Adobe 27510753 - InDesign CS2 - PC Manual page 7

Adobe InDesign CS2 Scripting Guide
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Working with Documents in VBScript .................143
Basic document management .............................................................................144
Creating a new document ................................................................................................ 144
Opening a document ......................................................................................................... 144
Closing a document .............................................................................................................145
Saving a document ..............................................................................................................145
Basic page layout ......................................................................................................146
Defining page size and document length .................................................................. 146
Defining bleed and slug areas ........................................................................................ 146
Setting page margins and columns .............................................................................. 148
Changing the pasteboard's appearance ...........................................................149
Using guides and grids ............................................................................................150
Defining guides .....................................................................................................................150
Setting grid preferences ....................................................................................................152
Snapping to guides and grids ..........................................................................................152
Changing measurement units and ruler ........................................................... 153
Defining and applying document presets .......................................................154
Creating a preset by copying values ............................................................................ 154
Creating a preset using new values ...............................................................................155
Using a preset ........................................................................................................................155
Setting up master spreads ..................................................................................... 155
Setting text-formatting defaults .......................................................................... 157
Setting application text defaults ....................................................................................157
Setting the active document's defaults .......................................................................159
Using text defaults .............................................................................................................. 160
Adding XMP metadata ............................................................................................160
Creating a document template ............................................................................160
Printing a document ................................................................................................165
Printing using page ranges .............................................................................................. 165
Setting print preferences .................................................................................................. 166
Creating printer presets from printing preferences ................................................ 169
Exporting a document as PDF .............................................................................. 170
Using current PDF export options ..................................................................................170
Setting PDF export options ..............................................................................................171
Exporting a range of pages ..............................................................................................172
Exporting pages separately ..............................................................................................172
Exporting pages as EPS ........................................................................................... 173
Exporting all pages ..............................................................................................................173
Exporting a range of pages ..............................................................................................173
Controlling other export options ...................................................................................174
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