Re: Exporting each articles button names to an Excel Spread Sheet or other form
You could run a simple script like this: #target indesign// Carlsenvar doc = app.activeDocument;var buttonNames = doc.buttons.everyItem().name;var buttonNameArray = [];for (var b = 0; b <...
View Articleset fonts and styles based on xml parent's attribute
Hi, I am trying to write an Indesign javascript that can set the font and style based on the import XML parent's attribute, <products><product> <language...
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Hello, You can define the paragraph styles something like: var myParagraphStyle = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.add ({ name: "stylename", appliedFont: "Univers", pointSize: 12});...
View ArticleSave InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
Hi, I need to save InDesign CS5 files as CS6 and overwrite the original, but I am not getting the save line correctly: myDoc.save(myDocPath+"/"+myDocName, indesign-8.0, true); What am I don't wrong?...
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You're missing the 2nd parameter -- whether to save as stationery or not -- and the next parameter must be a string. So you need something like this: myDoc.save(myDocPath+"/"+myDocName, false, "any...
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
I am still getting an error. Am I not writing the version name correctly? myDoc.save(myDocPath+"/"+myDocName, false, indesign-8.0, true); Or are there restrictions for the file path and name and...
View ArticleReplace document fonts in InDesign CS6, js
Hi, I need to replace document fonts in InDesign. I get the existing fonts with following script, but not sure how to replace let's say Helvetica Regular with Aria Regular: for(var counter = 0;...
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
You are still missing the quotation marks around the third parameter. And the third parameter does NOT need to be the InDesign version. It can be anything. If you WANT to use indesign-8.0, that's fine,...
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
Yes, you are right, I just realized I missed that part, but even with that I am still getting an error. Thank you.Yulia
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
It's the code I posted is working fine for me ... maybe you should post the whole script. Perhaps there's a problem with myDocPath or myDocName ...
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
Here is what I have: myDoc = app.activeDocument;myDocPath = myDoc.filePath;myDocName = myDoc.name; myNewDoc = myDocPath+"/"+myDocName; myDoc.save(myNewDoc, false, "indesign-8.0", true); Thank you.
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
That exact code is working fine for me ... app.activeDocument refers to the InDesign document that is already open ... the script that you have here doesn't open the ID file. Is that the problem?
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
I do have indesign file open and when I run the script from the toolkit it stops at save line and makes it red. Thank you.
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
When it stops, what does the error message at the bottom say?
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
It says: "Cannot find the folder ~/Desktop/Filename.indd Thank you.
View Articleinvoke() Change Format settings through script
Hi Forum! I can able to invoke Find and Change menu through this script. app.menuActions.item("Find/Change...").invoke(); But, How can i invoke(). Change Format Settings: style Options; Can anybody...
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
Ah, ok -- this is a safer (and simpler) way to do it: myDoc = app.activeDocument; myDoc.save(myDoc.fullName, false, "indesign-8.0", true);
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
I did that and I added alert: myDoc = app.activeDocument;alert (myDoc.fullName)myDoc.save(myDoc.fullName, false, "indesign-8.0", true); And now it stops at alert with message: Unsaved document have no...
View ArticleRe: invoke() Change Format settings through script
Hi, By using ID value app.menuActions.itemByID(18694).invoke(); To get the list of ID value use b/m script - i download from Net. ==================================================== var myActions...
View ArticleRe: Save InDesign CS5 and CS6, js
Wow - I never noticed that a Converted doc does not have a valid name OR a valid fullName, unless it has been Saved once -- only the filePath is valid! (So a Converted doc behaves pretty much like a...
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