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EubhaLiath
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February 23, 2024
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Does anyone know how to script a find/replace within specific paragraph style?

  • February 23, 2024
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Hi again!

 

I'm looking for a script to remove a specific word from any instances of a specific paragraph style. So for any text with ParagraphStyle find Text and replace with "". I've found scripts to do find/replace but never with the style specified. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Eubha

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    Correct answer rob day

    Thank you so much, this does exactly what I need! Only issue is, as Robert alluded to above, it doesn't work if the style is inside a style folder. Can you help me understand how to alter this code to fix that please?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Eubha


    Try this:

     

    var ps = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyleGroups.everyItem().paragraphStyles.itemByName("TextStyle")
pStyleSearch(ps,"World", "");


/**
* Paragraph Style Grep find and change 
* @ param ps the find paragraph style 
* @ param f the find string 
* @ param c the change string
* @ return void 
*/
function pStyleSearch(ps,f,c){
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = app.findChangeGrepOptions = null;
    app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties = {includeFootnotes:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, wholeWord:false} 
    app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = ps;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = f;
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = c;
    app.activeDocument.changeGrep( true )
}

     

    2 replies

    jmlevy
    Community Expert
    jmlevyCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 23, 2024

    I am not a scripter but you don't need any script to do this. Simply run a find change and specify the paragraph style you want by clicking on the icon which is surrounded on my screenshot.

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      EubhaLiathAuthor
      Known Participant
      February 27, 2024

      Thanks but I'm looking to add it to a script so it's done as part of a larger automated process.

      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 27, 2024

      I'm looking to add it to a script so it's done as part of a larger automated process

       

      Hi @EubhaLiath , You could add a helper function to your larger script, something like this:

       


      pStyleSearch(app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.itemByName("TextStyle"), "World", "");

/**
* Paragraph Style Grep find and change 
* @ param ps the find paragraph style 
* @ param f the find string 
* @ param c the change string
* @ return void 
*/
function pStyleSearch(ps,f,c){
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = app.findChangeGrepOptions = null;
    app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties = {includeFootnotes:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, wholeWord:false} 
    app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = ps;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = f;
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = c;
    app.activeDocument.changeGrep( true )
}

       

       

      Does this:

       

       

       

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Legend
      February 23, 2024

      You need to set appliedParagraphStyle in FindTextPreference - something like this:

       

       

      var doc = app.activeDocument;
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = doc.allParagraphStyles("my style");

       

       

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/script-find-paragraph-style-under-the-folder/td-p/12833881

       

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        EubhaLiathAuthor
        Known Participant
        February 27, 2024

        Thank you!

        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Legend
        February 27, 2024

        You are welcome.

         

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