Clearing overrides for empty frames or empty cells

[vinny38]

Hi there,

looks like Indesign doesn't apply the .clearOverrides() method to empty frames or cells.

I'm working on a table whose cell tables overrides needs to be cleared using a script.

I would expect that paragraph style linked to the cell style are cleared too, but they are not.

So I apply .clearOverrides() to the cells, then to the paragraphs.

Unfortunately, empty cells are not caught...

My workaround is to add a space in those empty cells, but I'm sure there is a much proper way to do it...

Thanks

Vinny

[robinfredericf · Accepted solution]

Any empty textframe or cell contains nevertheless an insertion point and the .clearOverrides() method can be applied to it, using something like that while selecting the textframe/cell

app.activeDocument.selection[0].insertionPoints[0].clearOverrides();

that can be included in a loop to fix multiple selected textframes or cells depending on how you want to use the script…

[vinny38]

Aaaah!

Just perfect! Thanks a lot