InDesign Scripts
Change Letter Case
Change matching text to uppercase, lowercase, title case, or sentence case.
- Match with GREP
- Match by character style
- Match by paragraph style
- Adapt open source to customize or create other scripts
Dimensions InDesign
Specify dimensions and other properties of selected elements.
- Element dimensions, each selected or combined
- Measure selected text
- Distance between elements
- Includes scale option
- Corner radius
- Corner and rotation angles
Export Named Pages
Export pages each with unique file name based on page content.
- Name by paragraph style or character style
- Name by image or image object style
- Prefix and suffix using variable placeholders
- Export all pages, a single page, or any range or ranges of pages
- Export JPG, PDF (interactive or print), or PNG
- Export Print PDF using any PDF Preset
- Save and restore all settings
- User-configurable localization
Export Pages To Subfolders
Export pages to subfolders with unique names based on page content.
- Name subfolder by paragraph style or character style
- Name subfolder by image or image object style
- Export JPG, PDF (interactive or print), or PNG
- Export Print PDF using any PDF Preset
- Save and restore all settings
- User-configurable localization
Find Change From Spreadsheet
Search and replace multiple text changes in one operation.
- Change text based on values stored in CSV or tab-delimited text
- Option to match whole words only
- Option to ignore case
- Option to confirm each change
- User-configurable localization
Headshot Layout
Automate completion of “headshot” layouts of people's portraits and their names.
- Automate placing images and text
- Keep text with relevant image
- User-configurable localization
Links GREP Relink
Use GREP to replace links of placed graphics.
- Replace links using GREP pattern replacement
- Option to ignore letter case
- Specify folder to search for links
- Adapt open source to customize or create other scripts
Links GREP Rename
Use GREP to rename links of placed graphics.
- Rename links and update using GREP pattern replacement
- Option to ignore letter case
- Adapt open source to customize or create other scripts
Links Move Unused
Move graphic files not used to a selected folder.
- Examines links placed in the active document, a book file, or a folder of documents
- Works with Mac and Windows
- Uses system to move files, rather than copy and delete
- All properties of moved files are preserved (modification time, etc.)
- Also moves matching dotbar files on servers that split Mac resource and data forks
- User-configurable localization
Links Relink Subfolders
Search a folder and all subfolders below it for missing links and update all.
- Replace links located in subfolders
- Specify folder to search for links
- Alerts user when multiple files the same name
Links Remove Number Prefix
Rename and update links to remove number prefix from filenames.
- Remove number prefix from filenames and update links
- Adapt open source to customize or create other scripts
Links Rename Selected
Rename and update selected link.
- Ensures the new name does not already exist
- Adapt open source to customize or create other scripts
Links Rename Web Or Ebook
Rename and update links to names better suited to website and e-book programming.
- Rename links and update
- Adapt open source to customize or create other scripts
Links Report
Generate details of graphics placed in documents.
- Export from the active document, a book, or a folder of documents
- Option to include documents in subfolders
- Include color space (RGB, CMYK, Gray, 1-bit B&W)
- Include effective PPI and pixel dimensions
- Include Alt Text
- Detects files of same name linked to different paths
- Generate comma-separated values or tab-separated text
- Option to output JSON or XML
- CSV and TXT may be opened by popular spreadsheet applications
- User-configurable localization
Links Shorten Filenames
Rename links to shorter filenames and update.
- Truncate filenames to specified maximum and update links
- Auto-resolves duplicate filenames
- Adapt open source to customize or create other scripts
PDF Export Folder
Batch export a folder of InDesign documents to PDF.
- Option to include subfolders
- Export using any PDF Preset
- Option to add suffix to output file names
- Option to replace existing output files.
- Adapt open source to customize or create other scripts
PDF Export Single Pages
Export an InDesign document to single-page PDFs.
- Page labels at the beginning or end of output file names
- Absolute (document) numbering or by section
- Set minimum digits to prefix section and page labels
- Preview output file name before proceeding
- Export all pages, a single page, or any range or ranges of pages
- Export using any PDF Preset
- Immediate or background export
- Save and restore all settings
- User-configurable localization
PDF Place And Export
Create documents, place PDF pages, and export new PDFs.
- Process a single PDF or an entire folder of PDFs
- Creates an InDesign document sized to match input PDF
- Option to include bleed
- If facing pages, resolves overlapping bleeds in the spine
- Convert a PDF in reader spreads back to single pages
- Convert a PDF in printer spreads back to single pages
- Create printer spreads
- Option to add spine effect
- Export a new PDF using any PDF preset
- Save and restore all settings
- User-configurable localization
PDF Printer Spreads
Places PDF pages into an InDesign document and arranges the pages as printer spreads.
- Creates an InDesign document sized to match input PDF
- Option to include bleed
- Resolves overlapping bleeds in the spine
- Create printer spreads
- Signatures nested or stack
- User-configurable localization
PDF Proof
Export a PDF proof of an InDesign document.
- Choice of resolution
- Pages or spreads
- Adds suffix “_proof” to PDF file name
- Replaces spaces with underscores to make file name web-friendly
- Adapt open source to customize or create other scripts
PDF Unspread
Places a PDF in reader spreads or printer spreads into an InDesign document and splits the spreads apart, back to single pages.
- Creates an InDesign document sized to match input PDF
- Option to include bleed
- Convert a PDF in printer spreads back to single pages
- Convert a PDF in reader spreads back to single pages
- User-configurable localization
Resolve Overset Text
Reveal and delete overset text.
- Make visible all overset text in a document
- Delete all overset text
- Adapt open source to customize or create other scripts
Style Characters
Apply character styles to imported text set to bold or italic, etc.
- Find common font styling and apply character style
- Creates character styles if needed
- User-configurable localization
Text Cleanup
Clean up common text problems.
- Reduce multiple spaces or tabs to one
- Change double hyphens to em or en dash
- Fix foot and inch marks
- Remove empty paragraphs
- Remove forced line breaks
- Remove excess at end of paragraphs and stories
- And more...
Varnish Images
Create varnish elements for all images.
- Varnish images in rectangular frames
- Varnish images masked using clipping paths
- Varnish images masked using transparency
- Create varnish version of images if needed
- Option to include pasted graphics
- User-configurable localization
Varnish Maker
Create varnish elements for selection, page, or spread.
- Varnish selection, page, or spread
- Recognizes images masked using clipping paths
- Recognizes images masked using transparency
- Create varnish version of images if needed
- Varnish text
- User-configurable localization
Web Prep
Prepare documents for HTML output to web or e-books.
- Remove zero-width characters
- Remove forced line breaks
- Remove column/frame/page breaks
- Change tabs to spaces
- Remove excess spaces
- Remove excess at end of paragraphs and stories
- Remove empty paragraphs
- Remove forced capitalization/change letter case
- And more...
For help installing scripts, see How to Install and Use Scripts in Adobe Creative Cloud Applications.
Also available for hire to program custom solutions. Contact William for more information.
IMPORTANT: by downloading any of the scripts on this page you agree that the software is provided without any warranty, express or implied. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Always make backups of important data.
