Text Extraction for INDDCS1 or CS2

[DaAce@adobeforums.com]

There is a very good script to export all the stories of a doc in the free scripting area from adobe.

JG

[Olav_Kvern@adobeforums.com]

Hi April--

The ExportAllStories.jsx script that comes with InDesign CS and CS2 will export all of the text of all of the stories to separate files (text, RTF, or InDesign tagged text) in a folder you specify. The CS2 version of the script is available for download (along with all of the other example scripts) from:

<http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/xml_scripting.html>

Once you've downloaded and uncompressed the zip archive, take the contents of the JavaScript folder and put them in the Scripts folder in the Presets folder inside your InDesign folder. At that point, the scripts will appear in the Scripts palette (to display the Scripts palette, choose Window>Automation>Scripts). To run a script, double-click the script name in the Scripts palette.

To export all of the stories into a single file, you can use Rorohiko's free Lightning Brain Text Exporter (a very nice script-based plug-in). Go to <http://www.rorohiko.com>

Thanks,

Ole

[April_Cleland@adobeforums.com]

Ole - Thank you so much for the information! I will definitely try the Rorhiko plug in and see how it works!