TextExporter 5

Installing

To install TextExporter 5, you need to use PluginInstaller. PluginInstaller is a generic application we use to simplify installing scripts and extensions.

You can download PluginInstaller from https://PluginInstaller.com. Please follow the instructions provided.

Before you can install the most recent software products from Rorohiko, including TextExporter, you need to create an account within PluginInstaller.

Next, use the Browse the Store for Software window to navigate to the Rorohiko catalog.

Find and click the entry for TextExporter, to make a bookmark.

On the Installing and Ordering window, click the Download button to download TextExporter 5 to your computer. Patience – this can take a minute or so.

Click the Install button to install the TextExporter 5 extension into InDesign.

Restart InDesign if it was running. TextExporter should now be available under the Window – Extensions – TextExporter menu item.

Purchasing

If you’ve never installed TextExporter before, you’ll have 30 days to try out TextExporter. After that, you need to purchase an activation code.

An activation code costs US$29 per seat, per year (excl. tax).

To purchase, you need PluginInstaller again. Go to the Installing and Ordering window, select the bookmark for TextExporter. If need be you can enter a meaningful (to you) reference, and adjust the seat count, then click Purchase.

Activation is not instantaneous – once your purchase has been completed, we’ll register your activation into our server in the next 24 hours. You can check on the progress in the Licenses, Activations and Pending Orders window: you can click the order line to force a refresh; once the activation is finalised, the order line will change from ‘Purchased’ to ‘Valid’

Usage

Open the InDesign document you wish to export text from.

Select the ‘Window – Extensions – TextExporter…’ menu item.

A “Text Export Options” dialog should come up. Select the text gathering method you want (see the text gathering section below for more details).

Select the page range you want to export text from.

Click ‘Export’ or ‘Export As…’ to start the export.

With ‘Export As…’, a file-save dialog will appear, so you can select the location of the exported text. Choose a destination folder and a filename and click ‘OK’.

With ‘Export’, the exported text will be saved next to the InDesign document being exported.

Limitations

Occasionally, certain documents will cause InDesign to crash, most commonly due to slight document corruptions that don’t surface during normal use. The following FAQ entry has some more info on how to work around these issues.

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