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dzgnr89
Inspiring
June 27, 2012
Question

selecting all text objects in a single go?

  • June 27, 2012
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Is there a way to select all the text objects in a page.?

6 replies

Participant
June 25, 2023

You can select them by the menu: Select -> Object -> All Text Objects

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 25, 2023

That's an Illustrator command. It doesn't esist in InDesign.

Community Expert
March 15, 2022

@abhijeett89122812 said:

"there is bug in script, everytime we have to deselect rest of the options."

 

That's not a bug. It's done by design.

You could change that in the code by changing the default settings of the options.

In the middle of the script the original code is this:

with(dialogColumns.add()){					
var myRectanglesCheckbox = checkboxControls.add({staticLabel:"&Rectangles", checkedState:true});

 

Change the value for checkedState from true to value false like that, also in the 8 following lines.

with(dialogColumns.add()){					
var myRectanglesCheckbox = checkboxControls.add({staticLabel:"&Rectangles", checkedState:false});

 

Do the change with a text editor like the Editor application on Windows or TextEdit on MacOS.

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

marawanco
Participating Frequently
September 12, 2014

1- slecte all the page

2 - you must press on ( Direct selection tool ) Arrow

3- Now Choose Type - Create Outlines

Without press ( Direct selection tool ) Arrow after selecte all page some text inside group does not convert to curve

winterm
Legend
September 12, 2014

nice trick with direct selection, unfortunately, at least in a tables it leaves not outlined text (under the outlined copy)...

well, for me here - W7, CS6, ID8.

Inspiring
June 28, 2012

Peter is right on this and I think we already have the script for this in InDesign.

Go to Scripts Panel and check the "Select Object" script , it works on the active page or spread only not on the complete document.

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 28, 2012

What do you know, I never noticed that script in the samples before. Thanks.

Steve Werner
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 27, 2012

Peter's answer is correct IF you have multiple layers. If you have a single layer, make the Layers panel visible. Option/Alt-click the name of the single layer and all the objects in that layer are selected.

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 27, 2012

You'd need a script.