convert live captions to static on all pages?

[steffenunger]

Hi All,

I have a 20 page document with some 30 linked graphics on each page, each with a live caption. when i'm ready to publish, i'd like to convert all the live captions to static (so as to be able to do some subtle editing on selected items).

can someone help me with a script to convert the live captions to static on ALL pages as opposed to one page at a time?

Thanks so much!!

Stef

[Jump_Over]

Hi,

before run input your variable name (displayed in Text:Text Variables menu)

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myCap = myDoc.textVariables.item("yourVarName");     // <== edit here
var l = myCap.associatedInstances.length;
while (l--)
     myCap.associatedInstances[0].convertToText();

However much easier is to mouse-klick in UI:

     select anyone of your caption instances ==>

     go to Text:Text Variables:Define window ==>

     choose your variable ==>

     klick "convert to text" button.

Jarek

[dln385]

Did you mean the 0 in the last line to actually be an l? As in, it should be:

myCap.associatedInstances.convertToText();

[Jump_Over]

Hi @ dln385

What is wrong with converting item [0] - always first - in while loop?

Changing this to [1] leads to an error at the end ("object undefined")...

and the last one stay unconverted.

Jarek

[dln385]

Sorry, I misunderstood what the code was doing and thought that was a typo.