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April 15, 2020 at 9:51 am in reply to: JavaScript for InDesign article Simple Script Runner #1236553
Edward Randell
ParticipantThank you David and Peter,
The script editor works just right now! Thanks again.There is a page in the JavaScript for InDesign article called Simple Scripts to Get You Started. One script in particular caught my eye. The second one in the list.
I have a sixteen chapter book and each chapter is a separate document. Each starts numbering at 1. To make them all continuously sequenced would be great!Here’s my problem. I opened all of them (I’m running a test with just the first 5 chapters) set the numbering to Automatic, and ran the script. Then I closed them all. Once with saving, and once without. But nothing happens. No change in the numbering at all. The book dialogue box still shows each document starting with 1. It’s a simple one line script so I know it’s typed properly, but I can’t get it to change a thing.
Anyone else have this problem?
PS I’m on a Mac.ParticipantPeter – I am happy to report that I solved my problem! Through the Adobe Support Community I discovered that reseting InDesign’s preferences file might help. So I did that and the renumbering script works like a charm! Hurray!
ParticipantPeter – Thank you for your diligence in pursuing my situation to the end. I really appreciate your help. I feel that we left no stone unturned. – Next, I will try the experiment on my wife’s computer to see if the problem is unique to mine. – I’m looking forward to reading your book when it arrives. Thanks again.
ParticipantPeter-The zip file was too big to email so I sent it to you with WeTransfer. The file has all the chapters, photos, and fonts in case you need them.
ParticipantPeter-The zip file was too big to email so I sent it to you with WeTransfer. The file has all the chapters, photos, and fonts in case you need them.
ParticipantCorrect on both accounts. That’s the one I’m using.
I opened the book. I opened the documents. I ran the Continuous Numbering script. I saved all the documents. I did Update Numbering: All Numbers in the book’s flyout.
But still nothing happens to the document page numbers or the page numbers in the document list in the book dialogue box.
Thank you for barring with me. Maybe I have a corruption somewhere.
I will try this on my wife’s iMac.ParticipantI don’t have a script to change to automatic numbering.
ParticipantI checked the Numbering & Section Options settings on all six documents involved in my test. Each one has ‘Automatic Page Numbering’ selected. However in the ‘Start Page Numbering at’ option (even though it’s not selected) there is a page number highlighted in blue (as if selected). When I ran my test I just ignored these numbers. The ‘Start’ numbers are consecutive for the first three documents while the remaining document numbers refer the the number of pages in the previous document (non consecutive within the book).
Thank you for the tip about saving the scripted documents.ParticipantWell, I’m sorry Peter, but Automatic Page Numbering in the book dialogue box was already checked before I ran my test. I tried it again just to be sure and nothing happens to the page numbers.
ParticipantPeter – When I run the Continuous Numbering script, nothing changes in the documents and nothing changes in the Book dialogue box. All the docs begin numbering with one. Same thing after I close only and nothing changes after saving either.
PS The open all documents in the book script works fine. The close all documents works fine and the save only script appears to work properly.ParticipantPeter – After I run the script, should I save the documents when I close them, or close them without saving them?
ParticipantPeter —Thank you for your response. I am going to try the script again (in case I didn’t do it properly the first time). I will have more accurate feedback then. Thanks again
EdwardApril 2, 2020 at 12:03 pm in reply to: JavaScript for InDesign article Simple Script Runner #1236434ParticipantOkay, Thank you David!
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