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moketas
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May 12, 2011
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Change font size of an table with javascript

  • May 12, 2011
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Hello!

i am new to developing in javascript as well as to indesign. i have to make a few changes to an existing script. in a user dialouge i get the font size in which the imported table should be. but how can i change the font size of an table???

please respond as soon as possible. thanks very much in advance.

moketas

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Correct answer milligramme

Hi

do you want do like this (rightside) ?

To apply font to each cell, you must access TextFrame => Table => Cell => any TextObject 

var doc = app.documents[0];

// two textframes, they have a table (2x2)
var tf_one = doc.textFrames[0];
var tf_two = doc.textFrames[1];


//applied to story
tf_one.parentStory.appliedFont = "Myriad Pro\tLight";
tf_one.parentStory.pointSize = 24;
//not effective against table text

//applied to text-object of each cells of table
tf_two.parentStory.tables[0].cells.everyItem().texts[0].appliedFont = "Myriad Pro\tBold";
tf_two.parentStory.tables[0].cells.everyItem().texts[0].pointSize = 24;

thank you

mg.

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milligramme
milligrammeCorrect answer
Inspiring
May 12, 2011

Hi

do you want do like this (rightside) ?

To apply font to each cell, you must access TextFrame => Table => Cell => any TextObject 

var doc = app.documents[0];

// two textframes, they have a table (2x2)
var tf_one = doc.textFrames[0];
var tf_two = doc.textFrames[1];


//applied to story
tf_one.parentStory.appliedFont = "Myriad Pro\tLight";
tf_one.parentStory.pointSize = 24;
//not effective against table text

//applied to text-object of each cells of table
tf_two.parentStory.tables[0].cells.everyItem().texts[0].appliedFont = "Myriad Pro\tBold";
tf_two.parentStory.tables[0].cells.everyItem().texts[0].pointSize = 24;

thank you

mg.

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