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Rogerio5C09
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October 20, 2023
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Find and replace text by condition

  • October 20, 2023
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Hi all! Can I have a script that finds text with "Condition 1" applied and replaces it with the text from "Condition 2"? I guess it should be a simple copy-paste?

 

I have already created and applied the conditions in the document. No need any fancy options or dialog boxe.


Thanks in advance for the help!

 

Regards,

Rogerio

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    Correct answer Anantha Prabu G

    Hi,

     

    Use the Folder object:

    var fold = Folder(“some/path”);
    var inddFiles =fold.getFiles(“*.indd”);
    for (var i = 0; i < inddFiles.length; i++) {
    var doc = app.open(inddFiles[i]);
    //do stuff
    }

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    Rogerio5C09Author
    Inspiring
    October 20, 2023

    Just to clarify, there's a way to create and apply conditions to a text in InDesign via Conditional Text panel. It works like Layers, but for the text inside the frames instead - the condition marks up (by underlining or highlighting) the selected text and you can easily hide it from the document. It's very useful!

     

    If we have a script for an appliedCharacterStyle, we can change it to  "appliedConditions" and I believe it should do the trick 🙂

    Willi Adelberger
    Community Expert
    Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 20, 2023

    You can always apply a character style to text with a condition manuallxy. Problem is only, if a text has 2 conditions. In such a case you need to create a 3rd character style which represents 2 applied conditions,

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    Rogerio5C09Author
    Inspiring
    October 20, 2023

    Thanks for checking @Willi Adelberger! In this case, each text has only 1 condition applied. Basicaly, the script needs to copy the text with "Condition 2" applied and pasted it over (overwrite) the text in the "Condition 1".

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