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FiddleScript: InDesign Scripting Simplified
Dealing with scripts can be a little daunting for a lot of users of InDesign. Once you get the hang of it, it’s not that hard, but you need to create files in the correct format, name them with the correct extension, and save them in the correct place. We’ve created a script which we hope will make life a lot easier.
FiddleScript — Your tool to fiddle with scripts (without having to fiddle too much). (more…)
Edited: March 3rd, 2010
Line Numbering
Did you ever wish InDesign had the ability to number your lines? Well now it does with a little script! (more…)
Edited: March 1st, 2010
Quick Reference Script
Taking the pain out of cross reference creation…
Quick Reference is a script created to simplify the process of creating cross references. Thanks to David Blatner on his helpful suggestions when we were creating this script. You can read more about Quick Reference on InDesign Secrets here. (more…)
Edited: February 24th, 2010
Fun With Text Fitting in InDesign
One of the most tedious jobs is fitting text to the space it is supposed to take up. A little bigger, a little smaller, wait! the text is different sizes… sigh… Well, here’s a few scripts to help with a couple of different situations…
Edited: February 18th, 2010
Scale Graphics Script
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.
Edited: February 17th, 2010
Script of the Day — Jan. 24 2010
Here’s a quick script which just removes all the blank pages in the current document. Enjoy…
You can download the script from here.
Edited: January 24th, 2010
Freeze Composition
Warning: Bad Typography ahead! 
Edited: December 6th, 2009
Preference Manager Script
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!). (more…)
Edited: August 25th, 2009
Script of the Day – July 19 2009
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.
Edited: July 19th, 2009
Jump to Page in Book Script
InDesign has a really nice shortcut for jumping to a specific page in a document: Control/Command J. Prior to CS3 it activated the page number input area at the bottom of the document window, but a lot of people missed that, so Adobe changed it to a dialog which pops up.
However, when working on book files, this command comes up a bit short. If you want to jump to a specific page which might be in a different file (which might not even be open), there’s no quick way to do it.
Edited: July 3rd, 2009
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