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ADOBE INDESIGN CS4 SCRIPTING TUTORIAL

• Introduction … 5
• Getting started … 5
• Installing scripts … 6
• Running a script … 6
• Using the scripts panel … 6
• About scripting languages … 7
• JavaScript … 7
• Windows … 7
• Mac OS … 8
• Which scripting language should you use? … 8
• How to use the scripts in this document … 8
• Your first InDesign script … 9
• AppleScript … 9
• JavaScript … 9
• VBScript … 9
• Walking through the script … 10
• Scripting and the InDesign object model … 11
• Scripting terminology … 11
• Comments … 11
• Values … 11
• Variables … 13
• Operators … 15
• Conditional statements … 15
• Control structures … 15
• Functions and handlers … 16
• Understanding the InDesign object model … 16
• Looking at the InDesign object model … 18
• Measurements and positioning … 24
• Adding features to “Hello World” … 25
• AppleScript … 25
• JavaScript … 26
• VBScript … 27
• Constructing a document … 29
• Setting up measurement units and master spread margins … 31
• AppleScript … 31
• JavaScript … 31
• VBScript … 32
• Adding a baseline grid … 32
• AppleScript … 33
• JavaScript … 33
• VBScript … 33
• Adding master page items … 33
• AppleScript … 34
• JavaScript … 34
• VBScript … 35
• Adding master text frames … 35
• AppleScript … 36
• JavaScript … 36
• VBScript … 36
• Overriding master page items and adding text … 37
• AppleScript … 37
• JavaScript … 37
• VBScript … 37
• Adding and applying a paragraph style … 38
• AppleScript … 38
• JavaScript … 39
• VBScript … 39
• Placing a text file … 40
• AppleScript … 40
• JavaScript … 40
• VBScript … 41
• Placing a graphic … 41
• AppleScript … 41
• JavaScript … 42
• VBScript … 43
• Beyond the basics … 44

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