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Automatically assign block colour to appropriate list item.

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    • July 3, 2022 at 7:33 am #14367373
      Danny Danny
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      I’m a musician and like printing the list of songs we play on a big sheet of paper for each performance.

      In front of each song, I place a block with a colour (either red or green) to indicate which pedals I need to use. Sometimes also a symbol for the ‘tone’.

      Is there a way to create these lists automatically? For example, creating or selecting the list of songs in Excel in a particular order, click a button, and have a PDF generated through InDesign with the appropriate colour blocks and/or symbols in front of each song.

      Attached an example of a general setlist.

      Any tips would be of great help!!!
      Thank you.
      -Dan

    • July 3, 2022 at 7:38 am #14367374
      Steve Davis
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      Either put the symbols as images in the same folder as the InDesign document. Or find a typeface/font that has colour blocks ad the notations you require and style the cells/fields accordingly.

    • July 3, 2022 at 7:55 am #14367375
      Danny Danny
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      Hi Steve,

      Thanks for the reply.

      What I am looking for is something more automatic. Something like a script using input from Excel, rather than assigning colours/typing songs/dragging icons by hand (which I’ve already done in the PDF I had made).

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