From the course: InDesign and InCopy: Collaborative Workflows

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Working with built-in scripts

Working with built-in scripts

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Working with built-in scripts

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One of my very favorite features about Adobe InCopy and InDesign for that matter is the fact that if there is something that you really wish the program would do some sort of command that you wish it had, it could probably be scripted. So, if you're coming from a Microsoft land, and you may be familiar with the concept of macros. These are like little programs that you can add, a lot of them you can find for free, some you can find for really low cost. You just add them to the program and they add new commands. Well, the equivalent in Adobe land are scripts. Both InDesign and InCopy come with some built-in scripts and it's very easy to add new scripts or to ask other people to write scripts for you. They are all over the place if you just look for InDesign scripts or InCopy scripts. So, let's look at some of the ones that are built-in, and then I'll show you how you add your own scripts. So first, go to the Window menu. Now, if you're coming from an earlier version of InCopy, they…

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