Adobe InDesign has a bunch of really useful scripts that many users may not be aware of. While scripting can sound scary, you only need to double-click your mouse to run a script.
In order to run the scripts you need to open the script panel located in Window > Automation > Scripts. Inside the script panel open up the Application > Samples > JavaScript folders until you see a large list of scripts. Inside here you will find a variety of scripts that will vary in their usefulness depending on your work-flow. Here is a selection of my favorites scripts that come with InDesign and how they work.
Add Guides
With this script you can choose to add guides to any side of your selected object, even if you have multiple objects selected
Corner Effects
You can finally control the corners individually on every box. Round any corner you like!
Crop Marks
Easily add crop marks to as many items on the page as you wish. They will even be put on their own layer. This is really useful when you need to mock something up for the client.
Make Grid
This is my favorite script. If you draw out a large fame and run the script, you can determine the number of frames are a created as subdivisions from the original frame.
These are just a small selection of the scripts that ship with InDesign. Explore the other scripts and you will be surprised at the variety that you will find.
