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Re: InDesign Scripting question
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Re: InDesign Scripting question


  • Subject: Re: InDesign Scripting question
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:12:06 +1000

On 17/4/02 9:33 PM +1000, email@hidden, email@hidden,
wrote:

> I've just spent all morning banging my head on InDesign (1.52)

Upgrade to 2; it definitely helps. Opens lots of doors, too...
>
> How do I create a two page spread using two A4 pages? All I can create is
> two seperate pages - effectively a front cover and an inside front cover
> but I need a two page spread.
>
> Indeed, "spread" is probably the magic word as it is in Xpress, but I want
> to do it in InDesign!!!

It's a similar problem -- to start with a spread, the first page must be an
even number.

tell application "InDesign 1.5.2"
make document
tell document 1
tell document preferences
set pages per document to 2
set pages per spread to 2
end tell
set properties of section 1 to {page start:page 1, page number start:2}
set applied master of spread 1 to master spread 1
end tell
end tell

>
> PS. If anyone has any sample scripts for InDesign or knows where I can find
> some (beyond the fabulously unhelpful 'count words' script that comes with
> it) could you send me a link?

Check out the Adobe User to User InDesign Scripting forum. There are also
some samples at macscripter.net. Or ask here, but preferably after you
upgrade to v2.0. Or <shameless plug> come to our course
<http://www.scriptingmatters.com/aspro.htm>. Big discount for those coming
from Europe ;-)
>
> PPS. Apple - in the next revision of AppleScript dictionaries, make it a
> necessity for the definition to also contain an example. It'd make
> everyones life so much easier ;-)

But that would take all the fun out of it...

--
Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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