Welcome
Welcome to Michèle’s BlankPages plugin, designed to place a Blank Page parent page on empty pages.
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General information
Plugin name: BlankPages
Version: 1.0.0 – 8/18/26
Fee: Free
Availability: Available in Adobe Marketplace
Source code in book: Adobe InDesign Automation of Nonfiction Books via JavaScript
Requirements
There are no specific requirements for this plugin to do its job.
What it does
BlankPages cycles through the documents pages. If the page is empty, it applies the BP-Blank parent page to it. If it is not empty, it applies the RP-Regular parent page to it. The intent is that the reader should be comforted by the fact that the author notified him/her that the page was intentionally left empty (blank page). The empty page is not an oversight. This task could be customized by inserting selected images to enhance reader experience. The Blank page task can be run again and again as the InDesign user tweaks the document which may cause pages to get somewhat shuffled.
Please note that a dialog box displays the HOMEDIR full path to enable the plugin user find the BlankPagesReadme.txt file.
For more information
You will find source code in my InDesign automation book so that you could roll your own BlankPages plugin.
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