Indesign CS2 "selection to new document" script?

Question

Hi, just changing over to Indesign CS2 (i know! should be cs5 soon apparently), and noticed the scripting seems to be quite powerful with this software, i dont suppose anybody has created a script that would paste the currently selected object into a new document?  Would be handy when we're making templates for a self-build system to make it all on one document, then paste the various size boxes onto new documents ready to configure and upload!

Answer 1

Alison, you just have a minor omission… You have not declared your object to dupe… This worked with a little tweek…
--make a new document from selection
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5"
set mySelection to selection
if (count of mySelection) = 0 then
display dialog "Nothing selected." & return & ¬
"Select something and then run the script." buttons {"OK"} cancel button {"OK"}
end if
set openDoc to document 1
tell openDoc
--make group in order to get width/height of selection
if (count of mySelection) > 1 then
set myItem to make group with properties ¬
{group itemsmySelection)}
else
set myItem to item 1 of selection
end if
set theBounds to geometric bounds of myItem
set theHeight to (item 3 of theBounds) - (item 1 of theBounds)
set theWidth to (item 4 of theBounds) - (item 2 of theBounds)
end tell
--make new document sized to the width/height of the selection
set myDoc to make new document with properties ¬
{document preferences:{page width:theWidth, page height:theHeight}}
--duplicate selection to new document
tell openDoc
set myDupe to duplicate myItem to page 1 of myDoc
--undo the grouping so selection is unchanged
undo
end tell
--re-posistion in new size doc
tell myDoc
move myDupe to {0, 0}
end tell
end tell
Sorry I've forgotten where you turn off the Emoticons… dammed : + (