Your First Practical InDesign Automation: Opening and Closing Multiple Files
0. Who This Article Is For This is the second article in the beginner automation series. It assumes you already know how to run a simple .jsx file in InDesign. (If not, please read the first article in this series first.) You do not need advanced JavaScript knowledge. If you work with InDesign Books and regularly open multiple documents for checking or review, this article is for you. The goal is simple: Remove repeated friction. 1. The Problem: Opening 15 Files Manually Imagine this situation: One Book file 15 InDesign documents inside 5 language versions After translation, you need to open every file to check layout, overset, images, or styles. Opening 15 files once is not a problem. Opening them 100 times over a project lifecycle is. The action itself is trivial. The repetition is not. 2. Why This Doesn’t Scale Automation is not about complexity. It is about repetition. Opening files manually: Click Wait Click Wait This pattern seems ...
