// an InDesign CS3 JavaScript for rotating an object by one degree 
 
myScriptIDC	= "No InDesign documents are open or nothing is selected!"; 
rot_noSel	= "Nothing is selected. \nPlease select object and try again."; 
 
if ((app.name != "Adobe InDesign")  || ((app.name == "Adobe InDesign") && (app.documents.length == 0))) 
	{ 
	alert(myScriptIDC); 
	} 
else if (app.selection.length != 0) 
	{ 
	(app.version[0] < "4") ? (app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll) : (app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll); 
	rot_myObjects = new Array; 
	for(rot_myCounter = 0; rot_myCounter < app.selection.length; rot_myCounter++) 
		{ 
		switch(app.selection[rot_myCounter].constructor.name) 
			{ 
			case "Rectangle": 
			case "Polygon": 
			case "GraphicLine": 
			case "Oval": 
			case "TextFrame": 
			case "Group": 
			rot_myObjects.push(app.selection[rot_myCounter]); 
			} 
		} 
	if(rot_myObjects.length > 0) 
		{ 
		for (rot_myObjectCounter=0; rot_myObjectCounter < rot_myObjects.length; rot_myObjectCounter++) 
			{ 
			rot_myObject = rot_myObjects[rot_myObjectCounter]; 
			myAnchor = app.layoutWindows[0].transformReferencePoint;  
			myTransformationMatrix = app.transformationMatrices.add(); 
			itemAngle = rot_myObject.rotationAngle; 
			//  
			// EDIT THIS LINE TO ROTATE DIFFERENT DEGREES 
			myTransformationMatrix = myTransformationMatrix.rotateMatrix(-1);  
			rot_myObject.transform(CoordinateSpaces.pasteboardCoordinates,  myAnchor, myTransformationMatrix); 
			} 
		} 
	} 
else 
	{ 
	alert(rot_noSel); 
	} 

myTransformationMatrix = myTransformationMatrix.rotateMatrix(1); 

myTransformationMatrix = myTransformationMatrix.rotateMatrix(-itemAngle); 

#target indesign; 
 
if (app.documents.length > 0) 
   for (n = 0; n < app.selection.length; n++) 
   try {app.selection[n].rotationAngle += 1} catch (_){}