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_juan_cordova_
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May 20, 2008
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Indesign CS2. How to find "all caps" format text and change it to real uppercase?

  • May 20, 2008
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Indesign CS2. How to find "all caps" format text and change it to real uppercase?<br /><br />Juan Cordova - 07:19pm May 20, 2008 Pacific<br /><br />I need to find all the text strings with all caps local formatting in an InDesign CS2 document, in order to replace it with real uppercase or insert a pseudo-xml tag before and after each string (something like <UC> before and <\UC> after.) <br /><br />I'm sure this is possible in a script but my limited experience doesn't help me. <br /><br />Can anyone help me please. <br /><br />I'll really appreciate that<br /><br />Juan Cordova
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_K_Hemachandiran_
Known Participant
July 28, 2008
Hi Martin,

Thanks for the above code. It really works in CS3!!!!

Regards,
Hemi
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_ArcRaj_
Participant
July 25, 2008
Hi Martin,

I unable to convert you script from CS2 to CS3 to change the upper case into real value, it's showing error in 'changecase' line.

Pl. help.

Thanks,

G. Raja
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_juan_cordova_Author
Participant
May 22, 2008
Ok Martin

I've found the anwser

Thank you for the advice

Juan
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Martin Fischer
Inspiring
May 22, 2008
Juan,<br /><br />> How can I do remove these pseudo tags inserted before? <br /><br />By search & replace. ;-)<br /><br />Or remove these lines:<br /><pre><br />myText.insertionPoints[-1].contents = '<\\UC>'; <br />myText.insertionPoints[0].contents = '<UC>'; <br /></pre><br /><br />Martin
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_juan_cordova_Author
Participant
May 22, 2008
Thank you very much Martin

and sorry for the next question:

How can I do remove these pseudo tags inserted before?

My intention is leaving the document without this pseudo tags.

Juan
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Martin Fischer
Inspiring
May 21, 2008
Hi Juan,

this could be done like this: 


app.findPreferences = app.changePreferences = null;

var myResult = app.activeDocument.search( '', false, false, undefined, {capitalization:Capitalization.allCaps })

for ( i = myResult.length-1; i >= 0 ; i-- )

 makeUpperCase( myResult );



function makeUpperCase ( myText )

{

 try // footnotes may disturb the job in InDesign CS2

 {

  myText.capitalization = Capitalization.normal;

  myText.changecase( ChangecaseMode.uppercase );

  myText.insertionPoints[-1].contents = '<\\UC>';

  myText.insertionPoints[0].contents = '<UC>';

 }

 catch(e) {}

}


Martin
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