In this InDesign how-to video, Julie Shaffer shows a couple of scripts that help place items into an InDesign file. The Place Multipage PDF script does just what it says—with just one click—and Image Catalog gives you a nice layout of images with filenames. The Merger script deftly combines a folder of InDesign files into one InDesign document.
The first two scripts shown are included with InDesign and can be found in the Samples folder in the Scripts panel. The Merger script can be downloaded for free here: https://creativepro.com/downloads/MergeFiles-2016.zip
This video is an excerpt from Julie’s “InDesign Scripts You Need to Know” session at CreativePro Week 2023!
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This article was last modified on February 20, 2024
This article was first published on February 22, 2024
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One of the shortcomings of ImageCatalog is its lack of page size control. Fortunately there is an easy solution to that which allows you to use the script on documents that you have already created. I use it to catalog images and I put job identification on a parent page beforehand.
Copy the script and rename it something like ImageCatalog_UseMyDoc. Open it up in an editor and make a small change to line 237:
var myDocument = app.documents.add();
becomes
var myDocument = app.documents[0];
Save and add to ID’s scripts panel. Create a document and test it out. I wish I could say I figured this out myself, but it was the work of a talented co-worker.
In regards to placing pdfs in InDesign I will point to another article with a more powerfull script https://creativepro.com/placing-all-the-pages-of-a-pdf-inside-indesign/