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Converting PM 6.5 Script to ID 2.0

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From: Vincent Macaluso
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 19:20
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Is there a scripting manual available anywhere? 

I need to convert/rewrite the following PageMaker script: 

-- LSU Business Card Generator 
-- by Vincent Macaluso 1/02 
-- Sets up single business card to 10up format, centered on page. 

message "If you ran this script with nothing already selected, it will now 'Select All' before continuing. If this is not what you wanted, oh well." 

--Is anything selected already? 
getPMState >> pmState 

--if nothing is selected, select all. 
if pmState=2 
selectAll 
endif 

--now copy it to the clipboard and open a new page. 
copy 
new 1 

-- set pagesize to letter, set our margins and 10up grid 
pagesize 8.5i, 11i 
pageoptions off, off 
pagemargins .75i, .5i, .75i, .5i 
zeropoint 1.149i, .93i 
guidehoriz 0i 
guidehoriz 2i 
guidehoriz 4i 
guidehoriz 6i 
guidehoriz 8i 
guidehoriz 10i 
guidevert 0i 
guidevert 3.5i 
guidevert 7i 

--paste our top row. 2 cards, 3.5 inches apart. 
multiplepaste 2,3.5i,0i 

--select the top row, and copy it 2 inches downwards 4 times. 
selectAll 
copy 
multiplepaste 4,0i,2i 

--we cant have it all off-center and stuff, now can we? 
--select all ten cards and move them flush with the top left 
--corner formed by our guidelines. 
selectAll 
move left, guide 1 
move top, guide 1 
-- end of script
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