Fix Paragraph Leading
This is a little script to make sure your paragraphs are spaced the way you intended!
View ArticleSeparate Pages Script
When publishing books with facing pages and bleeds, there is sometimes where you’ll need pages to have an inner bleed, but you don’t want pages to bleed onto one another (because they might have...
View ArticleHistory Scripts
InDesign offers incredible undo support. The number of undos available in InDesign are virtually limitless! However, it can be very tedious to undo multiple times. It’s also error-prone because you can...
View ArticleShow Hyphenations Script
Good book publishing is all about the details. One aspect of those details is fine-tuning how words break across lines. InDesign gives very good hyphenation control, but sometimes there is no...
View ArticleShow Paragraph Based-on Script
If you ever received a complex document from an unknown source, you know how difficult it can be deciphering the logic (or lack there-of) used to set the document up. When set up correctly, the...
View ArticleZoom to Width Script
While editing content in InDesign, it can sometimes be very frustrating when content moves out of view. Also, it’s sometimes very convenient to be able to zoom in as close as you can to an object which...
View ArticleInsert Variable Script
Text variables were introduced in InDesign CS3. They offer tremendous time-saving and quality-ensuring features which makes sure variable text always has the correct content. If you have ever needed to...
View ArticleButtons to Layer Script
Some interesting lessons learned while writing a simple script...
View ArticleConvert Colors to Grayscale in InDesign
There was recently a discussion on the InDesign forums where John Hawkinson was trying to find a way to get grayscale values using the eyedropper tool. Feel free to read the discussion there, but to...
View ArticleThoughts on Extending the Creative Suite
Adobe must have the most extendable pro applications on the planet, and I think that has a good deal to do with their success. Here’s just some musings on the methods available: Currently there’s three...
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