Adobe 0046100128056 Scripting Guide - Page 33
Creating a document template, XMP metadata, sets up master s, adds footers
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CHAPTER 3: Documents Basic Page Layout 33 var myDocument = app.documents.add(); with (myDocument.metadataPreferences){ author = "Adobe"; copyrightInfoURL = "http://www.adobe.com"; copyrightNotice = "This document is copyrighted."; copyrightStatus = CopyrightStatus.yes; description = "Example of xmp metadata scripting in InDesign CS"; documentTitle = "XMP Example"; jobName = "XMP_Example_2003"; keywords = ["animal", "mineral", "vegetable"]; //The metadata preferences object also includes the read-only //creator, format, creationDate, modificationDate, and serverURL //properties that are automatically entered and maintained by InDesign. //Create a custom XMP container, "email" var myNewContainer = createContainerItem("http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/", "email"); setProperty("http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/", "email/*[1]", "[email protected]"); } Creating a document template This example creates a new document, defines slug and bleed areas, adds information to the document's XMP metadata, sets up master pages, adds page footers, and adds job information to a table in the slug area. (For the complete script, see DocumentTemplate.) //Set the application default margin preferences. with (app.marginPreferences){ //Save the current application default margin preferences. var myY1 = top; var myX1 = left; var myY2 = bottom; var myX2 = right; //Set the application default margin preferences. //Document baseline grid will be based on 14 points, and //all margins are set in increments of 14 points. top = 14 * 4 + "pt"; left = 14 * 4 + "pt"; bottom = "74pt"; right = 14 * 5 + "pt"; } //Make a new document. var myDocument = app.documents.add(); myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth = "7i"; myDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight = "9i"; myDocument.documentPreferences.pageOrientation = PageOrientation.portrait; //At this point, we can reset the application default margins to their original state. with (app.marginPreferences){ top = myY1; left = myX1; bottom = myY2; right = myX2; } //Set up the bleed and slug areas. with(myDocument.documentPreferences){ //Bleed documentBleedBottomOffset = "3p"; documentBleedTopOffset = "3p"; documentBleedInsideOrLeftOffset = "3p"; documentBleedOutsideOrRightOffset = "3p"; //Slug