Adobe InDesign Scripting Tutorial: Create a Basic Script

Learn how to begin writing scripts for Adobe InDesign and create a useful first script!
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Timestamps:
Introduction- 0:00
Basic InDesign access- 2:10
Create new document- 4:25
Access layers and pages- 5:18
Swatches- 5:48
Add new page and layer- 7:19
Creating text- 8:45
Changing text scale- 13:08
Create QR Code- 14:22
Bonus- 15:30
Outro- 16:50

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[MaverickNextGen]

As a seasoned programmer but newbie to InDesign scripting your vid is perfect, without having to figure it out and reading Adobe's material. I need to automate from the get go, thanks for real time examples, IDE and DOM reference - awesome thankyou 😎

[kazuhiroseto]

Perfect English. It was easy to understand even for me as a native Japanese.

[gastonranz]

This video is so helpful! Thank you! I'm a beginner at scripts and this is really good to understand the basics, I'll be watching more videos of you, thank you!

[mohamedal-dabbagh]

Very helpful video. I am totally new to scripting but did some programming before. Thank you for clear explanation.

[RudyakaPruneau]

Clear explanation aimed at the total beginner.

[HeidiSchigt]

Hi, the ExtendScript Toolkit seems very useful, but I cannot find it anywhere. I am now using Visual Studio Code with the ExtendScript Debugger, which works well to run the codes you are showing, but I cannot see all the suggestions you are seeing for different variables. Could anyone advise?

[hannablom]

Thanks for a great video- I would love some more scripting tutorials for indesign. One task that I know many people struggle with is creating many hyperlinks within a document, meaning hyperlinks in between different objects or numbers/words within the large document of several pages. That would make a very good subject for a tutorial- just sayin ;) All the best to you! :)

[techgalaxy]

The best Indesign scripting tutorial on the net....thanks so much. When are you planning more advanced tutorials??

[anouarelabbassi]

Thanks for the tutorial, really hopeful.. keep up !

[ShapetrixEntertainment]

question not sure if you get these or not but i will ask any way, do you know if there is a way in indesign to change the color of a background of a edittext object, when adding a panel?

[techgalaxy]

i want to write my firstscript. I have 2 text frames in my page. Only 1 layer in documnet. I want to read from textframe 1 and copy the content to 2nd text frame how to do that?
not getting relevant document for that or may be i am not able to understand which method / function to use. Thanks

[okyoky]

hi, thanks for ur video. I'm not a programmer, I want to create a script that can change the event of several interactive buttons from "on click" to "on release or tap" at once. Can you tell me where to start?

Ive installed VSCode and ExtendedScript Debugger

[gamedirection]

I know this is an advanced function but instead of pasting text, "newTextFrame.contents = is a great way to input Lorem Ipslum

[techgalaxy]

Please make more Indesign scripting tutorials on Indesign. ALso plz explain how to use the DOM. How to read it? There are so many options in there. Its confusing for new comers.

[mohammedshahidrahman]

Wonderful tutorial.
I have a document which contains 1 text frame. How do I access that text frame and read text line by line and copy it in another text frame...thanks

[terryweston]

Hi, I'm new to scripting in INDESIGN but do have scripting experience. You know when you start typing object names etc. so mydoc = app.activedocument etc.... is there a way like in VB when you put the full stop in it gives you a list? then you can pick what is there, the list I have in extendscript is like a JAVA list not a INDESIGN object list? Any help would be amazing. THanks,

[JeffersonBienAime]

Thank you! This is what I was looking for a very long time. What is the name of the visual studio extensions?

[mtm]

Place Multipage PDF scripts
But pdf does not align horizontal centers InDesign script

[jacobfowler]

Wow this is pretty amazing... do you have any resources on how to create a front end GUI for one of these scripts instead of just importing and running it through the script panel?

[jan-frederikstieler]

Thanks I’m new to Indesign programming and it helps me to understand the document object.
But never ever scale typo, please! It is a complete no go.