No AUTOMATION in InDesign CS5!?

hi, I'd like to use the data merge tool which has served very well in the past. Now, I can't find the menu window/automation. any idea what's happened?
InDesign CS5 Design Premium / Windows 7 / 32 bit
thanks folks...

man, I must be blind!! Thanks a lot
I misclicked on the helpful button and now can't correct to correct answer (unexpected error - must be a bad hair day) sorry & thanks again...

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I'm currently working on a portfolio in InDesign CS5. I have already made a small version of this portfolio in Illustrator CS5. As for I am a visual artist and most of my work are architectural visualisations, I have a very simple and minimalistic way of captioning my images - the image takes the whole page and a small caption bar on the side gives some title and customer info. Using Illustartor, I could simply lay a solid rectangle effect as a text backgorund, which would adjust to the text, the way I want (e.g. add 10mm on the left, +5mm on the right, ...). It doesn't matter how long my text will be - the 10mm to the left will always be there. It looks like this:
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which would adjust to the text, the way I want (e.g. add 10mm on the left, +5mm on the right, ...). It doesn't matter how long my text will be - the 10mm to the left will always be there.
If you are using OSX this AppleScript might work. Setup your caption box to be right justified with the right indent you need to clear the margin. Type or paste your caption text then run the script.
The first line sets the indent amount, which you can edit as needed.
============================================
--the indent amount in millimeters, adjust as needed
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    set ruler origin of view preferences of active document to spine origin
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    set vertical measurement units of view preferences of active document to millimeters
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        if class of selection is in c then
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            set t to parent of selection
        else if class of selection is text frame then
            set f to item 1 of selection
            set t to parent story of selection
        end if
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        display dialog "Please make a selection"
        return
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    set {a, b, c, d} to geometric bounds of f
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InDesign CS5 -- dynamic charting workflow?

Hi,
I searched the forum but I feel like I haven't quite found my answer. Basically, my organization, in the past, has produced a dynamic 'demographic fact sheet' document for communities in the Denver, Colorado USA region. (example: http://www.drcog.org/communityprofiles/PDFs/ArapahoeCounty.pdf) This was previously done with an Access database and a mail merge in Microsoft Publisher (I know, I know), but we would like to bring this process into CS5, since our graphic designers work in InDesign CS5 and would like to redesign the look and feel of this document while automating this workflow so that it isn't as time-consuming as manually copying and pasting charts for each community.
What kind of workflow would most easily produce a document like this? It is essentially a mixture of charts and graphs along with some dynamic text. I've read about Data Merge and XML, but I'm not sure about the charting and graph part of this -- most of the information I've found online talks about using Illustrator to make dynamic charts, but I'm not quite sure how to put everything together. Basically, I'd like the process to work like it did with Publisher and Access, if possible. We basically set up a template and then based on the data, Publisher generated a document that showed the appropriate data (and correct values in graphs/charts) for every community. The graphic designers have the CS5 Design Premium package, so they do have access to Illustrator and other Adobe apps if these are necessary.
The data is stored in an enterprise database now (not Access), so extracting it to a CSV or other type of format is not a problem.
InDesign is not my area of expertise, but I want to help with the process as much as I can.
Thank you so much for any insight or recommendations!
Jonathan

This type of project would be too data intensive for Indesign. ID's data merge and ID's xml capabilities would not be sufficient either. Not to say that Indesign could not be used to create content, but the data portion would have to be driven with a 3rd party solution, something like XMPie.This type of solution typically is postioned at the print end and ties all the components: content created from ID, variable image, variable text, data export file to create custom chart, etc. to produce a finished customized print piece.

