Adobe 0046100128056 - InDesign - Mac - Defining and Applying Document Presets

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var myDocument = app.activeDocument
with (myDocument.viewPreferences){
var myOldXUnits = horizontalMeasurementUnits;
var myOldYUnits = verticalMeasurementUnits;
horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;
verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;
}
//At this point, you can perform any series of script actions
//that depend on the measurement units you've set. At the end of
//the script, reset the measurement units to their original state.
with (myDocument.viewPreferences){
try{
horizontalMeasurementUnits = myOldXUnits;
verticalMeasurementUnits = myOldYUnits;
}
catch(myError){
alert("Could not reset custom measurement units.");
}
}
Defining and applying document presets
InDesign document presets enable you to store and apply common document set-up information (page
size, page margins, columns, and bleed and slug areas). When you create a new document, you can base
the document on a document preset.
Creating a preset by copying values
To create a document preset using an existing document’s settings as an example, open a document that
has the document set-up properties you want to use in the document preset, then run the following script
(from the DocumentPresetByExample tutorial script):
var myDocumentPreset;
if(app.documents.length > 0){
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
//If the document preset "myDocumentPreset" does not already
//exist, create it.
myDocumentPreset = app.documentPresets.item("myDocumentPreset");
try {
var myPresetName = myDocumentPreset.name;
}
catch (myError){
myDocumentPreset = app.documentPresets.add({name:"myDocumentPreset"});
}
//Set the application default measurement units to match the document
//measurement units.
app.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits =
myDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits;
app.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits =
myDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits;
//Fill in the properties of the document preset with the corresponding
//properties of the active document.
with(myDocumentPreset){
//Note that the following gets the page margins
//from the margin preferences of the document; to get the margin
//preferences from the active page,replace "app.activeDocument" with
//"app.activeWindow.activePage" in the following line (assuming the