[CS4] Ann.: Wordalizer 1.25 "Create Word Clouds in InDesign"

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Marc Autret is way too modest -- he posted this announcement in the middle of a long thread in the Scripting forum, and I'm sure it deserves much more attention than that!
http://www.indiscripts.com/post/2010/04/wordalizer-125-create-word-clouds-in-indesign
-- a marvelous script that rips right through your text and creates a "Word Cloud" of the most (or least!) frequently used words in your document, book, clipboard text, or wherever! Supports 'common word' removal in six different languages (so you don't end up with a giant "The" in the center), and has lots of tuning options.
The freely downloadable version already has enough options to get excited about, and the Pro version has even more advanced editing options.
Wordalizer speaking about itself:

Answer 1

WOW! What a praise! Thank you so much Theunis
> Is there a way to include spaces between words or special characters  (like bullet)?
Yes and no! With the exceptions of hyphens, the text parser ignores most of the ‘non-alphabetic’ characters [note: the alphabet depends on the selected language.] That's to say that bullets, spaces --including every non-breaking spaces, sorry!--, and any similar characters are regarded as word separators. The dialog box provides the option ‘Allow digits’ though:
However the PRO version allows you to insert extra characters through the word list editor, which supersedes the parser restrictions. So you can create a word cloud with bullets, space separated words, or anything else, by entering something like this:
• word1 • : 100
word1 word2 : 50
#)$^*% : 20
Then you get:
Finally there is a secret tip allowing the user to inject a weighted word list containing weird characters, even with the TRY version:
1) Create a text frame in InDesign. (This tip also works with imported text file, or clipboard source.)
2) Enter your entries using the weighted list format:
entry1 : weight
entry2 : weight
etc.
3) Run the script and check "Active Text Frame" in the Source panel.
4) Press OK. (Enjoy!)
Last note: Wordalizer supports InDesign CS4 and InDesign CS5 ;-)
Thanks again,
Marc