copy a layer between 2 indesign CS3 documents

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#1

Hi all,

I have a lot of InDesign files of which I need to copy 1 layers (with name: “English”) to another InDesign document. Is there a way to do this automatically?

thanks in advance,

grtz

Kris

#2

All,

I managed myself :wink:

Here’s what my applescript looks like:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
	tell document "test2.indd"
		set f to every page item of layer "english"
	end tell
end tell
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
	tell document "test.indd"
		make new layer at end with properties {name:"english"}
	end tell
end tell
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
	duplicate f to layer "english" of document "test.indd"
end tell

It works! Now I need to find a way to copy also the items wich are in the layer “english” but on the Masterpage. With this script, those elements are not copied along :frowning:

grtz

Kris

#3

Hi Kris!

It works for me too!! Thank you so much

#4

Hi,

this is how you ‘unlock’ the items on your page which are on your masterpage so you can copy them along:

Greetz

#5

Why not such a stripped version :

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
	tell document "test2.indd"
		set f to every page item of layer "english"
	end tell

	tell document "test.indd"
		make new layer at end with properties {name:"english"}
		duplicate f to layer "english" 
	end tell
end tell

Yvan KOENIG running Sierra 10.12.1 in French (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 28 novembre 2016 16:55:59