How do I use a Korean font in an English version of Indesign CS5*

I have created an English brochure for a client, and the same brochure was translated into German. Now I am being asked for a Korean version. Can someone provide some guidance on how best to proceed in Adobe Indesign CS5? I gather that I use Apple Gothic or another font... but it doesn't show up as Korean. Also, is Korean a vertically read font?
Thanks!
-kym

I have created an English brochure for a client, and the same brochure was translated into German. Now I am being asked for a Korean version. Can someone provide some guidance on how best to proceed in Adobe Indesign CS5? I gather that I use Apple Gothic or another font... but it doesn't show up as Korean. Also, is Korean a vertically read font?
Korean is occasionally set vertically, but it's an extremely old-fashioned technique outside of a few limited areas - some ads, the spines of books, et cetera.
To be honest, I'd say "package your InDesign file and send it to a firm or freelancer that specializes in English to Korean translation, with experience in the subject matter of your brochure." It sounds like you are asking for automated machine translation within InDesign; ID has no such ability. There are ways to flow automated machine translations into ID documents, but you're most likely to find those tools in the hands of translation agencies anyways.
No matter where you get your translation done, I'd advise against you trying to typeset the Korean yourself - there are issues with Korean in English-language ID. Without some careful setup, ID will treat Korean characters as if they were Chinese, and will break Korean words in incorrect locations instead of at spaces.

