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Henrik Lideberg
Inspiring
August 8, 2012
Question

Set first line indent to 0

  • August 8, 2012
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Hi guys!

Wondering if there's a scipt to set the first line indent to 0 (just affecting the selected paragraph)?

In my parapraph style i've set first line indent to 3 mm, but i don't want text after header to have indent.

I've scanned the web for solutions but just found complex scripts, that seems to be limited to one named paragraph style.

I don't want my script to be limited to a specific paragraph style, but rather a general script appliable on different paragraph styles in different documents.

I've tried scipts like:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5.5"

     set first line indent to 0

end tell

No success.

I'm, as you've probably figured out, very new to scipting.

Someone?

BR

Henrik

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absqua
Inspiring
August 8, 2012

JavaScript rather than Applescript:

if (app.selection.length && app.selection[0].hasOwnProperty("baseline")) {
    app.selection[0].firstLineIndent = 0;
}

But... why not just make styles based on your indented ones but with the first line indent set to 0 and apply those with shortcuts? No overrides that way and no need for scripts.

Jeff

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Henrik LidebergAuthor
Inspiring
August 9, 2012

Thank you Jeff!

Worked like a charm =)

Yes i could use a non intended style based on my indended style, but then every document would need to have paragraph styles.

Sometimes, in smaller documents, i don't use the styling option, then this script would make my day.

Again, thanks!

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