Re: [JS] CS3 and later. Sort the Swatches alphabetically
This is an old thread, but I found while looking for a solution to this issue. I wrote a script that will sort Swatches, Tints, and Gradients. Easy installers are available...
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Re: [JS] CS3 and later. Sort the Swatches alphabetically
@Justin – well, you may or you may not followed that lengthy discussion on the Swiss/German forum Peter Kahrel pointed to… There in answer #3 I remarked, that one can well move around all the four...
View ArticleRe: [JS] CS3 and later. Sort the Swatches alphabetically
Just a hint, how we could eliminate the problem with the standard swatches (not tested):look at the ID numbers of the swatches. No need to sort them with a sort(). The first 2-digit-ones (according to...
View ArticleRe: How to create a cross-reference of paragraph number?
Jill, To create a cross-reference, you need three things: a cross-reference format, the referenced paragraph, and the insertion point where the reference is to be inserted. You then create a source (a...
View ArticleIDCS6 MACOSX JS: "remove unused layer" script doesn't see masters based on...
Hello everybody. I have an old script that I have used many times to remove unused layers. Until today I thought it worked well: var layers = app.documents[0].layers.everyItem().getElements();for(var...
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Re: [JS] CS3 and later. Sort the Swatches alphabetically
@Justin: have to say that I'm experiencing issues with your script too. Was almost ready to sing the praises of the script until I found some bugs of my own: Before After (has added a colour that...
View ArticleRe: Specific Colour changing Script from RGB to CMYK
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I discovered this script and found it quite useful. I did make one modification to it: it finds any colour type (in the PROCESS dropdown of the colour menu)...
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Hi fellow scripters. My boss hired a new programmer who's starting next week and since it was impossible to find someone with InDesign scripting experience, I would like to hear from you on what...
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I have data merged a document and need to remove all the empty graphics frames as quick as possible. I have found solutions for deleting empty text frames but not graphics frames. Can somebody help...
View ArticleNeed help to optimize this script.
Hello, I am using ID CS5 on Windows7. I have a requirment where I need to type text in a perticular text frame and have it copied to other text frames. I have written this little script which does the...
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Hi, I need a help to rename some of the files. i.e. delete some characters of a files. eg. XX_5182179_ETERNITY_25TH_MB_AB_XYX_abc.ttjseg. XX_4182229_ETERNITY_21TH_MB_AB_XYX_abc.ttjs like above eg. i...
View ArticleRe: How to create a cross-reference of paragraph number?
Thanks Peter, that worked perfectly!!! ~Jill
View ArticleRe: How do I delete all empty graphics frames from a document?
HI MToysI didnt check out the post from the other forum, but to remove all empty graphic frames from a doc without any conditions, you can try this code: var myGraphicFrames =...
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Hello as above i have a simple script to select a file to open froma folder and tthen open it.However the code continues as the file is still openingis there a way to get the script to wait for the...
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Re: [JS] CS3 and later. Sort the Swatches alphabetically
Thanks for pointing these things out @Laubender and @cdflash. Version 1 is never perfect. I did not yet include mixed inks in my testing/code. I'll improve numberic sorting and add smarter...
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Re: How do I delete all empty graphics frames from a document?
@myDavey – but there are conditions.(Nearly) every time a layout is done… Before: After: Uwe
View ArticleRe: [JS] CS3 and later. Sort the Swatches alphabetically
@Justin – sorting out the four basic swatches is easy. Just do it by their ID numbers. The first four ones if you sort numeric by IDs. :-) But you cannot remove or add them. A notification to the user...
View ArticleRe: How do I delete all empty graphics frames from a document?
@Uwe - ThanksI happened to have just had a few jobs where I needed to delete rectangles w/o conditionsI was just playing around with pictures on the pasteboard - outside any text frames (setting up a...
View ArticleRe: [JS] CS3 and later. Sort the Swatches alphabetically
Ok. Updated version posted:http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2013/12/13/sort-swatches-in-adobe-inde sign/ It should now:Respect (and ignore) the default swatches, despite their current location in the...
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Sorry to tell you this, but the script still yields exactly the same results for me as my earlier posts. Colly
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