So what can javascript do?

[MoonLizard]

I bought a book on inDesign and looked through the Help menu, but I am still sketchy on what javascript can do for me.

For example, I have a book comprising 20 documents. Can javascript uniformly alter the margins of all 20 documents in one sweep? Can it adjust the width of all tables appearing in a book? In a document?

I am familiar with javascript, but not a programmer. But I can learn if I think there are some things it can do for that will save time.

 

[jimoblak]

While you may get an answer in this forum, Tek-Tips seems to serve a general user base that may have no idea how to answer your question. To get access to Javascript experts, consider the InDesign Scripting forum at

http://www.adobeforums.com

- - picklefish - -
Why is everyone in this forum responding to me as picklefish?

 

[MoonLizard]

This is embarrassing, but I cannot figure out how to use that board. The Help menu says I should look for a link titled "Ask a New Question," but that link shows up nowhere. (Couldn't even find it with a word search.) And yes, I was logged in at the time. Must be the Twilight Zone.

 

[jmgalvin]

When you're on the main page of the forum - with all the listed topics, click on ADD TOPIC above the listed topics.

 

[MoonLizard]

There is no such link that I can find.

Here is what the page looks like from my perspective.

online.dataworks-ed.com/phpBB2/mydocs/AdobeForum01.gif

(I blotted out my username for wierd, personal reasons.)

I feel like Oliver Wendell Douglas. Everyone can talk to Arnold except me!

 

[jmgalvin]

You should be seeing in your browser

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.eea52bc

 

[MoonLizard]

Heh. I guess it didn't do much good to blot out my username if I provided the full URL in the image.

At any rate, I still don't see any link to post. Hmmmmm... maybe they don't want my type hanging out in there.

BTW, I found the Adobe scripting guide to be quite helpful, so I think I have the javascript issue sorted out. Now if I could only figure out a way to post...