Bridge CS2 InDesign Contact Sheets

I create Contact Sheets in InDesign through Bridge (CS2) for EPS files many times a day. To get the EPS files to import to the contact sheet I have to add the file type to the File Type Filter (under Files...) every time I create a contact sheet. Is there a way of changing the script so that the EPS files will automatically be included in the File Type Filter? I have no experience with scripting and am having a hard time finding information on this topic.
Thanks for any help you can offer!
Melissa

Melissa,
Open up AdobeScriptLibrary1.jsx in a text editor (Adobe's ESTK is a great one for editing scripts).
Look at around line 368 or search for:
TYPES.DEFAULT_CONTACTSHEET
you should see a line like:
TYPES.DEFAULT_CONTACTSHEET = "JPG,JPEG,TIF,TIFF,GIF,AI,PSD,PDF,";
Just add eps, epsf to the list.
TYPES.DEFAULT_CONTACTSHEET = "JPG,JPEG,TIF,TIFF,GIF,AI,PSD,PDF,EPS,EPSF";
Then restart bridge.
That will do it for you.
Bob

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