[AS] Beast of a script needs help converting from Quark 8 to InDesign CS5

First off, THANK YOU for even reading this post. Here's the dilema. I work in a publishing company that used an AppleScript from Quark 8 to automate our pagination from set text we pull from our sales reps worksheets. About 8 months ago we switched fully to InDesign CS5, but have had to hold onto Quark 8 to be able to keep running our pagination. I'd like to see if the geniuses (yes, I've been trolling these forums looking to solve this myself and seen some great problems fixed) on these forums can help me figure out the proper conversion I would need to be able to leave Quark 8 in the rearview.
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set Ad_Props to {¬
     {Ad_Label:"SPREAD – ", Ad_Width:2.495, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"FULL – ", Ad_Width:1.225, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"SPREAD – ", Ad_Width:2.495, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"JUNIOR – ", Ad_Width:0.90625, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/2H – ", Ad_Width:1.225, Ad_Height:0.785, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/2V – ", Ad_Width:0.5875, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/3V – ", Ad_Width:0.5875, Ad_Height:1.2025, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/4 – ", Ad_Width:0.5875, Ad_Height:0.785, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/4 Strip – ", Ad_Width:0.26875, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/8H – ", Ad_Width:0.5875, Ad_Height:0.3675, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/8V – ", Ad_Width:0.26875, Ad_Height:0.785, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"Junior (GOLF) – ", Ad_Width:0.8, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:0}, ¬
     {Ad_Label:"1/3V (GOLF) – ", Ad_Width:0.375, Ad_Height:1.62, Ad_Text_Angle:90}, ¬
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set Position_Width to number
set Position_Width to 11.375
set Position_Height to number
set Position_Height to 1.875
set Jump_Height to number
set Jump_Height to 0
set Variable_Count to number
set Variable_Count to 0
set Variable_Height to number
set Variable_Height to (1.875 + (1.62 * Variable_Count))
set Last_Ad to number
set Last_Ad to 0
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     activate
     try
          display dialog "WARNING: This version of 'Dummy Square Maker' runs much slower than the last version, a confirmation will tell you when you are finished. Please be patient." & return & return & "Make sure to have the text box selected" buttons {"Cancel", "Accept"} default button 2 with icon caution
          set ThisBox to object reference of current box
          tell story 1 of ThisBox
               set (every paragraph where it is return) to ""
               set style sheet of every text to null
               set style sheet of every text to "DUMMY TEXTS"
               repeat with i from 1 to (count of paragraphs)
                    try
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                              set ThePage to my get_CurrentPage()
                              try
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                                        set style sheet to "AD SIZE"
                                        set Ad_Size to contents
                                        set {This_Width, This_Height, this_angle} to {"", "", ""}
                                        repeat with This_Ad in Ad_Props
                                             if Ad_Size contains (Ad_Label of This_Ad) then
                                                  set This_Width to Ad_Width of This_Ad
                                                  set This_Height to Ad_Height of This_Ad
                                                  set this_angle to Ad_Text_Angle of This_Ad
                                                  exit repeat
                                             end if
                                        end repeat
                                        set Ad_Box to my Make_Box(ThePage, {1.875, 10.875, This_Height + 1.875, This_Width + 10.875}, this_angle)
                                        duplicate contents to (end of Ad_Box)
                                   else if it contains "—" then
                                        set style sheet to "AD REP/PLACEMENT"
                                        duplicate contents to (end of Ad_Box)
                                   else if it starts with "©" then
                                        set style sheet to "AD REP/PLACEMENT"
                                        delete (character 1)
                                        duplicate contents to end of Ad_Box
                                        if Position_Width ≤ 19.75 then
                                             set Jump_Height to Jump_Height + This_Height
                                             (*_________________This is where Ad Boxes Stack_________________*)
                                             if (Jump_Height ≤ 1.62) then
                                                  set origin of bounds of Ad_Box to {Position_Height, Position_Width}
                                                  set Position_Height to Position_Height + This_Height
                                                  (*_________________This is where Ad Boxes more right_________________*)
                                             else
                                                  set Position_Height to Variable_Height
                                                  (*set Position_Width to Position_Width + This_Width + 0.05*)
                                                  set Position_Width to Position_Width + Last_Ad + 0.05
                                                  set origin of bounds of Ad_Box to {Position_Height, Position_Width}
                                                  set Jump_Height to This_Height
                                                  set Position_Height to Variable_Height + This_Height
                                             end if
                                             set Last_Ad to This_Width
                                             (*_________________This is where New Row appears_________________*)
                                        else
                                             set Position_Width to 11.375
                                             set Variable_Count to Variable_Count + 1
                                             set Variable_Height to (1.875 + (1.62 * Variable_Count))
                                             set Position_Height to Variable_Height
                                             set origin of bounds of Ad_Box to {Position_Height, Position_Width}
                                             set Position_Height to Position_Height + This_Height
                                             set Jump_Height to This_Height
                                             set Last_Ad to This_Width
                                        end if
                                   else
                                        duplicate contents to (end of Ad_Box)
                                   end if
                              end try
                         end tell
                    on error errmsg number errnum
                         display dialog "There has been an error " & "[" & i & "] (" & errmsg & " [" & errnum & "])" buttons {"Okay"} default button 1 with icon stop
                    end try
               end repeat
               delete contents
               set style sheet of every text to null
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          beep 2
          display dialog "Automation Finished" & return & return & "IMPORTANT NOTE: Color your Ad Squares according to Sales Rep, and select them all and 'BRING TO FRONT [F5]', this is VITAL." buttons {"Okay"} default button 1 with icon stop
     on error errmsg number errnum
          beep 3
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               beep
               display dialog errmsg & " [" & errnum & "]" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon stop
          end if
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     local ThePage, TheBounds, this_angle
     tell application "QuarkXPress"
          tell page ThePage of document 1
               set Ad_Box to make new text box at end with properties {bounds:TheBounds, vertical justification:centered, color:"Rep_Other", shade:100, opacity:10, text angle:this_angle, frame:{style:solid line, color:"Black", shade:60, width:0.1}}
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     (*end tell*)
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Hi,
I think with this, you can already make good progress in your work.
Good luck!
global mydocument
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5.5"
     set mydocument to active document
     tell mydocument
          set myParaStyle to paragraph style "DUMMY TEXTS"
          tell page 1
               set TheBounds to {0, 0, 20, 50}
               set Ad_Box to make text frame
               tell Ad_Box
                    set geometric bounds to TheBounds
                    set vertical justification of text frame preferences to center align
                    set contents to "This is the contents"
               end tell
               set myStory to parent story of Ad_Box
               set applied paragraph style of every paragraph of myStory to myParaStyle
          end tell
     end tell
end tell
Your two handlers then look like this:
on Make_Box(ThePage, TheBounds, this_angle)
     local ThePage, TheBounds, this_angle
     tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5.5"
          tell page ThePage of mydocument
               set Ad_Box to make text frame
               tell Ad_Box
                    set geometric bounds to TheBounds
                    set vertical justification of text frame preferences to center align
               end tell
          end tell
     end tell
     return Ad_Box
end Make_Box
on get_CurrentPage(CurrentTextFrame)
     tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5.5"
          tell mydocument
               return name of parent page of parent page of CurrentTextFrame
          end tell
     end tell
end get_CurrentPage
Shorter version:
on get_CurrentPage(CurrentTextFrame)
     tell mydocument of application "Adobe InDesign CS5.5"
          return name of parent page of parent page of CurrentTextFrame
     end tell
end get_CurrentPage
Ce message a été modifié par: OlivierBerquin

