scripting

Expanding InDesign – Scripts and Plug-ins

During last week’s InDesign User Group meeting in Perth, we took a look at how third-party scripts and plug-ins can help us expand the functionality of InDesign, and make us work more efficiently. The speaker-notes for this session have now been uploaded and provide an overview of the scripts/plug-ins that were reviewed. Download: Expanding InDesign – Speaker Notes. (5.4Mb PDF)

PageBorder Script

modified: 17-Sep-2010 (screenshot update) InDesign layout artists/designers continue to receive requests for the provision of PDF or print proofs that contain a clear indication of where the page border is positioned. Ages ago I wrote a small script that would quickly add a page border to your InDesign document.

Displaying Style Overrides in InDesign CS4 (and CS5)

Marc Autret (IndiScripts) wrote another lovely script. According to his own words… it’s the shortest script he’s ever written. The ShowHideLocalFormatting script!

Sort it please… (2)

Digitip 095 – Adobe InDesign CS4, Sorting with Scripts. This is the second part of a two part write-up about sorting paragraph and table text in InDesign and covers the sorting of table data, thanks to a great script developed and provided freely by Peter Kahrel.

Sort it please… (1)

Digitip 094 – Adobe InDesign CS4, Sorting with Scripts. Updated 23-Feb-2010 Added video You’ve spend a few days working on some great layouts for a customer. Lots of bulleted lists and tables, and when you receive the first proof back, many of the lists and tables have a note on them: “can you please sort this in alphabetical order”? I…read more →

Event – InDesign CS4 Scripting Seminars

Dave Saunders is coming to Australia! Learn to unlock the power of Adobe InDesign Scripting Learn from one of the world’s best. Take advantage of a unique opportunity to attend either a half day introductory or full day master class on scripting with Adobe InDesign, presented by Dave Saunders, one of the world’s leading scripting experts.  Dave will be in…read more →

Creative Suite LIVE – Melbourne (follow-up)

Updated 5-Sep-2008 (fixed incorrect web-link) The following list provides an overview of the Plug-ins and Scripts reviewed during the InDesign Add-Ons session at the Creative Suite LIVE Conference – Melbourne 28-29 September 2008.

How do I create fractions in InDesign?

Digitip 075 – Adobe InDesign InDesign out-of-the-box, does not contain a ‘Make Fraction” command, like other applications such as QuarkXPress have, so if you’re a Quark converter (Welcome a-board by the way!!!), how do you go abouts creating fractions in InDesign? So how can setting fractions be made easier? Well, there are a number of options available. Let me take…read more →

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