Automating Adobe InDesign CS4 with ExtendScript

The key to survival in a tough economy? Work harder by working smarter. With today's tight economy, graphic arts professionals are finding that knowing a scripting language such as Adobe's ExtendScript can be their edge in a highly competitive market. From the beginner to the seasoned InDesign user, from the novice to the active scripter, anyone who wants to take InDesign to the max will benefit from the more than 60 lessons found in this book on how to use scripts and functions to speed workflow and get tedious work done faster and more efficiently. Automating Adobe InDesign CS4 with ExtendScript is divided into 14 units with up to six lessons each that explain how to use functions to create time-saving scripts. Each unit in the book focuses on a central theme, wrapping up with a learning point summary featuring one or more scripts that are built with functions covered in the lessons. The scripts taught in this book help users to organize their workflow, automate otherwise tedious processes, and tackle real world automation problems giving them more time to be creative. This book by scripting pioneer Shirley W. Hopkins not only provides real-world example scripts, but also establishes a methodology for putting solutions together using a library of prewritten functions. These functions can be 'mixed and matched' to build custom automation solutions with a minimum of effort.