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10 Free and Extremely Useful Illustrator Scripts

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There are a great deal of resources out there and in this post you will find 10 free and useful scripts for Illustrator!

Scripts?
Illustrator supports scripting from AppleScript, Visual Basic, JavaScript, and ExtendScript. When activated, these scripts perform operations within Illustrator or may involve other programs such as word processing, spreadsheet and database programs. You can use some of Illustrator’s scripts, downloaded scripts, or create your own scripts. For more info on scripting in Illustrator, check out the scripting documentation in the Adobe Illustrator CS3/Scripting folder.


This page guide you how to installing scripts and introduce 10 free + useful scripts [and download links],
such as ...

• Close All Paths / Close All Selected Paths
• Divide Text Frame
• Join Text Frames
• Fleurify
• Metaball
• CMYK to Pantone v.2
• Vary Hues / Randomize Colors
• Save File With Timestamps v.3
• Circle
• Swap Objects

Many of those scripts from www.wundes.com/ Please read about John's Scripts for Illustrator.
Mostly Javascripts for Illustrator 10 and later.
When you DOWNLOAD from wundes.com,
"Click here to download" WITH RIGHT CLICK-> SAVE LINK AS... ->

For more info on scripting in Illustrator, check out the scripting documentation in the Adobe Illustrator CS3/Scripting folder.

Adobe Support + Forum

Adobe : User Forum
http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/

User Forum : InDesign Mac OS
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.ee6b330/

User Forum : Illustrator Mac OS
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.ee6b324/

User Forum : Photoshop Mac OS
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.ee6b362/

User Forum : Acrobat Mac OS
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.ee6b2ed/
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Adobe : Support
http://www.adobe.com/support/

Creative Suite 3 Support Center
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/microsites/microsite.do?msid=MS_CS3_1_1

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A designer’s guide to transparency for print output
: Download how-to PDF
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/creativesuite/articles/cs3ip_transparency.pdf

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Forum : Topics : InDesign CS3 Mac - Printing
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc3b5ea
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Forum : Topics : Acrobat Mac OS
Acrobat 8 asks for Administrator authentication.
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc31dc7
-If you have problem to open Acrobat app. MUST SEE for solvation!
To see contents of an app, Control + click then see “show package contents”

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Subjects From ... Adobe : Support - TechNote
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INDESIGN

Printing multiple copies of a multi-page document from InDesign CS3 is very slow
(Intel-based Macintosh)
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402011

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Can't print to non PostScript Epson printer from Illustrator or InDesign
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=331376
- Reason
You are printing on Mac OS X v10.3.9 or earlier, or you are printing borderless from Mac OS X v10.4.2 or earlier.
- Background information
Illustrator CS, CS2 and InDesign CS, CS2 are unable to print borderless to some non-PostScript Epson printer models. There are incompatibilities between Illustrator CS, CS2 and InDesign CS, CS2 when printing to some non-PostScript Epson printer models on Mac OS X v10.3.9 or earlier.

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Can't print to non-PostScript printer from Illustrator or InDesign
(CS3, CS2 on Mac OS X)
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=332627

- Issue
When you try to print to a non-PostScript printer from Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign, the file appears in the printer's list of jobs, but one of the following problems occurs:
* The file doesn't print.
* The file disappears from the list of print jobs but doesn't print.
* The file disappears from the list of print jobs, the file doesn't print, and the printer returns an error message, such as "Job Stopped."
- Details
You are printing to one of the following printers:
* Epson Stylus Photo RX620
* Epson Stylus Photo R2400
* Epson Stylus Photo R1800
* Epson Stylus CX6600
* Canon I9900

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Unexpected spacing when you export to PDF from InDesign CS2 or CS3
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb400866
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Indesign CS3 Troubleshoot system errors or freezes in InDesign CS3 on Mac OS X
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb400690&sliceId=2

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