InDesign: Creating a Script from scratch

[Ms.O]

Okay. I don't know any kind of computer language except HTML and I want to create an automated set of actions in InDesign. Both Illustrator and Photoshop have "Actions" that you just "record" what you want done and that becomes your script/macro/action. Why doesn't InDesign have that option?!?!?

How do I do it if I don't know those languages that the Script is written in? Man, it's super-frustrating! And ridiculous that they didn't include a simple way to do it in this program!!

Or is there a way to do this that I'm missing?

[emucru]

What are you trying to accomplish? There might already be an existing script.

Also try posting in the adobe InDesign scripting forum.
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.3bbf275d

good luck!

[Ms.O]

I didn't see one when I looked before. Plus even if there was anything similar, I wouldn't know how to edit it.

I want to do a series of several step & repeat actions, with different variables, all in one scipt.

[Craig B]

Well, the scripts (at least on the Mac version) are all Applescripts of javascripts. So, you'd have to know applescript or javascript to edit or create them.

[Ms.O]

Same on the Windows version. And that's the problem. I don't.

And why wouldn't InDesign just let you record the steps of a script, like in Illustrator and Photoshop? Why require that you know programming language? Weird.