Peter Kahrel

Peter Kahrel

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Peter Kahrel is the author of several eBooks on InDesign and scripting, including GREP in InDesign and Javascript for InDesign, published by CreativePro Network. He is a retired scripting engineer.

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Table Sort

Sort a table on up to three columns. Formatting can be preserved.

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Skip Style: Format First Lines in Index Sections

Apply a paragraph style to index entries that start a new letter. Optionally insert section headings.

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Marginal Notes in InDesign

Learn two easy ways to convert footnotes and endnotes to marginal notes in InDesign.

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Update Index

When you edit an index, for example to combine entries, you can end up with un-well-formed page ranges such as 2, 16-34, 4-8, 5-10, x, 12-18, ii-iv. The Update Index script fixes this—either the whole index or just the selected entry.

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Accessibility-Compliant Table of Contents

InDesign creates hyperlinks for the table-of-contents (TOC) entries when a TOC is generated. These hyperlinks are hidden, they don’t appear in the Hyperlinks panel. They become active when the document is exported to PDF. Click a TOC entry in the PDF and the viewer jumps to the linked page. Those TOC hyperlinks use page destinations. […]

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Footnote Spacing (Pre-CC2017)

Adjust the space between main text and single footnotes. InDesign’s setting for the space between the text and the first footnote on a page is document-wide, which is too confining. From CC 2017, the space between text and notes can be set per page.

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Rotate Multiple Spreads

If you have many spreads to rotate, even the more easily accessible menu commands for rotating spreads are no good at all. Time for a script to rotate all spreads that contain rotated text frames.

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Spread Rotation Menu Commands

Spreads can be rotated using some deeply embedded menu commands. A script can make these commands much more accessible.

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Missing Glyphs

InDesign shows missing glyphs as pink boxes. The script can be used to list all missing glyphs in a document and to apply a font to them.

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Language-Aware Paragraph Sorter

Sort paragraph (or lines) according to the sort rules of the document’s language. Formatting remains intact.

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