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Hi,
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
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Problem creating a 'used sources' list based on EXIF data in InDesign CS5

Hello everyone,
I recently started to use InDesign CS5 to work on school projects. These projects regularly require us to have a list of sources, not only for citations and referenced work, but also for images. As I sometimes make quite long documents, keeping track of what image is where, and where I got it from, gets tedious.
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Hello everyone,
I recently started to use InDesign CS5 to work on school projects. These projects regularly require us to have a list of sources, not only for citations and referenced work, but also for images. As I sometimes make quite long documents, keeping track of what image is where, and where I got it from, gets tedious.
I had the idea of generating a caption based on EXIF data, which I'd move to the pasteboard, and group it with the image. The text in the caption has a seperate, numbered paragraph style. On one of the last pages, I generate a table of contents, which the numbered paragraph style selected. I chose to display it using another paragraph style, without page numbers.
What I want to have as the end result is:
Table of contents
1. <Title>. <Author> (<Creation Date>). Retrieved <Date Placed> through <Description>
The captions display correctly, as shown above in the body of the table of contents. The table of contents itself however, shows only the numbering in front of it, and not the variables.
I already tried converting the live captions to static captions, but that doesn't work. Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?

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Many of my songs in my iTunes Library no longer play. I get this error message: "The song xxx could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?
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Unable to debug indesign cs5 plugin in windows

Hi, again. Originaly posted here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/766469?tstart=0
We are having some problems with an indesign sc5 plugin, it works perfectly in macosx but in windows it causes indesign to crash. Anyway after some trouble shooting we tried running it in debug indesign. Problem is that the debug version of indesign wont even start, it fezzes in the splash screen on "Registering xxx plug-ins". It hangs before we can write anything in log files and thatching a debugger gives nothing. Closer inspections
revealed that all the indesign treads is in "waiting" state. Waiting for what? Don't know. Killing one of the threads allows indesign to start but it will not have loaded the plugin and we are back on square one unable to debug.
Anyway I installed the osx version of debug indesign and starting it gives an assert like:
No translation of key 'com.adobe.rc.operationalmessages' to British string.
BreakStrToDebugger
ASSERT_FUNC
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0, ntkrnlpa.exe!KiDeliverApc+0xb3
1, ntkrnlpa.exe!ZwYieldExecution+0x19ae
2, ntkrnlpa.exe!NtWaitForSingleObject+0x9a
3, ntkrnlpa.exe!KeReleaseInStackQueuedSpinLockFromDpcLevel+0xb14
4, ntdll.dll!KiFastSystemCallRet
5, kernel32.dll!WaitForSingleObject+0x12
6, PMRuntime.dll!ClientShowAssert+0x8d
7, PMRuntime.dll!BreakStrToDebugger+0x15
8, PMRuntime.dll!ASSERT_FUNC+0x117
9, NETAPI32.dll+0xbe86972
(as reported by the ProcessHacker process viewer)
So the win version is trying to show an assert window but fails, locking indesign in the splash screen? Stoping indesign before any plugin execution?
As we cant get any debug information out we don really know what the problem is, making it rather hard to debug. We have triple checked the build and linking options. Studied the plugin exports. Inserted an ridiculous amount of trace statements in the code, doesn't work in the debug version but anyway.
Have anyone had a problem like this or know what might cause it?
What happens in the indesign startup process, what does the “Registering plug-ins” actually do? It's not executing any plugin functions and the the initialization of the plugins doesn't happen until later.

