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markdesigner66
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January 4, 2011
Question

Selecting all colour/character style in document for index

  • January 4, 2011
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I have a problem, I am creating a directory and I need to build an index.

As you can see, I need to build an index with the text seen below in blue, but all I can do so far is manually do it by selecting the blue text and then adding it to a new entry into the index window.

http://www.insightgrp.co.uk/ForClients/Picture%203.png

Is there a script to help me do it all in one go?

Also I will need to do another index with just the Black Uppercase text  on another document later.

Thanks for you help in advance.

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markdesigner66Author
Participant
January 7, 2011

Thanks for your help.

I have now done it but it wasn't as easy as I wished.

Cheers

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markdesigner66Author
Participant
January 4, 2011

Hi, thanks for that, but it comes up with an error.

http://www.insightgrp.co.uk/ForClients/Picture%204.png

tomaxxi
tomaxxi
Inspiring
January 4, 2011

This error is not caused my script I sent you.

Did you copied scirpt to blank file?

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tomaxxi

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markdesigner66Author
Participant
January 4, 2011

Hi

I have done now, but it comes up with this error now, sorry!!

Also, I need to have the page numbers on the reference button (below) but it does not come up, only in the Topic one, which has no page numbers.

tomaxxi
tomaxxi
Inspiring
January 4, 2011

Hey!

If your "blue" text is separate character or paragraph style, than this will do the job:

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
if (myDoc.indexes.length == 0) myDoc.indexes.add();
var myIndex = myDoc.indexes.item(0);

app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findTextPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = "putHereYourCharacterStyleName";
// or
//app.findTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "putHereYourParagraphStyleName";
var myFind = myDoc.findText();

for(var i = 0; i < myFind.length; i++){
    myIndex.topics.add(myFind.contents);
}

Hope that helps.

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tomaxxi

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