Operations on many opened files by script

[Beff]

Happy New Year!

I have such question: I have many opened files in Illustrator. I would like to do "find all text objexts" and then "change the selected text to curves" in all of them.

Perhaps you could help ?

Thank you.

[Monika Gause]

Select > Object > Text object

and then Type > Create outlines

could be recorded as an action and then you can make a batch (not on all opened files - but on certain folders ). Does that work for you?

[pixxxelschubser]

Unfortunately, your information is far too general and lacks the necessary information.

The scripted way: Use the following commands and loop through all open documents and add the save routine with your save (as) options.

Note: "Save as" allows you to keep your original files.

app.executeMenuCommand("selectall");
app.executeMenuCommand("OffsetPath v22");  
app.executeMenuCommand("outline");

[Beff]

OK, illustration is always the best.

I just want to change all texts to curves in all these files.

I don't want to save them as I plan to process with them further.

[pixxxelschubser]

Are you aware that you lose the editability of your texts if you reduce the originals in this way?

And for once I didn't mean a screenshot. Converting texts into outlines really only allows one interpretation.

I meant more the reference to your save options. Or are the open files really just to be overwritten?

[Beff]

Could anybody write such script for me ?

I will pay.

[Sergey Osokin]

pixxxelschubser showed a code example. I will only add a loop of open documents. It is important that these functions skip locked or hidden text objects, if there are any in your documents.

(function () {
  var docs = app.documents;
  for (var i = 0, len = docs.length; i < len; i++) {
    docs[i].activate();
    app.executeMenuCommand("deselectall");
    app.executeMenuCommand("selectall");
    app.executeMenuCommand("outline");
    // Erase // the line below if you want to outline stroked texts
    // app.executeMenuCommand("OffsetPath v22");
    app.executeMenuCommand("deselectall");
  }
})();