forums.adobe.com/message/4904789#4904789   openURL( 'www.google.com' );   function openURL( address ) {           var f = File( Folder.temp + '/aiOpenURL.url' );           f.open( 'w' );           f.write( '[InternetShortcut]' + '\r' + 'URL=http://' + address + '\r' );           f.close();                     f.execute(); }; ... View more

does the above script still work (this is a very old post) I need to open a particular website in safari from within a javascript i run in indesign. when i run the above script-Safari launchs but then a page that says "safari cant open page " "operation couldnt be completed" (see attached). i have changed the URL multiple times with same result   ... View more

my coworkers think i am much smarter than i am... thanks to people like you!!!! ... View more

I marked it as correct because it works great but.....If i could ask for one more little bit of help? how would i eliminate the alert ("alright")? I only want an alert if there is more than 31 but just pass thru if less than 31 ... View more

Thank you....I added an underscore to the acceptable list of characters (my designers like underscores) and it is working great!!!!! ... View more

Is it possible to convert the watermark to outlines?    When my client attempts to place comments on the PDF to communicate edits to me they are unable to select the text of the document because they are selecting the watermark in front of the text they are indending on highlighting for edits.   I am guessing if it is converted to outlines that would eliminate the problem because in the past i have placed a JPEG graphic of the word  "PROOF" across the pdf and it was not selectable   scott ... View more

I think that worked!!!!!   here is what i ended up with:   //----------------------------------______LOW____--------------------------------------     //--------------------------pdf security export--------------------------------------------- if(app.documents.length>0){       var d=app.activeDocument;       };   else{       alert(“Please open a document to execute export to pdf. Script will be aborted.”);       exit();       }   if(d.saved == false){       alert(“Save your document first before executing export to pdf. Script will be aborted.”);       exit();       };           //---------------------------------------------- var dupPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName(‘[Smallest File Size]’).duplicate(); dupPreset.exportReaderSpreads = true;   var currPrefs = app.pdfExportPreferences; with (currPrefs) {     useSecurity = true;     changeSecurityPassword = “Password”;     acrobatCompatibility = AcrobatCompatibility.ACROBAT_7;     viewPDF = true;     pageRange = PageRange.ALL_PAGES;     disallowPrinting = false;     disallowCopying = true;     disallowChanging = true; }         var pdfPath = Folder.selectDialog(“Folder to save the LOW res pdf:”);   var pdfName = d.name.substring(0, d.name.indexOf(“.”))+”_lr.pdf”;      var userDefFileName = prompt(“File name:”,pdfName,undefined);      if(userDefFileName == null){       exit();       };      var pdfFullName = pdfPath+”/”+userDefFileName;      if(File(pdfFullName).exists){       c=confirm(“The PDF-file \””+userDefFileName+”\” is already existing. Do you want to overwrite it?”,true,undefined);       if (c==0){exit()};         };     var doc = app.activeDocument; doc.exportFile ( ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, File(pdfFullName), false, dupPreset );   currPrefs.useSecurity = false; dupPreset.remove();   ... View more

i'm afraid that you are now over my head. this is what i tried and it does not create spreads using the [Smallest FileSize] adobe supplied preset. I am sure i just bungled everything because i do not understand   if(app.documents.length>0){       var d=app.activeDocument;       };   else{       alert("Please open a document to execute export to pdf. Script will be aborted.");       exit();       }   if(d.saved == false){       alert("Save your document first before executing export to pdf. Script will be aborted.");       exit();       };           //---------------------------------------------- var dupPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.item('[Smallest File Size]').properties; dupPreset.exportReaderSpreads = true; app.pdfExportPreferences.properties = dupPreset;       var currPrefs = app.pdfExportPreferences; with (currPrefs) {     useSecurity = true;     changeSecurityPassword = "Password";     acrobatCompatibility = AcrobatCompatibility.ACROBAT_7;     viewPDF = true;     pageRange = PageRange.ALL_PAGES;     disallowPrinting = false;     disallowCopying = true;     disallowChanging = true; }     // Here one have to set the PDF Export Preset name: var pdfExportPresetName = '[Smallest File Size]'; // Check, if the preset is available: var pdfExportPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName('[Smallest File Size]'); // Preset is not available, do nothing: if( !pdfExportPreset.isValid ){ alert( "ERROR: No pdfExportPreset found. | SCRIPT")};     var pdfPath = Folder.selectDialog("Folder to save the LOW res pdf:");   var pdfName = d.name.substring(0, d.name.indexOf("."))+"_lr.pdf";      var userDefFileName = prompt("File name:",pdfName,undefined);      if(userDefFileName == null){       exit();       };      var pdfFullName = pdfPath+"/"+userDefFileName;      if(File(pdfFullName).exists){       c=confirm("The PDF-file \""+userDefFileName+"\" is already existing. Do you want to overwrite it?",true,undefined);       if (c==0){exit()};         };     var doc = app.activeDocument; doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE,File(pdfFullName),false,pdfExportPresetName);     currPrefs.useSecurity = false; ... View more

for the preset "Smallest file size_spreads"  the only change to the adobe supplied [smallest File Size] preset i made is to create the PDF as spreads   because "exportReaderSpreads"is a property for object PDFExportPreset i cannot add exportReaderSpreads=true;  up in my list of preferences because it will be overridden by the info in [Smallest File Size]   is this correct?   i would like to write this using the factory supplied [Smallest File Size] if possible to avoid having all my designers install or create a PDF preset in addition to the script   scott ... View more

thank you for helping me out with this project....you make me look like a rockstar!!!!!   scott ... View more