Title: Scripting InDesign CS3/4 with JavaScript
Description: Updated: August 2010. Author Peter Kahrel updated this Short Cut to cover InDesign CS5. InDesign provides a powerful setof tools for producing beautifuldocuments. While you can certainlydo all your work by hand throughInDesign's graphical interface, thereare many times when it's much easier towrite a script. Once you've automateda task, you can run it over the wholedocument, ensuring consistency, orjust when you need it, simplifying andspeeding your layout process. All ittakes is a bit of JavaScript knowledgeand a willingness to explore InDesign'sprogramming features.
Subjects: Desktop publishing, COMPUTERS / Digital media / Desktop Publishing, Adobe InDesign (Electronic resource), Reference & resource series, Engineering, Computer science, COMPUTERS / Computer Graphics, JavaScript (Computer program language)