Find overflow Text

Question

Hi every one is there a script that help to find the text boxes with overflow text (like in indesign with overset text)

frameexpert · Accepted Answer

Dear Rickhere is a samplehttps://www.yousendit.com/download/TEhXT204NDI1R1BWUThUQwsorry for being soo lateOK, now that I see your document, I see the problem. My script was set to skip unnamed flows, and your callouts are in unnamed flows, which is fine. Here is the modified script:var doc = app.ActiveDoc;var flow = doc.FirstFlowInDoc;while (flow.ObjectValid()) { var textFrame, subCol; // Get the last TextFrame and its last Sub Column. textFrame = flow.LastTextFrameInFlow; subCol = textFrame.LastSubCol; if (subCol.Overflowed === 1) { alert ("TextFrame is overflowed."); } flow = flow.NextFlowInDoc;}

frameexpert · Answer

In FrameMaker, it is sub columns (children of text frames) that have an Overflowed property. You can use something like this to see how it works:

var doc = app.ActiveDoc;

var flow = doc.FirstFlowInDoc;

while (flow.ObjectValid()) {

var textFrame, subCol;

// Skip unnamed flows.

if (flow.Name !== "") {

// Get the last TextFrame and its last Sub Column.

textFrame = flow.LastTextFrameInFlow;

subCol = textFrame.LastSubCol;

if (subCol.Overflowed === 1) {

alert ("TextFrame is overflowed.");

}

flow = flow.NextFlowInDoc;

}

In reality, you will have to do something more practical when you find an overflowed sub column, like select it and scroll to it. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thanks.

Rick

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