Break link to style script

[JimMcAndrew]

Can someone help me write a script that will "Break link to style" for all paragraph styles and character styles for all text on a spread but keep the formatting?

Thanks,

Jim

[JimMcAndrew]

I forgot to add that this is for CS4

[csm_phil]

Hi Jim,

You have to try my below JS Code, i am using Menu Actions;

#target "InDesign-6.0"
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

for (i=0; i<myDoc.stories.length; i++){
    for (j=0; j<myDoc.stories.paragraphs.length; j++){
        app.select(myDoc.stories.paragraphs);
        //Break paragraph styles
        BreakParaStyle = app.menuActions.itemByID(8500);
        try {
            BreakParaStyle.invoke();
            }
        catch (err){};
        //Break character styles
        BreakCharStyle= app.menuActions.itemByID(8501);
        try {
            BreakCharStyle.invoke();
            }
        catch (err){};
        app.selection = null;
        }
    }
alert("Done");

thx

csm_phil

[JimMcAndrew]

Thanks Phil.

I tried this, but it does not retain all of the original formatting.

Any suggestions?

Jim

[csm_phil]

Hi Jim,

Its working for me good, if you done mine can you please post your document.

thx

csm_phil

[JimMcAndrew]

Unfortunately, I can't. I'm under a non-disclosure as to the doc I'm working on.

Jim

[csm_phil]

Hi Jim,

Can you send the snapshot of the error or you document.

thx

csm_phil

[Laubender]

csm_phil,

did you test your script with a rather complex document? With rather complex I think of paragraph styles based on each other, same paragraph names in different subfolders, character styles, GREP styles, object styles, cell styles, list styles …

To break all the links to the styles, it might be important to keep a distinct order.

Try to remove the styles in the following order:

(( 0. Cell styles (sometimes it was inevitable for me to delete cell styles to perform the task without a script, but I did not research or recall the exact conditions ))

1. Character Styles
2. Paragraph Styles

Hope that helps,

Uwe

[csm_phil]

Hi Laubender,

Yes, i have tried the above mentioned code in the simple InDesign document this contains all paragraphstyles and characterstyles and break to link style its worked fine.

you can create the simple document and you use the js code it will work or not if the script is worked can you include whatever things you needed.

thx

csm_phil.

[JimMcAndrew]

Somehow Indesign is seeing an attachment to a style that does not even exist in the doc anymore. Very Strange. I don't think breaking the link to styles will help me anymore. I am trying to figure out why my files continue to crash after I format type with a Korean font. Thought the font was bad, purchased new copy, same issue. Noticed it would always bomb related to a certain style which contained nested styles, hence the idea to break link to style. But how can you break a link to a style that doesn't exist anymore.

I think I may need to reinstall indesign and see if I continue to have the issue with these docs.

Thanks for your help.

Come to think of it, how would you write a script to delete all unused paragraph styles and character styles. Is that possible?

Jim

[csm_phil]

Hi Jim,

You can use the Harbs Script delete the ParagraphStyles.

I give the  reference link: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2286470#2286470

You can clear the InDesign Preferences:

MAC:         cmd+opt+shift press and open simultaneously the InDesign CS4.

Windows:   ctrl+alt+shift   press and open simultaneously the InDesign CS4.

thx

csm_phil