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Adobe InDesign CS5 Manual

Adobe InDesign CS5 Manual (209 pages)

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
3
1 Introduction

9
2 Scripting Features

11
- Script Preferences
  11
- Getting the Current Script
  12
- Script Versioning
  12
  - Targeting
    13
  - Compilation
    13
  - Interpretation
    13
- Using the Doscript Method
  13
  - Sending Parameters to Doscript
    14
  - Returning Values from Doscript
    14
- Controlling Undo with Doscript
  16
- Working with Script Labels
  16
- Running Scripts at Startup
  18
- Session and Main Script Execution
  18
3 Documents

19
- Basic Document Operations
  20
  - Creating a New Document
    20
  - Opening a Document
    20
  - Saving a Document
    21
  - Closing a Document
    21
- Basic Page Layout
  22
- Adjusting Page Sizes and Layout
  38
  - Selecting Pages
    38
  - Resizing and Reframing Pages
    39
  - Transforming Pages
    39
  - Master Page Overlay
    40
- Printing a Document
  41
- Exporting a Document as PDF
  44
- Exporting Pages as EPS
  48
4 Working with Layers

50
- Understanding the Layer Object Model
  50
- Scripting Layers
  51
  - Creating Layers
    51
  - Referring to Layers
    51
  - Deleting Layers
    53
  - Moving Layers
    53
  - Duplicating Layers
    53
  - Merging Layers
    53
  - Assigning Page Items to Layers
    54
  - Setting Layer Properties
    54
5 Working with Page Items

56
- Creating Page Items
  56
  - Page-Item Geometry
    57
- Grouping Page Items
  59
- Duplicating and Moving Page Items
  59
  - Creating Compound Paths
    60
  - Using Pathfinder Operations
    60
  - Converting Page-Item Shapes
    61
  - Arranging Page Items
    62
- Transforming Page Items
  62
  - Using the Transform Method
    62
  - Working with Transformation Matrices
    63
  - Coordinate Spaces
    65
  - Transformation Origin
    66
  - Resolving Locations
    67
  - Transforming Points
    68
  - Transforming Again
    69
- Resize and Reframe
  69
6 Text and Type

71
- Entering and Importing Text
  71
  - Creating a Text Frame
    71
  - Adding Text
    72
  - Stories and Text Frames
    72
  - Replacing Text
    73
  - Inserting Special Characters
    73
- Placing Text and Setting Text-Import Preferences
  74
- Exporting Text and Setting Text-Export Preferences
  77
- Understanding Text Objects
  81
- Working with Text Frames
  86
  - Linking Text Frames
    86
  - Unlinking Text Frames
    87
  - Removing a Frame from a Story
    87
  - Splitting All Frames in a Story
    89
  - Creating an Anchored Frame
    89
- Formatting Text
  90
  - Setting Text Defaults
    90
  - Working with Fonts
    93
  - Applying a Font
    94
  - Changing Text Properties
    94
  - Changing Text Color
    97
  - Creating and Applying Styles
    97
  - Deleting a Style
    99
  - Importing Paragraph and Character Styles
    99
- Finding and Changing Text
  100
  - About Find/Change Preferences
    100
  - Finding and Changing Text
    101
  - Finding and Changing Text Formatting
    101
  - Using Grep
    102
  - Using Glyph Search
    104
- Working with Tables
  104
- Path Text
  108
- Autocorrect
  108
- Footnotes
  108
- Span Columns
  109
- Setting Text Preferences
  109
7 User Interfaces

111
- Dialog Overview
  111
- Your First Indesign Dialog
  112
- Adding a User Interface to "Hello World
  113
- Creating a more Complex User Interface
  113
- Working with Scriptui
  116
  - Creating a Progress Bar with Scriptui
    116
8 Events

118
9 Menus

128
- Understanding the Menu Model
  128
  - Localization and Menu Names
    130
- Running a Menu Action from a Script
  131
- Adding Menus and Menu Items
  131
- Menus and Events
  132
- Working with Scriptmenuactions
  133
- A more Complex Menu-Scripting Example
  134
10 Working with Preflight

140
- Exploring Preflight Profiles
  140
  - Listing Preflight Profiles
    140
  - Listing Preflight Rules
    141
  - Listing Preflight Data Objects
    141
- Importing a Preflight Profile
  142
- Creating a Preflight Profile
  143
- Adding Rules
  144
- Processing a Profile
  145
- Custom Rules
  146
- Available Rules
  146
  - Adbe_Blankpages
    148
  - Adbe_Bleedslug
    148
  - Adbe_Bleedtrimhazard
    149
  - Adbe_Colorspace
    149
  - Adbe_Crossreferences
    149
  - Adbe_Fontusage
    150
  - Adbe_Imagecolormanagement
    150
  - Adbe_Imageresolution
    150
  - Adbe_Pagesizeorientation
    151
  - Adbe_Scaledgraphics
    151
  - Adbe_Scaledtype
    151
  - Adbe_Smalltext
    152
  - Adbe_Spotcolorsetup
    152
  - Adbe_Strokerequirements
    152
  - Adbe_Textoverrides
    152
  - Adbe_Transparencyblending
    152
11 Creating Dynamic Documents

153
- Importing Movies and Sounds
  153
- Creating Buttons
  154
- Creating Multistate Objects
  156
- Working with Animation
  158
  - Basic Animation
    158
  - Timingsettings
    158
  - Animating Transformations
    161
  - Motion Presets
    162
  - Design Options
    162
  - Key Frames
    163
- Adding Page Transitions
  164
12 Xml

165
- Overview
  165
- The Best Approach to Scripting XML in Indesign
  165
- Scripting XML Elements
  166
  - Setting XML Preferences
    166
  - Setting XML Import Preferences
    166
  - Importing XML
    167
  - Creating an XML Tag
    167
  - Loading XML Tags
    168
  - Saving XML Tags
    168
  - Creating an XML Element
    168
  - Moving an XML Element
    168
  - Deleting an XML Element
    168
  - Duplicating an XML Element
    168
  - Removing Items from the XML Structure
    169
  - Creating an XML Comment
    169
  - Creating an XML Processing Instruction
    169
  - Working with XML Attributes
    169
  - Working with XML Stories
    170
  - Exporting XML
    170
- Adding XML Elements to a Layout
  171
13 XML Rules

178
- Overview
  178
  - Why Use XML Rules
    179
  - XML-Rules Programming Model
    179
  - Error Handling
    184
- XML Rules Examples
  185
  - Setting up a Sample Document
    185
  - Getting Started with XML Rules
    186
  - Changing the XML Structure Using XML Rules
    190
  - Duplicating XML Elements with XML Rules
    191
  - XML Rules and XML Attributes
    192
  - Applying Multiple Matching Rules
    194
  - Finding XML Elements
    195
  - Extracting XML Elements with XML Rules
    198
  - Applying Formatting with XML Rules
    199
  - Creating Page Items with XML Rules
    202
- Creating Tables Using XML Rules
  203
- Scripting the XML-Rules Processor Object
  204
14 Track Changes

206
- Tracking Changes
  206
- Preferences for Tracking Changes
  208

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