All actions and formatting tasks that are done manually in InDesign by an end user can also be automated by a script. If those actions have to be repeated often, a script can save a lot of time. But also reduce stress and less alertness of the end user. For some actions, a script can be build within a few hours.
Ask for a price indication for building a script for your InDesign formatting task.

Actions based on Excel-data

Some actions can be based on data from a CSV-formatted file. Whether certain images or texts (including price info) should be placed or not, for example.

XML import for larger documents

Script can be used to automatically build books, catalogs, manuals, folders, etc.. Data can be loaded from an external source, e.g. via XML. If necessary, a XSL transformation can be applied first. For larger systems, Adobe InDesign server can be used.

- Generate books

Role: InDesign server specialist, during almost 5 years, for a leading European company that offers solutions for education.

- Generate consumer electronics manuals

Philips / IBM Hong Kong voor WOOX, as WoodWing Authorized Developer generate manuals automatically.

- Generate puzzle pages automatically

Keesing (Denksport/Puzzelsport, Telegraaf; i.c.w. Easy Media Support)

- web-to-print

InDesign server as part of a web-to-print solution of Marvia, a company that automates marketing. A monitor page that shows the InDesign server job queue.
HTML to PDF conversion via InDesign server
Data merge / mail merge. Optionally, beforehand, the CSV file can be adjusted automatically. E.g. images for data merge can be downloaded and the URL/link can be converted to a local path on the disk. Also the CSV file can be filtered (on price, categories, brands), sorted (by price, brand, discount) and adjusted (additional columns, rounding numbers), etc.

- product catalogue

Nike

• A company that delivers sun protection and window decoration
  Dealer specific pricelists
• A marketing- and communication office
  In all documents of a book, make the layers visible that are also visible in the first document. And update the table of contents.
  In a document, update references to pages in other InDesign documents, if pages have been inserted in the those other documents.
• An organization for exams and certificates
  Import date from a system (via XML), and format the pages as good as possible.
• A fashion chain
  Import date from a CSV file, and place logos on a certain template.
  Export separate pages as PDF, using chosen PDF presets.
  Personalize a product brochure by placing customer specific parts.
• Several publishers, via Easy Media Support.
• ECI
  Read a CSV file, and place texts and images mentioned in the file, and format them according to the instruction in the CSV file.
• Web shop with a lot of personalized products
  Automate image handling for the products (Photoshop script).
• Valkenet Media
  Reposition selected parts.
• A graphic design office
  Analysis of automatic formatting using Adobe InDesign based on the XML exported by another system.
• A company that automates marketing
  InDesign communicates via scripts and JSON with a web server for obtaining data about how to place elements. The InDesign script places the information on the given positions.
• A publisher
  Books in Docbook XML format are imported in InDesign for output as PDF.
  Books in Docbook XML format are converted to EPUB format using XSLT.
• A communication agency / internet office
  Municipal forms in PDF format (and are well readable / easily accessible) are generated automatically via an InDesign script.

Some Dutch publishers via Easy Media Support.
Functionality: a.o.

• Import in, and export from WoodWing Enterprise server via Javascript in InDesign.
• Export (Dossier/Layout/Article) from WoodWing Enterprise server to XML/NewsML files.
• Copy dossiers/layouts and their related layouts/articles from a certain issue to another issue.

References for other services.