APID ToolAssistant

WARNING: OLD VERSION

WARNING

This page is for an old version of APIDToolAssistant, which is not available for purchase any more. This page is for the benefit of existing users with InDesign 2023 or older. If you are using InDesign 2024 or higher, please visit https://www.rorohiko.com/apidtoolassistant_pi

Intro

APID ToolAssistant is a runtime plug-in for Adobe InDesign. You can use most of the free tools from Rorohiko Workflow Resources without purchasing a license. Purchasing the optional license unlocks some very useful extra functionality in some of our freebies.

See https://www.rorohiko.com/licensing for more details

By itself, it does not ‘do’ anything apparent – instead it assists other plug-ins to do their job. You need this plug-in installed to use most of the free InDesign tools you can find on this web site.

When you want to use any third-party (non-Rorohiko) tools which are built around APID ToolAssistant, purchasing a license becomes a must. Things won’t continue to work beyond the demo period without a proper license. Make sure you check the third party’s web site for more info – don’t come here and purchase a license to APID ToolAssistant unless explicitly instructed to do so.

Installation

Before you start installing, exit out of InDesign.

After downloading APID ToolAssistant you need to decompress the .ZIP file. You might need to decompress some more .ZIP archives that are nested inside of the decompressed result. On a Mac, you also might need to mount a .dmg file to finally get to the file you need.

Then, you should manage find the correct APID ToolAssistant plug-in for your platform (Mac/Win/CS/CS2…/CS6/CC).

Drag the components of the APID ToolAssistant to your Plug-Ins folder. There can be one or more components (e.g. for Windows CC you need to drag 4 items across).

Notes for Windows users: On some Windows installations, the APID ToolAssistant plug-in will refuse to load. If that’s the case, please read this page

Licensing

Many of the tools that we’ve built around APID ToolAssistant are free, and work with a free, unlicensed copy of APID ToolAssistant.Our commercial tools also all work with the free. unlicensed version of APID ToolAssistant.

But purchasing the optional license has its benefits: some of our more advanced freebies like ImageLibraryLoader and LayerLifter have extra functionality that is only available when a licensed copy of APID ToolAssistant is installed.

If you don’t purchase a license, APID ToolAssistant will list 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. Our tools will NOT stop working. Some freebie features might become disabled, but the freebie will continue working.

More Info

If you are a software developer, you might want to check out what APID Toolkit can do for you – amongst many other things, it helps you protect your intellectual property, and generate some income from scripted solutions for InDesign.