And of course, you use the script at your own risk. However, I can’t provide any technical support for the script. If you have suggestions for making the script better, please leave them in the comments below. I don’t want to start a firestorm of “why do you set up your preferences that way!” The way I like to have my preferences and panel options set is not necessarily the way you want them to be.
I’m sharing the script here with a bit of trepidation. Likewise, there isn’t a reliable way to turn on the View > Extras > Show Text Threads setting with a script. Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be any way to set the small panel rows option that appears in the Paragraph Styles panel menu and many other places.The final lines set various setup-related things the way that I like them.Next, you’ll see lines that set many of the options found in various panel menus, such as the appearance of the Pages panel.The lines following those set most of the options found in the various menus in InDesign.The first 200+ lines of the script set each and every one of the settings found in InDesign > Preferences (Mac) or Edit > Preferences (Windows).
This text is “commenting” that I’ve added liberally to help you figure out how to make changes. jsx extension. You’ll see lots of text in the script preceded with “//”. If you are adventurous, open the script with a text editing program, make your changes, and save the file in text-only format with a.
If you’re interested, you can download a copy of the script here. So I did what any reasonable person would do in this situation…I wrote a script to set all of my preferences.
If, after waiting 10 minutes, your license will not activate on your new machine please contact us using the support form on our web site for further assistance.As new versions of InDesign are released frequently, and as I move from computer to computer frequently, I have found it more and more challenging lately to keep all of the preferences and panel options set up the way that I like them. NOTE: Once you have deactivated Eas圜atalog you will need to wait around 10 minutes before attempting to re-activate your license on your new machine.
On Windows this can be found on the Help menu on Macintosh it is on the InDesign application menu. To transfer your Eas圜atalog license to a new machine: The location of the workspace folder on your new machine can be found in Eas圜atalog’s preferences as above. The folder that is now highlighted in Windows Explorer or Macintosh Finder is your workspace folder, which you should now copy to your new machine.
On Windows these can be found on the Edit > Preferences > Eas圜atalog menu on Macintosh they are on the InDesign > Preferences > Eas圜atalog menu. To transfer your workspace folder to another machine: press the (i) button at the bottom of your data panel followed by the “ Save As Default” option to save the panel’s configuration as the default for its data source.Exported configurations can be imported to your new machine using the Configuration > Import menu option export a configuration file from your data panel using the Configuration > Export menu.If you need to transfer these settings, either: The workspace folder contains configuration information about each of the data sources, but by default it does not contain information about how each panel is presented (i.e. Your Eas圜atalog data sources are stored in your Eas圜atalog Workspace folder. Moving Eas圜atalog to a new machine involves two steps: moving the configuration of your data sources and your licenses.