InDesign Scripts

If you find any of these scripts useful feel free to send me what you think it’s worth to you via PayPal – akiva.atwood@icloud.com

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Custom Scripts

If you need a custom script written feel free to contact me at akiva@atwood.co.il

Mark Hyphenated Words Menu

Installs to the EDIT menu.

Usage:

  1. Place cursor in story you want to check then run. Colors in entire story
  2. Select a text framed run. Colors that text frame
  3. Select text. Colors just the selected text
  4. if nothing is selected cools the entire document

Control-Z / Undo undoes the colorizing. (One story at a time)

Installation:

Copy the script to your startup scripts folder and restart InDesign

colorizeHyphenatedWordsMenu.jsxDownload

Mark Hyphenated Words Stand Alone

Usage:

  1. Place cursor in story you want to check then run. Colors in entire story
  2. Select a text framed run. Colors that text frame
  3. Select text. Colors just the selected text
  4. if nothing is selected cools the entire document

Control-Z / Undo undoes the colorizing. (One story at a time)

Installation:

Copy the script to your scripts Panel folder

ColorHypenatedWords.jsxDownload

Clip It

Adds selected words to the Right mouse button context menu. Great for doing repetitive corrections

Use:

Select a word, right click, then select Clip It. This adds the word to the context menu.

Right-clicking to call up the context menu lets you insert the word at the cursor location or replace selected text.

Installation:

Copy the script to your startup scripts folder and restart InDesign

SmartClipIt.jsxDownload

Add Style

Adds selected style to the Right mouse button context menu. Great for doing repetitive corrections

Use:

  1. Insert cursor in a paragraph, right-click, and Add Style. This adds the paragraph style to the right context menu.
  2. Select a word, right click, then select Add Style. This adds the character style to the context menu.

Right-clicking to call up the context menu lets you assign the added paragraph or character styles.

Installation:

Copy the script to your startup scripts folder and restart InDesign

SmartStyleIt.jsxDownload

AutoSave

Does what it says — autosaves the currently active document every minute

AutoSaveAll

Does what it says — autosaves all open documents every minute

Installation:

Copy the script to your startup scripts folder and restart InDesign
(It’s worthwhile checking that it works.)
NOTE: Autosaving resets undo…

For more information:

akiva@atwood.co.il

autosave.jsxDownload
autosaveAll.jsxDownload

SmartRevision Context menu

Overview:

When working on a project do you find yourself continuously saving your document under different names to have previous revisions and drafts available?

Would you like your file to auto-save under different revision names?

If so, SmartRevision is for you.

Using a unique file name format – DOC NAME r000 draft 00.indd – and saving previous revisions in a subfolder (RS_Archive) of the document’s folder.

A context menu item under File, SmartRevision installs 3 menu items:

  • Update Revision: Updates the revision number of the current file
  • Update Draft: Updates the Draft number of the current file
  • Start/Stop Auto-revision: Also lets you set the time interval (in minutes) for the auto-revision update.

It also installs a Update Book Draft in the Book menu. This feature is not 100% functional but works in most cases.

Installation:

Copy the script to your startup scripts folder and restart InDesign

For more information:

akiva@atwood.co.il

SmartRevisionContext.jsxDownload

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