Script to convert all colors to CMYK Process?

I don't know of a script, but that is pretty easy to accomplish with the Ink Manager. Just turn on a checkbox and they all get changed. Yes?

Oh, but you're packaging, not printing or exporting…. hm… interesting. Yes, I can see how that would be helpful to have a script that just converts them all.

I wonder if this is enough:

Save a copy of your document before, and check everything after running!

Yeah, sorry — I accidentally left out what it was for. This is Javascript, which is something entirely different from Applescript; they might as well be two different languages. Oh wait — they are :p

The AppleScript Editor can only handle AppleScript; with the ESTK you can edit lots of different programming languages, but fortunately its default setting for new documents is … Javascript! (A lucky escape for me, there!)

I prefer Javascript over AppleScript — both scripting languages have their strengths, but Javascripts single huge advantage is the same script works on both Mac OS X and Windows versions of InDesign!

AppleScript, on the other hand, only works on OS X. I've said on a few occasions the third supported option, VBScript, has no good points at all – but that's just me. Anyway, VBS only works on Windows.

(Edit:)

.. saved it to my Indesign CS5 scripts folder, restarted Indesign ..

You don't have to do that! Next time you save a script into the Scripts folder and go back to InDesign, you will see it's already there, in the Scripts panel!

Thank you, works great with Indesign CC 2014. How could I get the ‘Name with Colour Value’ check on too within the Swatch options?

Jongware, I had a script with me which deletes all the unused colours. I inserted your script code at the end of that script to do the following and it worked great:

1. Add unNamed Colours
2. Delete Unused Colours
3. Convert Colours to CMYK Process

I renamed it: Swatches_Add-UnNamed_Delete-Unused_Convert-2-CMYK-Process

The script is here including your one line code;

#target indesign
app.menuActions.item("$ID/Add All Unnamed Colors").invoke();
var myIndesignDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myUnusedSwatches = myIndesignDoc.unusedSwatches;
for (var s = myUnusedSwatches.length-1; s >= 0; s--) {
var mySwatch = myIndesignDoc.unusedSwatches[s];
var name = mySwatch.name;
if (name != ""){
mySwatch.remove();
}
}
app.activeDocument.colors.everyItem().properties = {space:ColorSpace.CMYK, model:ColorModel.PROCESS};

Hi.

I need to convert all process swatch colors to an specify color. Black 50%

Is ti possible?

Ps. Indesign CS6

Thanks

Luis, what do you mean by 50% black? Are you trying to convert spot colors to process colors? Or change one color to another color?

Jongware, I just had to join this site so I can thank you. Brilliant little piece of code that probably save me two hours work across many, many documents.

Cheers.

Matt