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Jukka Lauhalahti
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September 20, 2009
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[AS][CS3] counting paragraph lines

  • September 20, 2009
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Hi!

Is there a way to count how many lines of text there are on a paragraph and then add some line breaks if there are not enough lines?

jukka

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Correct answer sstanleyau

"count of lines" will give you the number of lines. To add extra lines, just set the contents of the chosen insertion points to newline.

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Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>

AppleScript Pro, April 2010, Florida <http://www.applescriptpro.com>

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sstanleyauCorrect answer
Inspiring
September 20, 2009

"count of lines" will give you the number of lines. To add extra lines, just set the contents of the chosen insertion points to newline.

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Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>

AppleScript Pro, April 2010, Florida <http://www.applescriptpro.com>

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Jukka LauhalahtiAuthor
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September 21, 2009

Thanks Shane!

It was right under my nose, i must be blind!

jukka

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Jukka LauhalahtiAuthor
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September 21, 2009

Another problem.

I found all the paragraphs that i need, i get the number of lines and if the count of lines is not enough i'll insert returns to the end of paragraph with this loop:

repeat with j from 1 to (11 - theNum)
        set contents of insertion point -1 of theParagraph to return           
end repeat


This works great with first found paragraph but following paragraphs insertion point -1 is not at the end of paragraph.

Baffled...

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