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Lightning Brain StoryParker for InDesign

Lightning Brain StoryParker for InDesign - 1.0.7

handle cluttered pages

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This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.0.7
Release Date: 2007-07-02
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 1,565
Downloads (all versions): 4,005

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Product Description:

This plug-in helps you cope with cluttered pages. It adds a number of context menus to various page items
Every page item can be temporarily 'parked' - meaning: you can put it aside, somewhere on the pasteboard, and quickly move it back to exactly where it came from some time later.
Stories spread over linked text boxes can also be parked all together.
The idea is to help you get one or more page items out of the way quickly, for example because you want to reach something that's underneath. Later on, you can move the page items back to their exact original position with a single click.
The neat thing is that parked page items 'remember' where they came from - you can 'unpark' them, which causes them to fly back to the exact location they had before you parked them.
Parked items are put on the pasteboard, and can be moved around freely from there - any movement while they are parked is ignored and forgotten the instant you unpark them.
There is a neat extra trick for text boxes: the context menu you get by right-clicking or control-clicking a text box will also allow you to park the whole story.
All text boxes that contain parts of the same 'text flow' or story are parked together.

What's new in this version:

  • Speed improvement: no more delays when selecting objects (needs free APIR 1.0.42 or higher)

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • InDesign CS, CS2 or CS3

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Lightning Brain StoryParker for InDesign Troubleshooting ReportGet error - Version: 1.0.5, 5/9/2007 06:43AM PST

oneblessedguy1
Every time I try to park the text or shape box I get an error:

JavaScript Error!

Error Number 55
Error String: Object does not support he property or method 'textContainers"
Line: 104
Source: return theStory.textContainers.length;}

I don't think I am doing anything wrong.

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Lightning Brain StoryParker for InDesign ReviewWorking Now - Version: 1.0.2, 6/3/2006 04:40AM PST

WhiteDog
It's working for me now so I am amending my first review. I don't know why it didn't work the first time I tried it. In any event, I think it will be useful once I get the hang of it.
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Lightning Brain StoryParker for InDesign ReviewWorked for me - Version: 1.0.2, 5/27/2006 06:59PM PST

stickman67
I really like this. Fast, simple, effective, free.

And beats command-clicking through layers of objects.
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