We’re pleased to announce that the DeepL Translate script has been updated to version 3.2.5,...

Version 2.5.9 Added progress bar functionality Version 2.5.8 Updated activation routine Version 2.5.7 Fixed bug:...

MMayer asks on the id-extras forum: There are many ways of doing this, but it...

FormMaker has been updated to version 4.0.10. The change log (since the last reported version,...

Extract Pages has been updated to version 2.0.6 today. Version 2.0.6 fixes a bug: When...

We’re pleased to announce that the DeepL Translate script has been updated to version 3.2.0,...

Mastermatic has been updated to version 2.4.0. A scrollbar now appears to the right of...

We’ve been busy over the last few months with updates to several popular scripts, as...

I was asked the following question regarding the Id-Extras DeepL Translate add-on: We have run...

The following free script will set all files that are part of an InDesign book...

Page Numbers to Words has been updated to version 1.2.0. This version fixes an InDesign...

Fit Page to Selection has been updated to version 1.2.0. This version fixes a bug...

Another update to V-Justify has been released. Version 1.6.2 includes a couple of important new...

We’re pleased to announce the release of new update to V-Justify, the InDesign script that...

V-Justify has received another important update that changes quite a lot of things. First, there...

I’m excited to announce a major new update to Footwork – the InDesign add-on for creating...

How to split a table in InDesign? There is no simple way to split a...

Extract Pages has just received an important bug fix. Bug Description If “Split by Paragraph...

Extract Pages, the InDesign add-on that makes it easy to generate small InDesign files from...

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Dropword III – the InDesign script for creating whole-word dropcaps (essential for traditional Hebrew typography)...

New InDesign Script: Fit Page to Selection...

Hyperlink Pro has been updated to version 2.1.6. This fixes a bug: If a hyperlink...

There have been updates to many Id-Extras add-ons recently. In most cases, emails were sent...

Change Consecutive Paragraphs Pro Two small, but important, fixes are available in the latest update...

FormMaker makes it easy to create rich, interactive PDF forms in InDesign. It fills the huge...

There is now a new forum for Id-Extras product help: http://id-extras.com/forum/index.php A link to the...

FormMagic has been updated to version 2.0.0. New features include: Field rotation. Acrobat has four...

Extract Pages has been updated to version 1.7.2. This version fixes a bug: If PDF...

FormMaker makes it easy to create rich, interactive PDF forms in InDesign. It fills the...

Grep to Anchored Object has been updated to version 2.5.5. New features and bug fixes...

Extract Pages has been updated to version 1.7.0. As well as breaking up large InDesign...

InDesign makes it surprisingly difficult to break the link between two text frames without otherwise...

Display Line Numbers – the popular line numbering add-on for Adobe InDesign – has now...

If you find the new Adobe Forums design incredibly wasteful with screen real estate, you’re...

Adobe removed the old “layout adjustment” feature from InDesign 2019 and replaced it with the...

QuickResize is the InDesign script that adjusts and resizes your layout to whatever new size...

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After a long wait, the latest version of InDesign, 2019, has finally introduced the ability...

The new release of InDesign, 2019, is here with some great new features. But there...

In this month’s Script Update News I’m covering recent updates to three of our popular...

There’s a thirst and a hunger out there, folks – not for bread and not...

I just updated the HTML Import script. It is now much faster and more reliable,...

A free InDesign script to generate a list of all languages in use in a...

A new version of the Change Consecutive Paragraphs Pro has been released, with an emphasis on making...

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A common scenario is described in the following email: Help! My old PC has been...

InDesign is usually pretty well-behaved about applying the specified paragraph style to footnotes in a...

A new version of Hyperlink Pro has been released. Version 2.0.3 includes an important fix:...

You may sometimes notice that FormMagic converts Arial to Helvetica, and sometimes it doesn’t. In...

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While working on a book in InDesign recently, I needed to switch the position of...

Contents Introduction Basic Custom File Naming Overwriting Existing Files Advanced Custom File Naming First Page...

Here’s a little routine that will paste text in a more expected way than InDesign...

InDesign forces designers to set the page margins by number only. You have to open...

The Problem: I ran into the following known bug/difficulty recently, when laying out a graphic-rich...

Have you always wished that the quick-apply feature would respect your paragraph style’s Next Style...

Over on the Adobe InDesign Scripting Forum, Bob Levine asked: I have a client in...

Using FormMagic or FormMaker is a 2-step process. First, FormMagic must be run on the InDesign file. Then,...

With FormMaker, not only is it possible to produce fully-formatted Acrobat forms in InDesign as with...

If you’ve ever been frustrated at having to hunt down your favorite Id-Extras add-on or...

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In this post, I will show one way of forcing InDesign to avoid runts in...

July 2018 UPDATE: If you’re looking to export multiple PDFs, using multiple PDF export presets,...

The latest version of Auto Char Styles – version 2.2 – has just been released. Auto Char...

Italic-formatted text followed by roman (upright, regular) text can cause typographic problems: the leaning italic...

The following script is a short and sweet way of moving all text in an...

Word has a nice feature that lets you select some text and press Shift+F3 to...

When converting a print book to reflowable ePub in InDesign, I always use the Custom...

This is something that has bugged me often with InDesign. Although InDesign has a way...

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LiveIndex is a great script for converting the page references in the index of a book...

I’ve taken advantage of the past week to update four scripts in the Id-Extras.com library:...

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Every so often, the question is raised how to add delimiters (commas, or thin spaces, etc.)...

Many of the posts on this blog include fully-functional sample scripts. To use these sample...

A few weeks ago on the Adobe InDesign scripting forum, InDesign Guru AnneMarie Concepcion asked for...

If you need to save an InDesign document as separate pages or separate spreads, Extract Pages...

I was recently needing a way to clear all overrides in a 100+ page book....

If you’re a guest at someone’s house, wouldn’t you agree that it is bad manners...

If you’re converting print publications to ePubs, you’ve probably come across this problem: The print...

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JavaScript’s Date object can be a difficult beast to tame. In terms of the number...

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