Basic Document Operations; Creating A New Document; Opening A Document - Adobe 0046100128056 - InDesign - Mac Manual

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Basic Document Operations

Opening, closing, and saving documents are some of the most basic document tasks. This section shows
how to do them using scripting.

Creating a new document

The following script shows how to make a new document using scripting. (For the complete script, see
MakeDocument.)
var myDocument = app.documents.add();
To create a document using a document preset, the
use to specify a document preset, as shown in the following script. (For the complete script, see
MakeDocumentWithPreset.)
//Creates a new document using the specified document preset.
//Replace "myDocumentPreset" in the following line with the name
//of the document preset you want to use.
var myDocument = app.documents.add(true,
app.documentPresets.item("myDocumentPreset"));
You can create a document without displaying it in a window, as shown in the following script fragment
(from the MakeDocumentWithParameters tutorial script):
//Creates a new document without showing the document window.
//The first parameter (showingWindow) controls the visibility of the
//document. Hidden documents are not minimized, and will not appear until
//you add a new window to the document.
var myDocument = app.documents.add(false);
//To show the window:
var myWindow = myDocument.windows.add();
Some script operations are much faster when the document window is hidden.

Opening a document

The following script shows how to open an existing document. (For the complete script, see
OpenDocument.)
app.open(File("/c/myTestDocument.indd"));
You can choose to prevent the document from displaying (that is, hide it) by setting the
parameter of the
performance of a script. To show a hidden document, create a new window, as shown in the following
script fragment (from the OpenDocumentInBackground tutorial script):
//Opens an existing document in the background, then shows the document.
//You'll have to fill in your own file path.
var myDocument = app.open(File("/c/myTestDocument.indd"), false);
//At this point, you could do things with the document without showing the
//document window. In some cases, scripts will run faster when the document
//window is not visible.
//When you want to show the hidden document, create a new window.
var myLayoutWindow = myDocument.windows.add();
method to false (the default is true). You might want to do this to improve
open
method includes an optional parameter you can
add
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showing window