Ep. 320: Must-Have Scripts

InDesign Secrets

News

• InDesign beta to test opening PDFs to edit in InDesign
• CreativePro Week July 8–12 in DC! (and livestreamed)
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• The InDesign + Accessibility Summit, Oct. 8–11 (online)
• CreativePro Magazine latest issue

Interview with Sabine Lenz, "The Paper Queen"

• PaperSpecs site
• Sabine's bio and sessions at CreativePro Week

Must-Have Scripts

• How to Start Using InDesign Scripts (with the MakeGrid script)
• Copy InDesign Fonts to Folder (by Justin Putney at Ajar)
• Document Analyzer (by Keith Gilbert)
• LoremIpsum-izer script
• Calendar Wizard (by Scott Selberg)
• Scramble Text in Place to Hide Private Info (uses FindChangeByList)
• Unanchor Text (by Loic Aigon… we said Peter Kahrel in the podcast… oops!)
• Break Text Thread (in Community Scripts)
• StorySplitter (similar to Break Text Thread)

Even more scripts:

• Top Sites for Free InDesign Scripts (from Anne-Marie's InDesign Tips for Design Geeks weekly course on LinkedIn Learning)
  • Download a PDF with all of the top sites linked
• 100 Free InDesign Scripts
• The InDesign Scriptopedia

Obscure Feature of the Week: Neutral

• • Learn more about "No Language"