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November 20, 2013
Question

Script to resize all tables in a document

  • November 20, 2013
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I'm using Framemaker 11, and have tons of tables that need to be resized so that they fit within the text frame. Does anyone know of a script or a fast way to resize all the tables in a document at once?

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    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    November 20, 2013

    You can stll get to Rick's old site using this link:

    http://www.frameexpert.com/old/

    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 20, 2013

    TableCleaner does a bunch more than just resizing, and is one of the best values I've seen for a plugin.

    Looks like he's switching his content to a Wordpress site, so here's Rick's direct info:

    rick at frameexpert dot com

    [use link: http://www.frameexpert.com/old/]

    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
    Legend
    November 20, 2013

    Hi Jay,

    I doubt any such script is in the public domain, so I can't offer an immediate solution. I can say, though, that this is exactly the kind of thing that ExtendScript is perfect for. You could probably pull this off with a very simple script, maybe 50 lines of code or less, depending on how detailed the resizing action should be (for example, do you want to proportionally resize all column widths, etc.)?

    Russ

    Inspiring
    November 21, 2013

    I don't do scripting so will look into Table Cleaner.

    Inspiring
    November 20, 2013

    The inexpensive TableCleaner plugin from http://www.frameexpert.com/ can

    do this, but the website appears to be in the middle of a redesign and I

    could not see a way to access the plugins.