Category Archives: InDesign

Free Script For Use With Adobe® InDesign®: Generate Live 24hr Tide Charts

Posted on September 30, 2024 by kris

TideChart PL is a free, fully functional script which also serves as a demo of how JSXGetURL PL can be used to render live data into an Adobe® InDesign® document. TideChart PL is ready-to-run and comes with an embedded copy … Continue reading →

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Eliminate Word Stacks and Hyphenation Stacks in Adobe® InDesign®

Posted on June 3, 2024 by kris

Find and clear up word stacks and hyphenation stacks from your Adobe® InDesign® document. SmokeWordStacks PL is a free script designed to help you quickly find these issues. This script originated at CreativeProWeek, back in 2015. We revamped it and … Continue reading →

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Revamping our activation system: PluginInstaller

Posted on May 29, 2024 by kris

We’re Revamping Our Software Activation System Over the years, we’ve been dedicated to providing high-quality scripts, plugins, and extensions to enhance your Adobe® Creative Cloud® experience. We appreciate the support and loyalty you’ve shown us, especially those who have been … Continue reading →

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ZXPSignCmd/ExtensionManager alternative: PluginInstaller handles both JSX and CEP

Posted on April 25, 2024 by kris

We added support for CEP into PluginInstaller, a tool that is part of Creative Developer Tools (CRDT). If you have either an ExtendScript script, or CEP extension software that you want to protect/track/monetize…, make sure to check this out. PluginInstaller handles the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2024, InCopy, InDesign, Mac OS X, News, Recipes, Scripters & Developers, Uncategorized, Windows | Tagged Adobe, CEP, CEP Extension, Code Sign, ExtendScript, Extension Manager, Install, JSXBIN, Script, ZXPSignCmd | Comments Off

JSXGetURL PL for ExtendScript

Posted on March 25, 2024 by kris

JSXGetURL PL enhances ExtendScript to make it easy to access servers using http, https, sftp… – e.g. to download assets from a remote server. It works with any of the Adobe® Creative Cloud® apps that support ExtendScript. We also have a special … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022, 2023, 2024, InCopy, InDesign, Mac OS X, News, Windows | Tagged access URL, ExtendScript, ftp, http, https, InDesign, InDesign Server, Server, sftp, URL | Comments Off

SizeLabels PL

Posted on March 25, 2024 by kris

SizeLabels PL is a free script (with optional add-in features) that will add printable labels with the frame size next to every frame in an Adobe® InDesign® document. The added labels are small text frames which reside on their own … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022, 2023, 2024, InDesign, Mac OS X, Windows | Tagged Adobe, ExtendScript, InDesign, Label, Layout, Printable, Script | Comments Off

Access URLs from ExtendScript with Creative Cloud and InDesign Server

Posted on December 29, 2023 by kris

We just released JSXGetURL and JSXGetURL for InDesign Server. JSXGetURL enhances ExtendScript to make it easy to access servers using http, https, sftp… – e.g. to download assets from a remote server. JSXGetURL is meant to work with any Adobe Creative Cloud application … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022, 2023, 2024, InCopy, InDesign, Mac OS X, Windows | Tagged access URL, ExtendScript, ftp, http, https, InDesign, InDesign Server, Server, sftp, URL | Comments Off

Massive InDesign Script List

Posted on February 7, 2020 by kris

Here’s an interesting list of a very wide range of useful InDesign scripts: https://redokun.com/blog/indesign-scripts

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Soxy

Posted on December 16, 2019 by kris

Sadly enough, Soxy is now end-of-life and won’t be upgraded or updated any further. Soxy is a 32-bit application; it won’t run on macOS Catalina. The last few years, the cost of building an update to Soxy for every update … Continue reading →

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Two Free Scripts Released At CreativeProWeek 2019 in Seattle

Posted on June 21, 2019 by kris

During the CreativeWOW! session at the CreativeProWeek 2019 in Seattle, Kris Coppieters showed two free scripts. We’ve made these scripts available for anyone interested. Read more on the following web pages:

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