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InDesign CS5 Automation Using XML & JavaScript by Grant Gamble is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is InDesign CS5 Automation Using XML & JavaScript about?

InDesign is now regarded as the industry standard in desktop publishing and is very widely used by publishing professionals and non-specialists alike. Many users have a pressing need for automation of their workflows but have been reluctant to get started because of the lack of a simple internal mechanism for recording steps, like Photoshop and Illustrator actions. Instead InDesign relies on scripting which, for many InDesign users, may seem a little too much like hard work. In fact, InDesign comes with all the tools necessary for creating scripts and scripting is not that difficult--it can even be fun! This book is aimed at the general user and provides an introduction to scripting InDesign, using JavaScript to create simple cross-platform solutions. It also gives a general introduction to XML, DTDs and XSLT, before showing how to automate the importing and exporting of XML data. Learn proactively through step-by-step tutorials on creating JavaScript solutions: the "Try it for yourself!" approach allows you to see for yourself how scripts are put together. Create scripts that manipulate text and images, build documents automatically and output them as interactive PDFs. Become fami

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Grant Gamble
Publisher
TrainingCompany.Com
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9781460915387
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Computer Science, Programming, Stem
Rating
3.8 / 5 (18 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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