@MacPhobic, just for fun, and for general learning, here's the way I would script this. (Just did it now, so might need some testing!)
- Mark
/*
* Export Stories As RTF or TXT
* @author m1b
* @discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/adobe-indesign-export-to-rtf-script/m-p/14219040
*/
var MyExportFormats = {
RTF: {
display: 'Rich Text',
fileExtension: 'rtf',
exportFormat: ExportFormat.RTF,
},
TXT: {
display: 'Plain Text',
fileExtension: 'txt',
exportFormat: ExportFormat.TEXT_TYPE,
},
};
function main() {
if (app.documents.length == 0)
return alert("No documents are open. Please open a document and try again.");
exportStoriesAsRTF({
doc: app.activeDocument,
outputFile: undefined, /* can define here or later */
includeStoriesThatStartOnPasteboard: false,
minLengthStory: 30,
showUI: true,
showResult: true,
exportFormat: MyExportFormats.RTF,
});
};
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Export Document As RTF');
/**
* Export all stories to an RTF file.
* @author m1b
* @version 2023-11-08
* @param {Object} [settings.doc] - an Indesign Document (default: the active document).
* @param {File} [settings.outputFile] - file reference to the .rtf file (default: ask user).
* @param {Boolean} [settings.includeStoriesThatStartOnPasteboard] - whether to export stories that start on the pasteboard (default: false).
* @param {Number} [settings.minLengthStory] - will ignore stories with character counts less than this number (default: 30).
* @param {Boolean} [settings.showUI] - whether to show UI (default: true).
* @param {Boolean} [settings.showResult] - whether to show results (default: true).
* @returns {File} - the exported .rtf file.
*/
function exportStoriesAsRTF(settings) {
// some defaults
settings = settings || {};
settings.minLengthStory = settings.minLengthStory || 30;
settings.includeStoriesThatStartOnPasteboard = settings.includeStoriesThatStartOnPasteboard === true;
var doc = settings.doc = settings.doc || app.activeDocument;
if (
doc == undefined
|| !doc.isValid
)
return alert("Document is invalid.");
if (doc.stories.length == 0)
return alert("The document does not contain any text. Please open a document containing text and try again.");
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;
// show UI
if (
settings.showUI
&& ui(settings) == 2
)
// user cancelled UI
return;
// confirm the output file
var exportFile = settings.outputFile || File.saveDialog("Save Exported File As:");
if (exportFile == null)
return;
// make the temporary document
var tempDoc = app.documents.add({
documentPreferences: {
intent: DocumentIntentOptions.PRINT_INTENT,
facingPages: false,
createPrimaryTextFrame: true,
pagesPerDocument: 1,
startPageNumber: 1,
pageHeight: 3000,
pageWidth: 3000,
},
textPreferences: {
limitToMasterTextFrames: true,
smartTextReflow: false,
},
});
// copy filtered stories to the temp document
var stories = doc.stories.everyItem().getElements();
for (var cr, i = stories.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
if (stories[i].length < settings.minLengthStory)
// story too short
continue;
if (
settings.includeStoriesThatStartOnPasteboard == false
&& stories[i].textContainers[0].parentPage == null
)
// story starts on pasteboard
continue;
// add carriage returns between stories
cr = stories[i].characters.item(-1).contents == "\r" ? '\r' : cr = '\r\r';
stories[i]
.duplicate(LocationOptions.AT_END, tempDoc.textFrames[0].parentStory.insertionPoints[0])
.insertionPoints.item(-1).contents = cr;
}
var success = false,
f = File(exportFile.fsName.replace(/(\.[^\.]+)?$/, '.' + settings.exportFormat.fileExtension));
try {
// do the export
tempDoc.textFrames[0].parentStory
.exportFile(settings.exportFormat.exportFormat, f);
success = true;
}
catch (error) { alert(error) }
finally {
// clean up
tempDoc.close(SaveOptions.no);
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
}
if (success && settings.showResult) {
alert(settings.exportFormat.display + ' file has been created.');
if (f.parent.exists)
f.parent.execute();
}
return f;
};
/**
* The UI for this script.
* @param {Object} settings - the settings object for the UI.
* @returns {Number} - ScriptUI result code.
*/
function ui(settings) {
var formats = [],
formatsDisplay = [];
for (var key in MyExportFormats) {
if (MyExportFormats.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
formats.push(MyExportFormats[key]);
formatsDisplay.push(MyExportFormats[key].display);
}
}
var w = new Window('dialog', 'Options'),
panel = w.add('panel', undefined, 'Ignore stories with fewer than this number of characters:'),
minLengthStoryEditText = panel.add('edittext', undefined, settings.minLengthStory),
formatGroup = w.add('group {orientation:"row", alignment:["left","center"], alignChildren:["left","center"], spacing:12, preferredSize: [120,undefined], margins:[10,10,10,10] }'),
formatMenu = formatGroup.add('statictext', undefined, 'Export Format:'),
formatMenu = formatGroup.add('dropdownlist', [20, 20, 130, 29], formatsDisplay),
checkGroup = w.add('group {orientation:"row", alignment:["left","center"], alignChildren:["left","center"], spacing:12, preferredSize: [120,undefined], margins:[10,10,10,10] }'),
includePasteboardCheckBox = checkGroup.add('checkbox { text:"Include stories on pasteboard.", alignment: ["left","center"], value:' + settings.includeStoriesThatStartOnPasteboard + '}'),
okayButton = w.add('button', undefined, 'OK', { name: 'close' });
minLengthStoryEditText.minimumSize.height = 25;
minLengthStoryEditText.minimumSize.width = 100;
includePasteboardCheckBox.value = settings.includeStoriesThatStartOnPasteboard;
formatMenu.selection = 0;
formatMenu.addEventListener('change', function (ev) {
settings.exportFormat = formats[formatMenu.selection.index];
});
okayButton.onClick = function () {
settings.minLengthStory = Number(minLengthStoryEditText.text);
settings.includeStoriesThatStartOnPasteboard = includePasteboardCheckBox.value;
w.close(1);
};
return w.show();
};
EDIT 2023-11-09: added support for Plain Text format.
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