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Johnwhite
Inspiring
January 6, 2017
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How to select and copy

  • January 6, 2017
  • 4 replies
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Hi experts,

Assume my active doc has only one story, my goal is to select the text and copy.

How I can do that?

my script like this:

 var mySource = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().getElements();
       mySource.select();
app.copy();

but not working.

Could someone show me how please.

thanks

Regard

John

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Correct answer Laubender

Hi John,

if your document contains only one single story use just that story and its texts property:

var doc = app.documents[0];
var story = doc.stories[0];
doc.select(story.texts[0]);
app.copy();

EDIT:

You cannot select the text of several stories at one time.

InDesign is not able to do that.

Regards,
Uwe

4 replies

J
JohnwhiteAuthor
Inspiring
January 7, 2017

thank you Wue

thank so much.

Regard

John

J
JohnwhiteAuthor
Inspiring
January 7, 2017

thank you guys

thank you so much.

regard

John

L
Community Expert
LaubenderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 7, 2017

Hi John,

what do you like to do with the copied story?

Story objects do have a duplicate() method:

Adobe InDesign CS6 (8.0) Object Model JS: Story

Regards,
Uwe

L
Community Expert
LaubenderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 7, 2017

Hi John,

if your document contains only one single story use just that story and its texts property:

var doc = app.documents[0];
var story = doc.stories[0];
doc.select(story.texts[0]);
app.copy();

EDIT:

You cannot select the text of several stories at one time.

InDesign is not able to do that.

Regards,
Uwe

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Anonymous
January 7, 2017

var mySource = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().getElements(); 

for(var i=0; i<mySource.length; i++)   

{   

    mySource.select() 

   

//~      app.cut() 

//~      app.paste()  

}

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