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• • June 21, 2022 at 1:28 pm #14366863
    Rich Harvey

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    Hi!

    Can anyone recommend a script to split InDesign spreads? I want left/right pages to remain left/right … with no page elements moving. I created a document for Amazon KDP paperback … but for a hardcover edition with bleed, LULU requires each page to have a .125 bleed-off. I used InDesign CS3 for 15 years, and had a great script that would accomplish the task in seconds. But the script was lost and I don’t know where else to download it.

    Someone suggested “allow pages to shuffle,” etc., but that’s not going to work. This is a 450-page document, and I want to find the script to save time on this and every future project.

  • June 21, 2022 at 1:55 pm #14366865
    Rich Harvey

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    Well, after poking around, I found this in the “community” folder of InDesign Scripts:
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    aDoc = app.activeDocument;
    for (i=0;i<aDoc.pages.length;i++){
    aSide = aDoc.pages[i].side;
    aSide = aSide + “”;
    aDoc.pages[i].insertLabel(“direction”,aSide);
    }
    aDoc.documentPreferences.allowPageShuffle = true;
    aDoc.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;
    aDoc.documentPreferences.allowPageShuffle = false;
    aDoc.documentPreferences.facingPages = true;
    for (i=0;i<aDoc.pages.length;i++){
    myPage = aDoc.pages[i];
    mySide = myPage.extractLabel(“direction”);
    if (mySide == “1818653800”){
    myPage.move(LocationOptions.atEnd,myPage,BindingOptions.leftAlign);
    }else{
    myPage.move(LocationOptions.atEnd,myPage,BindingOptions.rightAlign);
    }
    }
    __

    Unfortunately, the script instantly separates the spreads, but everything on the right hand page (with the exception of parent page items) shifts to the right by about a half-inch. I have to highlight everything and do an align>center or align to left-hand margin. Is there anything in the script code I can edit to correct this problem?

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