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Forum InDesign Add-ons (Scripts, Scripting, and Plug-ins) javascript to Create Outlines for entire document?

javascript to Create Outlines for entire document?
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10:05 am
January 9, 2012


mchak

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Hi – anyone have a javascript to convert all text in an Indesign file to outlines? (Type > Create Outline)

I'm sending a file to a printer for large format output and they need this done to all the text in a 100-page document.

PITA. 

They apparently cannot rip from a PDF so I make a PDF and they bring it into Illustrator to rip it and when they do that, the text gets messed up unless I outline it first. 

It should be a very simple script – does one thing on the whole doc. For now I will hit page down, select all, and do the keystroke, so it won't take that long but when I get around to learning javascript this would probably be a good one to learn on. 

Thanks in advance for your help!

10:20 am
January 9, 2012


David Blatner

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No script necessary, and you really do NOT want to convert the text to actual outlines. Stuff gets lost.

See instead: http://indesignsecrets.com/con…..pdated.php


However, the phrase "they cannot rip from a PDF" raises huge red flags for me. I would strongly suggest that either they do not know what they're doing or they have such outdated software that it may be cause for alarm.

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