Category Archives: indesign

InDesign: Update All Modified Images

By ian | Published: December 4, 2009
This has actually been added as a command in the latest release of InDesign (curse you Adobe, for improving your software and rendering my scripts obsolete). It still serves as a useful example for how to filter a bunch of objects based on a selector. Download Update-all-modified-images.rb.zip. As it’s only little, I’ve decided to let [...]
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InDesign: Reveal Links in Finder

By ian | Published: December 4, 2009
Loops through all the selected items, attempts to figure out whether any of them are linked images, and opens their containing folders, selecting all of ‘em. Download Reveal-links-in-Finder.rb.zip. The source code is bouncing from foot to foot in anticipatory glee, just after the jump.
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  • What’s this all about then?

    rb-appscript is a powerful way to automate your Mac. It's similar to Applescript but it's built in Ruby, which means you get to leverage that language's powerful syntax and libraries. Giving you more time to make toasted sandwiches. You want long-winded explanations? We got those.

    Please note that these scripts are by no means bulletproof, and are intended to provide examples of application scripting. I take no resposibility for any loss of data or mishaps; you download and run everything at your own risk. That said, I use all of these scripts in a production environment every day (well – more accurately, I use some of these scripts in a production environment most days).