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Scale Graphics Script

Posted by: on: February 17th, 2010 | 8 Comments

The issue has come up quite a few times that users of InDesign need to scale placed graphics en-mass. We’ve written quite a few script-lets over the years, but we finally decided to create a UI which gives all the options generally needed in an easy-to-use format.

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Script of the Day — Jan. 24 2010

Posted by: on: January 24th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Here’s a quick script which just removes all the blank pages in the current document. Enjoy…

You can download the script from here.


Freeze Composition

Posted by: on: December 6th, 2009 | 9 Comments

Warning: Bad Typography ahead! 😉

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Preference Manager Script

Posted by: on: August 25th, 2009 | 33 Comments

InDesign has an awful lot of preferences which effect many different aspects of the program. To set the preferences the way you want them across machines can be rather tedious. Also, any time you “trash preferences” in InDesign, all your custom settings get lost. Adobe tells us that preferences can be scripted, but that “solution” is a bit beyond the average user (and most advanced users as well!). Read more


Script of the Day – July 19 2009

Posted by: on: July 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments

InDesign Secrets posted a videocast a few days ago highlighting the guide features in InDesign. It’s a great videocast to learn all the little things about guides most people don’t know!

We just thought it’s a great opportunity to post a useful little script we have lying around since January ’07. It pops up a little dialog which allows you to select guides on the current spread. Of course there’s the shortcut (Command/Control Option G) which will select all the guides on a spread, but this script also allows you to select just vertical or horizontal guides. You can get the script from here.

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