The InDesign or Creative Suite installation CDs contain a bunch of free scripts you can use in InDesign’s Window > Automation > Scripts palette.
If you can’t find the CD, or your IT admin has it under lock and key, you can download the scripts from from a link on Adobe’s XML and Scripting resource page.
Click the Scripting Resources tab in the middle of the page. If you’re on CS2, scroll down to the bottom and click on the link entitled Download InDesign CS2 Scripts. The 155K .zip file contains the same set of approximately 20 scripts as AppleScripts (Mac only), VB Scripts (Windows only) and JavaScripts (either platform).
If you’re on CS3, you shouldn’t need to download anything (installing CS3 automatically installs all the scripts – look in your Scripts panel.)
To install and run scripts, see this post.
[Edited by AMC 5/8/07]
This article was last modified on December 18, 2021
This article was first published on September 2, 2006
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