Category Archives: APIDToolAssistant

TextExporter 2.0.8 available

Posted on October 9, 2009 by kris

Our ever more popular TextExporter tool has had a face-lift. TextExporter is a free plug-in for Adobe InCopy and Adobe InDesign that allows you to export all text from an InDesign file to a single file – in either Text, RTF or InDesign … Continue reading →

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ImageHorn and ImageLibraryLoader Updated

Posted on September 16, 2009 by kris

ImageHorn is a free plug-in for Adobe InDesign to automatically resize or re-fit an image frame’s contents when the image frame is resized. ImageHorn has a new feature – it is now possible to ‘pre-assign’ a fitting option to an … Continue reading →

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How to Populate a Template With Images in No Time At All

Posted on September 16, 2009 by kris

This short article will explain how you can set up a template with a bunch of image frames, and then populate this template with images, much faster than you’d expect, using Adobe InDesign CS3 or above. The secret to this … Continue reading →

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APID ToolAssistant updated

Posted on September 14, 2009 by kris

We’ve just released an update to the APID ToolAssistant plug-in – version 1.0.47. This plug-in has no end-user features; it is mainly an invisible, yet critical component of many popular InDesign plug-ins, both developed by us or by other software … Continue reading →

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APIDToolAssistant updated for CS4

Posted on November 7, 2008 by kris

The APIDToolAssistant 1.0.46 has been released. More info can be found here. Download APID ToolAssistant (version 1.0.46. Includes versions for Mac, Windows, InDesign CS, InDesign CS2, InDesign CS3 and InDesign CS4). This version is of interest to end-users and scripters alike. It … Continue reading →

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How to add InDesign page item adornments using scripting

Posted on October 15, 2008 by kris

Ingredients – Adobe® InDesign® CS or higher (the APIDToolAssistant plug-in is available for InDesign CS, CS2, CS3, CS4, Mac and Windows). – A licensed copy or a demo version of APIDToolAssistant 1.0.46 or higher. It also works with unlicensed versions, … Continue reading →

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APIDToolAssistant merges Active Page Items Developer Kernel and Active Page Items Runtime

Posted on May 15, 2008 by kris

There is a new version of the free Lightning Brain Text Exporter; it adds better support for InDesign CS3, and support for text gathering for right-to-left languages. It also adds some optional new features whose availability is linked to the purchase … Continue reading →

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