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mlavie
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August 25, 2010
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How can I get an "Overflows" frame property in IDML?

  • August 25, 2010
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I am using InDesign CS5.

In scripting, I can get the "Overflows" property to see if a given text frame requires overflowing. I could not find any similar property in IDML. Is there any way to determine solely from an exported IDML if text overflow is required? By this, I mean that the story is too long to be displayed in its entirety and thus a continuation text frame needs to be displayed.

What I am trying to do is to take an IDML, check on each text frame to see if there is undisplayed text due to a "too-small" frame, and if so take requisite action. Any IDML-based suggestions, workarounds, or pointers would be gratefully accepted.

TIA,

mlavie

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Correct answer Jongware

IDML contains unformatted text, and you cannot see how much space is going to take up when opened with InDesign -- it's InDesign itself that does all the formatting, word-breaking, justification, paragraph composing and all the rest. IDML only defines the pages, the frames, and the text that's going into it.

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Raghu_1989
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March 13, 2019

i want to know after unziping the idml file, i want to edit(like adding a text frame by programming). is this possible.?

Jongware
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JongwareCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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August 25, 2010

IDML contains unformatted text, and you cannot see how much space is going to take up when opened with InDesign -- it's InDesign itself that does all the formatting, word-breaking, justification, paragraph composing and all the rest. IDML only defines the pages, the frames, and the text that's going into it.

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