Lightning Brain Text Exporter For InDesign
Goal
Export all the stories of an InDesign document into a single file.
Download
This is a free download. Before you can use the LB TextExporter Plug-In you also have to install our free APID ToolAssistant Plug-In, which is available as a second, separate download.
LB TextExporter supports InDesign CS, CS2 and CS3 on Mac or Windows.
Download LB Text Exporter Scripted Plugin (version 2.0.1 - Free download - does not include the APID ToolAssistant. Don't worry about the icon of the .spln file: it might not be a 'regular' icon, and that's OK).
LB TextExporter and APID ToolAssistant are both free. You don't need to purchase a license for APID ToolAssistant (but we're always grateful if you do - it helps us fund further development). The LB TextExporter Plug-In will work fine with an unlicensed APID ToolAssistant.
However, if you do purchase the US$25 license for APID ToolAssistant, some additional LB TextExporter features are made available:
- To be able to suppress text items on invisible layers
- To be able to predefine export preferences, and then use a fast, dialog-less export function (handy if you need to export a succession of multiple documents)
- To be able to be automate LB TextExporter from AppleScript, VBScript, ExtendScript.
To encourage us by purchasing such the optional license, select the API - APID ToolAssistant... menu item, select the 'APID ToolAssistant' entry in the list, and click the Get License... button. Purchasing a license helps us fund further development of cool stuff!
After installing the APID ToolAssistant for the first time, it will work in licensed mode for a limited time, for demo purposes, so the optional features for LB TextExporter might be available to you for a limited time without purchasing a license.
If you don't purchase a license, APID ToolAssistant will show itself as 'Demo' for the first 20 days, and after the 20 days are up, it will change to 'Unlicensed'. Don't be alarmed by this. It will not stop working. LB TextExporter works fine with the unlicensed version of APID ToolAssistant, and purchasing a license is optional. The only effect of you'll notice is that the optional LB TextExporter features listed earlier become unavailable.
Let us know if this tool is useful to you, at pluginsupport@rorohiko.com. Thanks!
Installation:
Please make sure you have a copy of the APID ToolAssistant plug-in installed.
Make sure you install the proper plug-in for your version of InDesign. InDesign CS, CS2 and CS3 plug-ins are mutually incompatible.
If you already have an APID ToolAssistant plug-in installed (e.g. because you use one of our other Scripted Plug-Ins), make sure it is up-to-date.
APID ToolAssistant used to be called 'Active Page Item Runtime' - if you have any copies of Active Page Item Runtime or Active Page Item Developer installed, please remove them, and replace them with APID ToolAssistant.
When installing plug-ins make sure you copy plug-in files, not the folders they are contained in.
Copy the TextExporter.spln into the same folder as the APID ToolAssistant plug-in you installed (typically that will be the InDesign Plug-Ins folder). Don't worry about the icon of the .spln file: it might not be a 'regular' icon, and that's OK.
Usage
Check the included ReadMe.txt for more info.
Version history:
15-May-2008 - Version 2.0:
- Now uses APID ToolAssistant instead of Active Page Items Runtime
- Support for right-to-left reading order (e.g. for Hebrew or Arabic)
- Additional features are available with licensed copy of APID ToolAssistant:
- Allows suppression of invisible stories
- Can define Default settings
- Dialog-less Export function
- Can be automated from AppleScript/VBScript/ExtendScript15-June-2007 - Version 1.0.2
- Added CS3 support
3-August-2006 - Version 1.0.1
- "Export Text" command is now available in the API menu (in the menubar)
- Fixes issue related to the exclusion of some stories during export.
3-July-2006 - Version 1.0: Initial release