You are correct in that none pf the plug-in code is executed during the "Registering ### plug-ins" phase. What is done here is simply loading the plugins by reading from their resource definitions. For example, if you try to load a CS4 plug-in in InDesign CS5 or if you try to load a release plug-in in debug version you will get errors and popups here and your plugin will not load and be available (these are just example errors and may not be relevant to your case). As far as I know InDesign should not crash just because there is a problem with your plugin, but there could be bugs.
I would recommend:
1. Remove your plugins and verify that InDesign debug starts properly without any 3rd party extensions.
2. Compile one of the SDK sample plugins (debug target) and make sure that InDesign still starts properly.
3. Create a new project using DollyXs, compile it and make sure it loads in InDesign.
4. Remove the template files and add your own source files except the basic .fr file and make sure it still loads in InDesign.
5. Keep changing things one at a time in your .fr file and verify it still loads until it looks exactly like your original .fr file.
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Here's how to recreate a simple test demonstrating the issue.
1. Create a new InDesign Book (File -> New -> Book)
2. Create document one (File -> New -> Document)
3. Create a text box and type "Table of Contents"
4. Create document two (File -> New -> Document)
5. Create a text box in it and type "Story One"
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9. Save document 1. I just kept the name Untitled-1.xhtml
10. Add both documents to the Book and save the book.
11. From the Book panel, select Export Book to EPUB...
12. Save the epub file and open it in Adobe Digital Editions.
Note that the text "Story One" appears as a hyperlink but when clicked does not switch to the document 2. It does nothing apparent when clicked.
Looking at the XHTML source for the first document, it is immediately evident why. The filename for document 2.thml is missing. It looks like this: <a href="#anchor-anchor">
When it should be : <a href="Untitled-2.xhtml#anchor-anchor">
The same thing works if you create a hyperlink instead of a cross reference.
I note then when I use the option to go to the destinate reference in the Cross Link (hyperlink) panel, it does switch to the second InDesign docuemtn. So the cross reference is functioning (in InDesign). But the link is broken in the ePub for the above mentioned reason.
Bug? Something I'm overlooking?
Entire source of Untitled-1.xhtml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Untitled-1.xhtml</title>
<link href="template.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="untitled-1">
<div class="generated-style">
<p class="basic-paragraph" xml:lang='en-us'><span class="no-style-override">Table of Contents</span></p>
<p class="basic-paragraph" xml:lang='en-us'><span class="no-style-override"><a href="#anchor-anchor">‚Äústory one‚Äù</a></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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The message I get includes the statement, "You may not have permission or the file may be open already."
No one else had opened it and there are no lock files. The other person using InDesign also cannot open it. I made a copy of the file and saved it in another location and still could not open it.
The files are all on our network. We are using InDesign CS5 and Windows7 (64-bit). The only difference between this file and the others are the modifications that I made to some TOC paragraph styles so two paragraphs could be displayed side-by-side in the TOC (i.e., Chapter 1 Introduction all on one line, where Chapter 1 comes from one paragraph and Introduction comes from another by having no leading on one paragraph style).
Can anyone suggest a solution for this? This is rather urgent as the client needs the book by the end of next week.
Thank you so much for your help.
regards,
Marina Michaels

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Thanks!

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I am trying to create a SWF file using indesign CS5. I have created buttons and placed in URL links but they always open another window. I would like to know if there is a way to have the URL open in the same window that the SWF file has been created. I tried, putting "_self" to target it in the URL bar, but nothing works.
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TK

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There is no "duplex" option in the print dialog box of InDesign. I have duplexers on both my printers. When I tried to save it as a pdf and print that way, half the page sides are oriented upside down. I don't have a choice of "Flip on long side" or "Flip on short side", which I expected to see in either Adobe reader or InDesign.
jp

What Jacob Bugge said.
In InDesign CS5:
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