Clean up script Update

[dtps10902263]

Hi All, I have a script that was created a few years back which cleans up text throughout a document prior to translation. But recently I have not been able to get it to work. I know nothing about scripting, but here it is. Is there anyone here who can fix it?

const kerningConstant = 0;
var doc = app.activeDocument,
stories = doc.stories,
story, text, found, s, t, i;

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = ".+";
app.findGrepPreferences.capitalization = Capitalization.ALL_CAPS;
found = doc.findGrep();
if (found.length > 1) {
for (i = 0; i < found.length; i++) {
//$.writeln( i + " - " + found[i].constructor.name + "/"+ found[i].contents );
found[i].changecase(ChangecaseMode.UPPERCASE);
}
app.changeGrepPreferences.capitalization = Capitalization.NORMAL;
doc.changeGrep();
}

for (var s = 0; s < stories.length; s++) {
story = stories[s];
for (var t = 0; t < story.texts.length; t++) {
text = story.texts[t];
text.kerningValue = kerningConstant;
text.verticalScale = 100;
text.horizontalScale = 100;
text.tracking = 0;
}
}

[Manan Joshi]

Hi @dtps10902263,

You did not mention what is not working, I see that the change of case was something that seems to be broken. So your code finds text with ALL CAPS and then if the found text is more than 1 it changes the case to uppercase and then tries to change capitalization to NORMAL. This fails, if you want the text to be finally in NORMAL capitilization you can try the following code snippet

const kerningConstant = 0;
var doc = app.activeDocument,
stories = doc.stories,
story, text, found, s, t, i;

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = ".+";
app.findGrepPreferences.capitalization = Capitalization.ALL_CAPS;
found = doc.findGrep();
if (found.length > 1) {
	app.changeGrepPreferences.capitalization = Capitalization.NORMAL;
	doc.changeGrep();
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
for (var s = 0; s < stories.length; s++) {
	story = stories[s];
	for (var t = 0; t < story.texts.length; t++) {
		text = story.texts[t];
		text.kerningValue = kerningConstant;
		text.verticalScale = 100;
		text.horizontalScale = 100;
		text.tracking = 0;
	}
}

-Manan

[dtps10902263]

Hi Manan

Thanks for that, but the all caps bit still does not work for me. It stays as all caps, does it work for you?

[Peter Kahrel]

Which version of InDesign do you use? And which platform?

[dtps10902263]

Hi Peter

Using the latest version, 2021 and on Mac OS.

[Manan Joshi]

Yes, it does. I tested it on a MAC with InDesign 2021. Can you share a sample document that has this problem?

-Manan

[dtps10902263]

Yes, no problem, made a small test file.

[brian_p_dts]

You only have one instance of cap text here, so if (found.length > 1) is not executing. Change it to if (found.length > 0)

After making that change it worked for me on PC.

[dtps10902263]

Ok, will do, I thought that referred to the number of letters!

[Manan Joshi]

I mentioned the point @brian_p_dts mentioned in my post as well. So changing it to 0 should work for you. I did not change it thinking you must be aware of it as you mentioned you have been using this script in previous versions, and this aspect should not be different across the versions.

-Manan

[dtps10902263]

Ok, so now it removes ALL CAPS but it has changed to lower case as opposed to upper case. What is the command for this? the script says NORMAL, does that mean lowercase?

[brian_p_dts]

That means no case is applied to the text. It's however they were typed in. There are some title case scripts, like: https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/title_case.html

[dtps10902263]

Great, thanks for all your help everyone!