Re: Newbie Yearbook

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From: Jens_W_Schulze
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 07:57

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Doug_Thomson@adobeforums.com wrote:

> Is there any way that I can use the tab delimited file (or an Excel
> File using the data) to automatically enter captions (the students'
> names) for the images in the layout based on their file name (student
> number)?

You can use the scripting interface to automatically place pictures and
texts from any DB source, but for this you would need basic knowledge
for a programming language like Visual Basic that is able to interact
with InDesign. There is no out-of-the-box solution available as far as
I know.

Jens

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