{"id":5457,"date":"2017-06-05T16:15:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T23:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/?p=5457"},"modified":"2026-09-26T19:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:33:39","slug":"manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/","title":{"rendered":"Manage styles across many documents &#8211; BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>BorderCollie<\/em> is a free script for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae which helps with style management. It allows you to define, edit and synchronize styles and swatches across collections of disparate InDesign document collections.<\/p>\n<p>This script is to serve\u00a0as an example of what can be achieved through scripting.<\/p>\n<p>If you have tasks that are boring and repetitive, you should try and estimate how much such\u00a0tasks are costing you or your company.<\/p>\n<p>Add up an estimated dollar value for the time spent, the cost of errors, the cost of materials.<\/p>\n<p>This number gives you a good ballpark figure\u00a0of what budget you might be able to\u00a0spare\u00a0for custom automation to get such a task automated. Our custom solutions will typically pay back for themselves in a few months time.<\/p>\n<p>For more info and download link, visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/bordercollie\/\">https:\/\/www.rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/bordercollie\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The script was presented\u00a0at the CreativeWow! session of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativeproweek.com\/\">CreativePro Week 2017<\/a> in Atlanta. It can be downloaded and used free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BorderCollie is a free script for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae which helps with style management. It allows you to define, edit and synchronize styles and swatches across collections of disparate InDesign document collections. This script is to serve\u00a0as an example &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,46,47,49,28,32,38,9,5,14,6,4,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cc","category-cc-2014","category-cc-2015","category-cc-2017","category-cs5","category-cs5-5","category-cs6","category-freebies","category-indesign","category-mac-os-x","category-news","category-recipes","category-windows"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manage styles across many documents - BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae. - Rorohiko Workflow Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BorderCollie is a free script for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae which helps with style management. It allows you to define, edit and synchronize styles and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manage styles across many documents - BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae. - Rorohiko Workflow Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BorderCollie is a free script for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae which helps with style management. It allows you to define, edit and synchronize styles and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rorohiko Workflow Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-05T23:15:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-27T02:33:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"kris\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"kris\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"kris\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8d934f602a8481cff7532f99dc92cb25\"},\"headline\":\"Manage styles across many documents &#8211; BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae.\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-05T23:15:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-27T02:33:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":179,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"CC\",\"CC 2014\",\"CC 2015\",\"CC 2017\",\"CS5\",\"CS5.5\",\"CS6\",\"Freebies\",\"InDesign\",\"Mac OS X\",\"News\",\"Recipes\",\"Windows\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\\\/\",\"name\":\"Manage styles across many documents - BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae. - Rorohiko Workflow Resources\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-05T23:15:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-27T02:33:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"BorderCollie is a free script for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae which helps with style management. It allows you to define, edit and synchronize styles and\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Manage styles across many documents &#8211; BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rorohiko Workflow Resources\",\"description\":\"Custom InDesign Development\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Rorohiko Ltd.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/roro-logo-3d-v2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/roro-logo-3d-v2.png\",\"width\":207,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Rorohiko Ltd.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/zwettemaan\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/kriscoppieters\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/kristiaan\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rorohiko.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8d934f602a8481cff7532f99dc92cb25\",\"name\":\"kris\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a61e0fcf927c661c61b993eb357a1f2a4040658bc7b45e73af969cdda197f094?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a61e0fcf927c661c61b993eb357a1f2a4040658bc7b45e73af969cdda197f094?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a61e0fcf927c661c61b993eb357a1f2a4040658bc7b45e73af969cdda197f094?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"kris\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rorohiko.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Manage styles across many documents - BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae. - Rorohiko Workflow Resources","description":"BorderCollie is a free script for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae which helps with style management. It allows you to define, edit and synchronize styles and","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Manage styles across many documents - BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae. - Rorohiko Workflow Resources","og_description":"BorderCollie is a free script for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae which helps with style management. It allows you to define, edit and synchronize styles and","og_url":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/","og_site_name":"Rorohiko Workflow Resources","article_published_time":"2017-06-05T23:15:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-27T02:33:39+00:00","author":"kris","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"kris","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/"},"author":{"name":"kris","@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/8d934f602a8481cff7532f99dc92cb25"},"headline":"Manage styles across many documents &#8211; BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae.","datePublished":"2017-06-05T23:15:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-27T02:33:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/"},"wordCount":179,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/#organization"},"articleSection":["CC","CC 2014","CC 2015","CC 2017","CS5","CS5.5","CS6","Freebies","InDesign","Mac OS X","News","Recipes","Windows"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/","url":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/","name":"Manage styles across many documents - BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae. - Rorohiko Workflow Resources","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-06-05T23:15:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-27T02:33:39+00:00","description":"BorderCollie is a free script for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae which helps with style management. It allows you to define, edit and synchronize styles and","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/05\/manage-styles-across-many-documents-bordercollie-indesign\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Manage styles across many documents &#8211; BorderCollie for use with Adobe\u00ae InDesign\u00ae."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/","name":"Rorohiko Workflow Resources","description":"Custom InDesign Development","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/#organization","name":"Rorohiko Ltd.","url":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/roro-logo-3d-v2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/roro-logo-3d-v2.png","width":207,"height":200,"caption":"Rorohiko Ltd."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/zwettemaan","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kriscoppieters\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kristiaan"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/8d934f602a8481cff7532f99dc92cb25","name":"kris","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a61e0fcf927c661c61b993eb357a1f2a4040658bc7b45e73af969cdda197f094?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a61e0fcf927c661c61b993eb357a1f2a4040658bc7b45e73af969cdda197f094?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a61e0fcf927c661c61b993eb357a1f2a4040658bc7b45e73af969cdda197f094?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"kris"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.rorohiko.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5457"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7165,"href":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457\/revisions\/7165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rorohiko.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}