RogueSheep provides these InDesign scripts free of charge. These scripts are designed to work in conjuction with InEventScript to solve problems common to many workflows. You may freely edit these scripts to fit your custom workflow. If you have any scripts you would like us to feature, drop us a note and we'll look in to adding it. To download, just click on the download link, and then associate the script in InEventScript to the desired InDesign action.

EPS
The following scripts help manage and deal with placed EPS files

RSApplyClippingPathToEPSMacintoshWindows Download 474 Downloads
InDesign : CS 1.0 (v3.x) or CS 2.0 (v4.0)

JavaScript that applies the first photoshop path as the clipping path for the selected EPS (if a photoshop
clipping path exists). Associate with after place to operate on the newly placed item.

Version: 1.0

Preflight
These are scripts the usually are put before 'Print...' or 'Save' and are meant to check your document for problems at these critical times. With InEventScript, they can be attached directly to these actions, causing the script to run automatically.

RSCheckForProcessColorsMacintoshWindows Download 482 Downloads
InDesign : CS 1.0 (v3.x) or CS 2.0 (v4.0)

JavaScript that checks the current document for process colors. If an item or range of text uses a process
color the user is warned and asked if they want to continue the current action. All process color uses are
marked with an overlay orange item on a new layer. Associate before any action when you want to check for
process color usage.

Version: 1.0
RSCheckForSpotColorsMacintoshWindows Download 546 Downloads
InDesign : CS 1.0 (v3.x) or CS 2.0 (v4.0)

JavaScript that checks the current document for spot colors. If an item or range of text uses a spot color
the user is warned and asked if they want to continue the current action. All spot color uses are marked
with an overlay pink item on a new layer. Associate before any action when you want to check for spot
color usage.

Version: 1.0
RSCheckForOversetTextMacintoshWindows Download 907 Downloads
InDesign : CS 1.0 (v3.x) or CS 2.0 (v4.0)

JavaScript that checks the current document for any text frames that have overset text. User is warned if
overset text is found and given a chance to cancel the current action. All overset items are marked with an
underlay red item on a new layer. Associate before any action when you want to check for overset text.

Version: 1.0
RSCheckImageResolution150MacintoshWindows Download 701 Downloads
InDesign : CS 1.0 (v3.x) or CS 2.0 (v4.0)

JavaScript that checks the effective resolution of images in the document. If an image's effective
resolution is below the limit then the user is warned and asked if they want to continue the current action.
All offending images are marked with an overlay green item on a new layer. Associate before any action
when you want to check for imageRes color usage.

Version: 1.0

XML
The following scripts affect the XML structure of the document.

RSInsertPageBreaksMacintoshWindows Download 516 Downloads
InDesign : CS 2.0 (v4.0)

JavaScript that iterates over the main story in the document an inserts a "page" processing instruction at
the end of the last frame of each page. This script assumes the main story is threaded across each page from
frame to frame. Associate with before exporting to insert the page breaks.

Version: 1.0
RSRemovePageBreaksMacintoshWindows Download 325 Downloads
InDesign : CS 2.0 (v4.0)

JavaScript that removes all the "page" processing instructions from the structure of the document.
Associate with after exporting to remove the page breaks.

Version: 1.0

Export
The following scripts are related to exporting the page or content of the InDesign document into other formats.

BatchExportMacintoshWindows Download 722 Downloads
InDesign : CS 2.0 (v4.0)

JavaScript that converts a folder of InDesign documents into different formats. JPGs and PDF
conversion is included as an example, though the other export formats can be used as well.

Version: 1.1
ExportActiveMacintoshWindows Download 614 Downloads
InDesign : CS 2.0 (v4.0)

JavaScript that converts the current InDesign document into different formats. Association with 'after
save' to automatically export a jpg or pdf representation of your InDesign document on save. JPGs and
PDF conversion is included as an example, though the other export formats can be used as well.

Version: 1.0