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I can't help you with 1.5.2... I can, however, suggest that 2.0.2 is WELL WORTH THE UPGRADE, and assure you that with 2.0.2 the scripts palette works great.

I thought that the Scripts Palette was a 2.0.2 feature? In our workflow it's barely relevant, as we automate from outside the app and just run VB or VBA scripts that entirely control what goes on in InDesign - this works fine in 1.5, etc. as well. I guess a scripts palette would be mildly helpful when you're working in InDesign and want to, say, run a script that impacts a selection. But still you can do such a thing from a VB form.

If you are planning to use InDesign in a significant enough way that scripts are of interest, you should really consider working with the current version. The improvements between 1.5 and 2 are huge: it's still a young enough program that each new version represents a major step forward, not a "churning" sort of "upgrade" as is common these days with other programs. Tables, for example, did it even have tables in 1.5? 2.0 to me is a complete page composition system, while 1.5 was a great start towards a complete page composition system...

If, on the other hand, you are still evaluating the product and have your hands on 1.5.2, probably you'd do fine to run scripts without using a scripts palette.

Max Dunn
Silicon Publishing