Since Adobe Creative Suite 2 was created with built-in support for scripting, virtually every repetitive tasks or time consuming that creative professionals have to do in InDesign can be streamlined or automated with the help of scripts. This book explains how to use JavaScript to manipulate and expand Adobe InDesign in Adobe Creative Suite 2, and provides reference information for the JavaScript objects, properties, and functions defined by Adobe applications, as well as various utilities and tools that are part of ExtendScript, Adobe ? s own implementation of JavaScript. This scripting reference provides the information you need to create customized scripts for InDesign, whether you? Re looking to automate the process of your company's page layout,? Converting large batches of InDesign files to XML, need an easy way to run a search-and-replace sequence within a large document, or want to create a script that instantly adds pre-built design elements to your InDesign page layouts.