Let’s admit - JavaScript is one of the biggest and most widely used programming languages around. He has worked as a Scripting Engineer at Typefi since 2010.Shruti Kaushik | 21 Mar, 2023 16 Best JavaScript Books for Beginners & Pros He is the author of JavaScript for InDesign and GREP in InDesign (both available from ) and is highly regarded in the global InDesign scripting community.
Peter has been programming InDesign with JavaScript since 2003, mainly to cut out the tedium that faces every typesetter and indexer but in equal measure because it’s good fun.
He combined this with teaching at the Linguistics Department at Lancaster University. He trained as a linguist at the University of Amsterdam and has an MA and a PhD, specialising in syntax, semantics, and typology.Īfter moving to the UK in 1994, he worked as a typesetter, editor, copy-editor, and indexer (and sometimes as a designer too) for publishers in the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany, preparing for the press both books and journals. Peter was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Get started today! Download free excerpt (PDF) Buy the book (InDesign Secrets) If you’re typesetting in InDesign, a little bit of scripting know-how can save you a whole lot of time and effort. Several scripts for managing and manipulating text.The basics of JavaScript, covering the main elements of the language with examples to get you started.Adobe’s script editor and the InDesign object model.JavaScript for InDesign is intended for people who know InDesign fairly well but do not necessarily know much about scripting or programming. The excerpt also includes an exclusive set of simple one-liner scripts that Peter came up with to give you a quick taste of success! Supercharge your InDesign skills! Thanks to the team at InDesign Secrets, you can now download an excerpt which first appeared in the April 2020 edition of InDesign Magazine. If you want to learn how to access Adobe InDesign’s hidden scripting riches, Peter Kahrel’s book JavaScript for InDesign is a great place to start! There are many repetitive and labour-intensive Adobe InDesign tasks that can be solved with scripting. Posted in General News, News + Events, Typefi Insights
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