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Copy PDF to clipboard script / shortcut

InDesign has the option to set "Copy PDF to Clipboard" on or off in Clipboard Handling preferences.

 

For copy-pasting in InDesign, I prefer to keep this option turned off, otherwise many artwork easily takes up to 10 seconds or more to render a PDF that I don't need (big / complex artwork can even take a minute, or make InDesign crash).

For pasting in external applications like Illustrator or Photoshop, PDF is required so I temporarily turn it on.

 

I use both equally and I find myself turning the option on and off multiple times a day.

 

I'm wondering, should it be possible to assign a keyboard shortcut specifically to copy a PDF to the clipboard, without the need to turn this option on through the preferences panel?

For example:

CMD + C = copy normally

CTRL + CMD + C = copy PDF

 

I'm not really into scripting, but I can imagine it's "easy" to assign a shortcut to a script that turns on the option, copies the artowrk, and restores the option again.


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