Making a document with horizontal (or top) binding spine, e.g. for calendars

Question

On request of Peter Spier I will post a script here to make a document with top binding for e.g. calendars. The script supposes you have made your document (calendar) on normal facing or non facing pages.

Answer 1

Dave Saunders script to make a booklet:
//DESCRIPTION: Shuffles pages for booklet printing
Written by Dave Saunders
Latest Revision: August 15, 2005
Copyright ©2005 PDS Associates
if (app.documents.length == 0) {
alert("There are no open documents.");
exit();
// Make sure that the pages are a multiple of four
myPages = app.documents[0].pages;
if (myPages.length % 4 != 0) {
alert("Document length isn't a multiple of four.");
exit();
// Document is suitable for converting to a booklet
Before proceeding, check to see if document needs to be saved
if (app.documents[0].modified) {
if (confirm("Document has unsaved changes. Click OK to save them and proceed.")){
app.documents[0].save(app.documents[0].fullName);
} else {
exit();
// Some trickiness to get a copy of the document opened
if (app.version == 3) {
app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract;
} else {
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract;
myFN = app.documents[0].fullName;
myName = app.documents[0].name;
for (n=0; 1000>n; n++) {
myTN = app.documents[0].filePath + "/" + myName.split(".indd")[0] + String(n) + ".indt";
if (File(myTN).exists) { continue } // Template already exists, try another name
app.documents[0].save(File(myTN),true); // Save as template
app.documents[0].close();
app.open(File(myTN)); // Open another untitled copy
File(myTN).remove();
break; // This loop will drop through if you already have 1000 template files with the same
        // name as your document with 0 - 999 as postfix; This is highly unlikely, but if it does
        // happen, I just go ahead and work on the original; the only warning will be that the
        // booklet document won't be untitled; it'll have the same name as your original document.
if (app.version == 3) {
app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
} else {
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
app.documents[0].documentPreferences.allowPageShuffle = false;
for (i=0; myPages.length > i; i++) {
origSection = myPages[i].appliedSection;
origNumbering = origSection.pageNumberStyle;
origSection.pageNumberStyle = PageNumberStyle.arabic;
pageName = myPages[i].name;
sectName = origSection.name;
if (sectName != "") {
  pageName = pageName.split(sectName)[1];
pageNo = Number(pageName);
// Following versioning logic for new section provided by Teus de Jong
if (app.version == 3){
  newSection = app.documents[0].sections.add(undefined, undefined, {pageStart:app.documents[0].pages[i], continueNumbering:false, pageNumberStart:pageNo, pageNumberStyle:origNumbering, marker: origSection.marker, name: origSection.name});
   origSection.pageNumberStyle = origNumbering;
} else {
  newSection = app.documents[0].sections.add({pageStart:app.documents[0].pages[i], continueNumbering:false, pageNumberStart:pageNo, pageNumberStyle:origNumbering, marker: origSection.marker, name: origSection.name});
  origSection.pageNumberStyle = origNumbering;
app.documents[0].documentPreferences.allowPageShuffle = true;
for (i=0; (myPages.length/2)>i; i++){
if (i % 2 == 0) {
  app.documents[0].pages[myPages.length - 1].move(LocationOptions.before,app.documents[0].pages[i*2],BindingOptions.leftAlign);
} else {
  app.documents[0].pages[myPages.length - 1].move(LocationOptions.after,app.documents[0].pages[i*2],BindingOptions.rightAlign);
// Just in case the shuffling has affected the position of a text-wrapped group:
app.activeDocument.textPreferences.zOrderTextWrap = !app.activeDocument.textPreferences.zOrderTextWrap;
app.activeDocument.textPreferences.zOrderTextWrap = !app.activeDocument.textPreferences.zOrderTextWrap;
To use the script, copy and paste to a text editor and save as a plain text file with an appropriate name in the form YourName.js (for CS) or YourName.jsx (for CS2) in the Scripts folder of the Presets folder of your InDesign CS or CS2 application folder (you could put it in a subfolder if you wish). Then to run the script, with your document open, double-click its name in the Scripts palette.