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Davis_XI
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March 15, 2023
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Auto text flow script

  • March 15, 2023
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Does anyone have a script that turns off the smart text flow preference? I'd like to apply the script when the document is opened.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

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    Correct answer rob day

    Thanks for being patient.

    It's still not working after i moved it to the startup scripts folder. I'm saving it down from Visual Studio Code. Could it be something wrong there. Here is the code copied out of VSC - 

     


    It's still not working after i moved it to the startup scripts folder.

     

    Did you restart InDesign? Try adding an alert to test the listener, and include the targetengine line. Change to this and restart after you add it to the startup folder:

     

    #targetengine "smartText";

app.addEventListener("afterOpen", changeSmartText);

function changeSmartText(e) {
    if (e.parent.constructor.name == "LayoutWindow") {
        e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
        alert("This document's Smart Text Reflow has been set to: " + e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow)
    }
};

     

    I get this everytime I open a document:

     

     

     

     

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    Bailhongal
    Participant
    August 14, 2023

    RAJKUMAR

    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 15, 2023

    You could run this from your scripts panel, and any document you open while ID is running would have the preference set.  Or you can put it in your startup scripts folder and it will always run on a startup:

     

     

    #targetengine "smartText";

app.addEventListener("afterOpen", changeSmartText);
function changeSmartText(e) {
    if (e.parent.constructor.name == "LayoutWindow") {
        e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
    }
};

     

     

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      Davis_XIAuthor
      Known Participant
      March 15, 2023

      Hi Rob, thanks but I can't seem to get it to work. So far I've only tried running it with a document open. Is it referencing the previous script or will it work by itself? Really sorry for asking stupid questions ☺️ 

      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 15, 2023

      It’s listening for an open event, so it wouldn’t affect a document that is already open.

       

      Does it work if you close then reopen the document?

      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 15, 2023

      Hi @Davis_XI , do you want it to happen automatically every time any document is opened? In that case it would have to be a startup script that listens for an open event.

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      Davis_XIAuthor
      Known Participant
      March 15, 2023

      Hi Rob, in a perfect world that is how it would work. I've been looking into how to create an open event.

      m1b
      Community Expert
      m1bCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 15, 2023

      Hi @Davis_XI, this little script should turn it off. - Mark

      var doc = app.activeDocument;
doc.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
alert('Smart Text Reflow = ' + doc.textPreferences.smartTextReflow);
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