{"id":6388,"date":"2024-05-29T15:37:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T22:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=6388"},"modified":"2024-07-02T19:41:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T02:41:55","slug":"smokewordstacks-for-indesign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/otherproducts\/smokewordstacks-for-indesign\/","title":{"rendered":"SmokeWordStacks for InDesign"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is SmokeWordStacks<\/em>?<\/h2>\n

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\nSmokeWordStacks<\/em> is a free script for Adobe InDesign that helps you identify and highlight word stacks in your documents. Unlike previous versions, this version is non-destructive and does not use character styles to ‘mark’ the issues.<\/p>\n

Word stacks occur when identical words repeat vertically across lines of text, which can be distracting and visually unappealing in layout design.<\/p>\n

This script helps designers quickly find and address these repetitions, ensuring a cleaner and more professional-looking document.<\/p>\n

SmokeWordStacks<\/em> is fully functional and free to use. However, it occasionally shows a donation reminder dialog. If you’d like to donate and suppress the dialog for a while, you can make a donation by using PluginInstaller<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Installing SmokeWordStacks<\/em><\/h2>\n
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  1. Download PluginInstaller<\/em><\/strong>.
    \nIf you’ve not done this before, download and install the free PluginInstaller <\/em>from PluginInstaller.com<\/a>. Make sure you have build #558 or higher installed (the build number is shown in the lower right-hand corner of the PluginInstaller windows).<\/li>\n
  2. Create an Account<\/strong>.
    \nIf this is your first time using PluginInstaller<\/em>, you’ll need to create a new account and register it within PluginInstaller<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  3. Add a SmokeWordStacks<\/em>\u00a0Bookmark<\/strong>.
    \nAdd a bookmark for SmokeWordStacks<\/em>\u00a0into PluginInstaller<\/em> by clicking the following link:
    \n    Add SmokeWordStacks<\/em>\u00a0Bookmark into PluginInstaller
    \n<\/em><\/a>Alternatively, you can use the Browse the Store for Software<\/em> window in PluginInstaller<\/em> and find the SmokeWordStacks<\/em>\u00a0bookmark in the Rorohiko Catalog<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  4. Download and Install<\/strong>.
    \nOnce the bookmark is listed in the Installing and Ordering<\/em> window, select it and click the Download<\/em> button.
    \nAfter the download, choose your InDesign version from the Install Target<\/em> dropdown menu and click the Install<\/em> button.
    \nSmokeWordStacks<\/em> will appear in the InDesign Scripts<\/em> panel under the User<\/em> section.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Using the Sample File<\/h2>\n

    The InDesign Scripts panel also includes an entry called Copy Sample File with Documentation to Desktop.jsx<\/em>.<\/p>\n

    Double-click this script to access a sample InDesign file containing a reusable sample configuration.<\/p>\n

    You can use this file to experiment with SmokeWordStacks<\/em> and understand how it works.<\/p>\n

    You can ‘undo’ the effect of running the script by deleting the\u00a0SmokeWordStacks Markers\u00a0<\/em>layer.<\/p>\n

    Donating<\/h2>\n

    The script is free and fully functional, but donations are encouraged. When you run the script, it will occasionally show a reminder dialog.<\/p>\n

    Go to the Installing and Ordering<\/em> window, select the SmokeWordStacks<\/em> bookmark, adjust the donation and order reference as desired, and click Purchase.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Activation may take some time to process; keep an eye on the Licenses, Activations, and Pending Orders<\/em> window for updates. Activating after donating will suppress the occasional reminder dialog for a year.<\/p>\n

    Configuration<\/h2>\n

    You can change the behavior of the script by modifying the configuration data in the text frame on the pasteboard.<\/p>\n

    INI configuration frame<\/h3>\n

    The format is pretty self-explanatory; skip over this section if too much info.<\/p>\n

    The detailed\u00a0TL;DR<\/a>\u00a0information for the formatting rules:<\/p>\n

    The text frame is formatted in a format similar to the old-style Windows INI format, with some additional flexibility built-in.<\/p>\n

    The advantages of this approach is that each document can \u2018carry\u2019 its own configuration and the configuration is plain for everyone to see, in a human-readable form, rather than being hidden away on some preferences dialog.<\/p>\n