The fewer the mouse clicks and keyboard strokes the better, right? That’s why InDesign users love scripts! The ability to use one script to accomplish a series of steps saves time and frankly, it’s pretty cool. Version 15.0.2 of InDesign has incorporated a community script folder that allows us to use scripts created by users and that just might be what we need to automate some of our work. You’ll find the folder under Window>Utilities>Scripts.

A full description of the current community scripts can be found here: http://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/scripting.html#community_scripts.

 

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Posted by: Monica Murphy

Monica Murphy has worked in the publishing industry for over 30 years supporting publishing operations of various sizes. In her role as Technical Product Manager for Technology for Publishing, she shares her publishing application expertise supporting a broad range of publishing clients in InDesign best practices, cross-platform content workflows, and InDesign Template strategies. Her weekly tip and blog posts have a committed following in the InDesign community, and as a long-time participant in the InDesign pre-release community, she regularly analyzes and provides feedback for upcoming features. Monica manages the authoring and publication of Technology for Publishing’s handbooks on InDesign, InCopy, and other associated titles.