Many InDesign users have long wished for an Actions panel similiar those in Photoshop and Illustrator to perform repetitive tasks. Of course, you can automate nearly anything in InDesign with a script, but then you have to know how to script. And most users simply don’t have the time or interest to learn scripting.
But now, the folks at Rorohiko have released a beta test of a new product, Action Recorder that will allow InDesign users to record, edit, and play back actions.
The beta test version is free to download and try it out for a limited time. And if you’re an active beta tester, offering feedback to Rorohiko, you can get the final shipping product for free as well.
Note that Action Recorder can record many, but not all InDesign functions. According to Rorohiko, “It can record modifying object properties like colors, transforms, basic adding of text, executing menu actions, creating items… Currently it handles just text-frames, rectangles, layers and various styles.”
To learn more about Action Recorder, check out Rorohiko.com and the demo video below.
This article was last modified on July 28, 2021
This article was first published on August 15, 2013
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