pageitems

pageitems

InDesign Utility

Utilities that create or target page items in InDesign.

Install

npm install @extendscript/ind.util.pageitems

Include

#include 'node_modules/@extendscript/ind.util.pageitems/pageitems.js'

Use

var PageItems = Sky.getUtil("pageitems");

Get Parent

Returns the requested Parent or Error:

• getParentPage ( PageItem )
• getParentSpread ( PageItem )
• getParentDoc ( PageItem )

Add Pageitem

Adds a new PageItem on SpreadPage:

• addTextFrame ( SpreadPage, Options )
• addRect ( SpreadPage, Options )

Adds a new PageItem on SpreadPage using SpreadPage bounds:

• addRectToPage ( SpreadPage, Options )
• addRectToBleed ( SpreadPage, Options )

Update Bounds

Sets bounding box of pageItems to Reference bounds. (Any reference that has the geometricBounds property, uses parentPage if undefined):

• boundsToRef ( pageItems, Reference )

Updates bounding box of pageItems to SpreadPage bleed:

• boundsToBleed ( pageItems , SpreadPage )

Test

We can test the code against a range of targets:

npm run test myTarget

We keep a log of test results

More info

Read the docs