I wonder if it might make sense to have the engineers change up their workflow so that they are using Google Docs or Google Sheets instead of Word. You could then use a plug-in like EasyCatalog to flow data directly from Google Sheets into InDesign.

Another potential solution would be WordsFlow. I haven’t used it much personally but I hear that it does some amazing things when it comes to linking content from Word files in an InDesign document.

Both of these tools allow you to update the data in place from within InDesign so that your InDesign document will always reflect the latest changes to the data.

Give this one a shot!

https://indesignsecrets.com/a-script-for-relinking-images.php

You could simply create a frame with two columns to achieve this. Just add a column break between “A” content and “B” content.

Could you please provide a link?

Give this a shot:

var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
var docPages = aDoc.pages;

for(p=0;p<docPages.length;p++){

var myPageItems = docPages[p].allPageItems
var myPageName = docPages[p].name;

for(i=0;i<myPageItems.length;i++){

//set selection as variable
var thisItem = myPageItems[i];
if(thisItem instanceof Rectangle || thisItem instanceof Polygon || thisItem instanceof Oval){

//get image within the frame
var myLinkedItem = thisItem.pageItems[0];
//get name of the linked image
var myLinkName = myLinkedItem.itemLink.name;

//strip extension from linked image name
var myLinkName = myLinkName.split(“.”)[0];

app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.maximum; // low medium high maximum
app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 300;
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegExportRange = ExportRangeOrAllPages.exportRange;
app.jpegExportPreferences.pageString = myPageName;

//Set Name of exported pdf to match the name of the linked image
var myFile = File(“/Users/admin/Desktop/” + myLinkName + “.jpg”);

//export the pdf
aDoc.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile, false);
}
}
}

I second this. I use Box & InDesign daily without any issues.

Hey there,

I am back at my computer and I threw this script together as an example to show you how the “onClick” function can be used to accomplish what you are trying to accomplish.

Check this script out and let me know if you have any questions!

//————— BEGIN SCRIPT —————//

#targetengine ‘my_session’

var myDialog = new Window (‘palette’, “Show UI Elements With Radio Button Click”, undefined, {minimizeButton: true, independent: false, closeButton: true, borderless: true, name: “Data Query Panel”});
myDialog.preferredSize.width = 500;
myDialog.preferredSize.height = 100;
myDialog.alignChildren = [‘top’, ‘left’];
myDialog.margins[1] = 10;
myDialog.spacing = 10;

//– Group for radio buttons –//
var radioButtonsGroup = myDialog.add(‘group {orientation: “column”, alignChildren: “left”, alignment: “left”}’)
var radio1 = radioButtonsGroup.add(‘radiobutton’, undefined, “Radio Button One”);
radio1.value = false;
var radio2 = radioButtonsGroup.add(‘radiobutton’, undefined, “Radio Button Two”);
radio2.value = false;
var radio3 = radioButtonsGroup.add(‘radiobutton’, undefined, “This Radio Button Shows More Stuff.”);
radio3.value = false;
//– End group for radio buttons –//

//– Everything within the “hiddenTextGroup” will be hidden when the panel is first drawn –//
var hiddenTextGroup = myDialog.add(‘group {orientation: “column”, alignChildren: “left”, alignment: “left”}’)
hiddenTextGroup.size = [0,0];
hiddenTextGroup.hide();

var revealedText = hiddenTextGroup.add(‘statictext’, undefined, “Some static text”);
revealedText.preferredSize.width = 500;

var myEditText = hiddenTextGroup.add(‘edittext’, undefined, undefined);
myEditText.preferredSize.width = 500;
//– End of “hiddenTextGroup” –//

//– A group for my buttons in the panel –//
var buttonGroup = myDialog.add(‘group’);
buttonGroup.alignment = [‘right’,’bottom’];
buttonGroup.margins[1] = 15;

//– My Buttons
var cancelButton = buttonGroup.add(‘button’, undefined, “Close Panel”,{name: “Close Panel”});
var proceedButton = buttonGroup.add(‘button’, undefined, “Submit This Stuff”,{name: “proceedButton”});

//– Event listener – activated with the radio button is clicked. –//
radio3.onClick = function(){
hiddenTextGroup.size = [500,100];
hiddenTextGroup.show();
myDialog.layout.layout (true);
}

proceedButton.onClick = function() {
alert(“You clicked Proceed.”);
myDialog.close(1); //–close the dialog, return 1
}

cancelButton.onClick = function() {
myDialog.close(2); //–close the dialog, return 2
}

var dialogResult = myDialog.show();

if(dialogResult == 1){
//– Do some stuff because the proceed button was clicked
}else if (dialogResult== 2){
exit(0);
}

//————— END SCRIPT —————//