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Adding other languages to the Colecandoo scripts

June 20, 2020 Leave a comment

As this site has become more widely known around the world, the issue of localization has been raised. The scripts I’ve written are based on my initial use as an English speaker with the International English version of Adobe InDesign. That’s fine for myself and other anglophones, but there are also times when scripts that are run on different language versions of Adobe InDesign:

Have an English user interface or output; or
Didn’t work because the script relied on coding that required a code reference based on the English language version of Adobe InDesign.

To this end, I’ve rectified issues concerning non-functioning scripts based on coding issues. However, translating the scripts into other languages is a task that I cannot undertake on my own as I do not speak other languages besides English, and would never solely rely on automatic translation software or services such as Google Translate.

I’m also aware that some of the scripts on this site gain more traction from countries where English is not the first spoken language, such as the following videos:

Profeivan’s video about Data Merge to Single Record Script (Spanish)
InDesignBlog’s video about Data Merge to Single Record Script (German)
Mohammed Khayal’s video about Data Merge to Single Record Script free and pro (Arabic)
Com2Publish video about Draw Measurements Around Objects script (German)
Adobe DE’s video (featuring Haeme Ulrich) about Draw Measurements Around Objects script (German)

Though recently, the stars have somewhat aligned. I was approached to update my wall-planner script so that it could contain German and French user interfaces and outputs. With the assistance from the requester, as well as further assistance that has expanded this to Portuguese as well, this script has been updated.

In addition, the script can provide a wall planner in one of fourteen languages:

English
dansk
deutsch
español
ελληνικά
français
italiano
Nederlands
norsk
polski
português
Русский
suomi
svenska

The updated script can be found on the scripts page. Ultimately, I would like to update this – and other scripts on this site that contain user interfaces or outputs – to feature other languages besides English. If this is of interest to you, please contact me via my contact page.

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The wall planner script cometh!

February 22, 2018 1 Comment

In the article “My Calendar Caffuffle“, I’d mentioned that I was working on a wall planner script for a Christmas release, but due to many factors I was unable to release this script and instead opted for a smaller script that – for many regulars to this site – didn’t really feel like much of a Christmas gift.

To this end, I felt like I let my supporters down and had to make sure that amends were made in the new year. On that note, I was able to work through the issues that held back the script, and I can now release the script free to the public:

This script will create a twelve month planner based on a start month and year, and to an output size in millimetres. There are one of four ways to display the planner based whether the months should appear in rows or columns, and whether the planner should be condensed or expanded. For example:

Before you say “I don’t like the colour” or “the type doesn’t fit”, note that the script creates the necessary styles so that the wall-planner can be tailored to your needs:

Don’t fancy starting the calendar in January? That’s no longer an issue either, the planner can start on any month:

UPDATED 2020-06-20 Need the planner in a language other than English? You can now choose from one of several other languages such as:

dansk (Danish)
deutsch (German)
español (Spanish)
ελληνικά (Greek)
français (French)
italiano (Italian)
Nederlands (Dutch)
norsk (Norweigan)
polski (Polish)
português (Portuguese)
Русский (Russian)
suomi (Finnish)
svenska (Swedish)

UPDATED 2020-06-20 Need a user interface in your language? This version of the script features three additional language interfaces: German, French and Portuguese, with more languages planned to be added. If you would like your language added, please contact me via the contact page.

So that’s the free version of the script that can be downloaded from the scripts page now.

Want more? Well, I’m also working on a pro-version of the wall-planner script that will have additional features such as:

highlight school days from known dates, a customised range, OR a text file;
add events from a text file that contains the dates and events;
(in expanded format) begin the planner on any day, not just Monday;
highlight cells based on Find/Change or GREP searches;
additional formatting options (appearance of months and days).

Lastly, speaking of pro-versions, I’ve also been busy improving my long-popular Data Merge to Single Record script that is now available for purchase from the scripts page. Don’t panic, the free version will remain, but to access features shown in the pro-version’s dialog box below is a paid release.