InDesign JavaScript
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Advanced
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Inhouse
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3 Days
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Our InDesign Scripting course shows users how to automate InDesign page layout tasks using JavaScript. Although InDesign scripts can also be created using Visual Basic (Windows only) or AppleScript (Macintosh only), JavaScript has the adavantage of being cross platform. The course is aimed at experienced users of InDesign CS2 and assumes little or no programming experience.
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About this course
Our InDesign Scripting course shows users how to automate InDesign page layout tasks using JavaScript. Although InDesign scripts can also be created using Visual Basic (Windows only) or AppleScript (Macintosh only), JavaScript has the adavantage of being cross platform. The course is aimed at experienced users of InDesign CS2 and assumes little or no programming experience.
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- Javascript training
- Visual Basic training
- Windows
- Javascript
- IT
- Macintosh
- Layout
- Printing
- InDesign
- Export
- Visual Basic
- Programming
- InDesign JavaScript on-site training
- InDesign JavaScript in-house training
- InDesign JavaScript training
Course programme
Our InDesign Scripting course shows users how to automate InDesign page layout tasks using JavaScript. Although InDesign scripts can also be created using Visual Basic (Windows only) or AppleScript (Macintosh only), JavaScript has the adavantage of being cross platform. The course is aimed at experienced users of InDesign CS2 and assumes little or no programming experience.
Course Outline
Scripting Basics
Introduction to scripting , What is scripting, Why use scripting, What about macros, Making script files readable, Commenting the script, Continuing long lines in JavaScript, Objects and classes, Object references, Values, Variables, Variable names, Assigning values to variables, Array variables, Converting values from one type to another, Finding the value type of a variable, Operators, Methods, Control structures, Conditional statements, Loops, Subroutines and handlers, , Getting Started with InDesign Scripting
Measurements and positioning, Coordinates, Measurement units, The InDesign document object model, Looking at the InDesign object model, Using palettes to manage scripts, Using the Scripts palette, Using the Script Label palette, Testing and troubleshooting, JavaScript debugging, , Using ExtendScript Tools and Features
The ExtendScript Toolkit, Configuring the Toolkit window, Selecting a debugging target, Selecting scripts, Tracking data, The JavaScript console, The call stack, The Script Editor, Debugging in the Toolkit
Basic document management
Creating a new document, Opening a document, Closing a document, Saving a document
Basic page layout
Defining page size and document length, Defining bleed and slug areas, Setting page margins and columns, Changing the pasteboard's appearance, , Using guides and grids
Defining guides, Setting grid preferences, Snapping to guides and grids, Changing measurement units and ruler, , Defining and applying document presets
Creating a preset by copying values, Creating a preset using new values, Using a preset, Setting up master spreads
Setting text-formatting defaults
Setting application text defaults, Setting the active document's defaults, Using text defaults, Adding XMP metadata, Creating a document template
Printing a document
Printing using page ranges, Setting print preferences, Using printer presets, Creating printer presets from printing preferences, , Exporting a document as PDF, , Using current PDF export options, Setting PDF export options and exporting pages separately, Exporting a range of pages
, Exporting pages as EPS, , Exporting all pages, Exporting a range of pages, Controlling export options
Additional information
£1,350 for one-to-one training
£1,650 for groups of up to 6 people
£1,950 for groups of up to 12 people
InDesign JavaScript