Previously, this space has been occupied by a long list of things that ID-Tasker CAN do – but this list would have to be constantly updated – which would be a complete waste of time.

Instead, let’s list things that ID-Tasker CAN’T do for you – which would be much easier:

  • ID-Tasker can’t decide, if some image will look better / should be positioned on the left or right,
  • ID-Tasker can’t decide, if this image should be a square or a vertical / horizontal rectangle,
  • ID-Tasker can’t decide, which part of this image should be visible.

And that’s pretty much a complete list of things that ID-Tasker CAN’T do – anything else, no matter how crazy, as long as it can be clicked – ID-Tasker can click it for you.

ID-Tasker isn’t limited to communicating and controlling only InDesign – it can do the same with Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, MS WORD, Excel, PowerPoint, CorelDRAW, etc. – with anything that can be controlled through VBA / VB6.

ID-Tasker has full access to all your system resources – local databases, files, folders, servers in your local network, etc.

ID-Tasker can connect to almost anything on the web – FTP, email, web services, etc.

ID-Tasker can work 24/7.

ID-Tasker is extremely versatile – can be used by beginners or to perform simple, repetitive operations – as a “3rd, helping hand” – or can be used to automate complex workflows – import data, process data, export, upload somewhere.

You can think of ID-Tasker as a much more advanced version of Actions in Photoshop / Illustrator – unfortunately, right now, recording isn’t implemented, you’ll need to recreate your steps manually using rules/commands and save them as Tasks.

Even if you are not interested in automating things – you can always use free version as a browser of the complete structure of your document.


So, if you are here not by an accident and you value your time and money – ID-Tasker is your answer.

You can check Documentation here. It’s not a complete list as new options are added all the time.

If you have any special requirements or you want to ask if something can be automated – please get in touch.


Now, it’s time for a bold, maybe for some too bold, statement:



  • ID-Tasker as DAM

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  • ID-Tasker as backup solution

    As IDT has full access to all system resources – it can work as a File Manager. At the end of the day, instead of making copy of your document manually – you can create a Task that will do everything for you. It can be as simple as: Or can be way more advanced:…

  • ID-Tasker as Font Manager

    As IDT has full access to all system resources – it can work as a File Manager – in this case, copy files – fonts. You can have fonts used in your document stored in 3x places: Depends on what you are doing, what is your workflow: So you no longer have to worry about…

  • ID-Tasker Server

    At some point, it must’ve happened… So – it finally happened… ID-Tasker for InDesign Server. There are two main operating modes: Master – is responsible for distributing workloads between Workers. There is always ONLY ONE Master – but you can have as many Workers as you need. Each Worker is connected to a single Instance…

  • Extract Texts From Linked INDD files

    (based on the post from Adobe Forum) Let’s assume that you have a lot of INDD files linked to your Main INDD file – and you need to extract some texts – or objects / tables / whatever – from those linked INDD(*) files – the reason can be as simple as “just for fun”…

  • Convert Bookmarks to Text Anchors

    Let’s say you have a document full of Bookmarks: Unfortunatey – you can’t select them as a destinations for Hyperlinks: But there is a very simple solution: Convert Bookmark to Text Anchor rule: Let’s load Bookmarks: you need to switch to HLinks list, then check Bookmarks, then click Load. Now you have access to ALL…