Automating Adobe Indesign CS4 with ExtendScript

Practical, handsonguide, will have users creating theirown custom scripts using Adobe's ExtendScript Toolkit 2in no time.° ExtendScript is Adobe's unique version of JavaScript that's used to automate allCS4 applications.° Author provides over 100 prewrittenfunctions plus a wealth of useasisscripts forreaders to download worththe price of the book alone!° Nonthreatening,learnbydoingapproachSummaryThe key to survival in a tough economy? Work harder by working smarter.With today's tight economy, graphic arts professionals are finding that knowinga scripting language such as Adobe's ExtendScript can be their edge in a highlycompetitive market. From the beginner to the seasoned InDesign user, fromthe novice to the active scripter, anyone who wants to take InDesign to themax will benefit from the more than 60 lessons found in this book on how touse scripts and functions to speed workflow and get tedious work done fasterand more efficiently. Automating Adobe InDesign CS4 with ExtendScript isdivided into 14 units with up to six lessons each that explain how to usefunctions to create time-saving scripts. Each unit in the book focuses on acentral theme, wrapping up with a learning point summary featuring one ormore scripts that are built with functions covered in the lessons. The scriptstaught in this book help users to organize their workflow, automate otherwisetedious processes, and tackle real world automation problems giving themmore time to be creative. This book by scripting pioneer Shirley W. Hopkinsnot only provides real-world example scripts, but also establishes amethodology for putting solutions together using a library of prewrittenfunctions. These functions can be 'mixed and matched' to build customautomation solutions with a minimum of effort.