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nikicreates
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August 7, 2014
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Finding and replacing Paragraph Style of last line in a bulletted list?

  • August 7, 2014
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Hi,

I'm wondering if there's a way (or a script out there) to automate finding the last item of a bulletted list and apply a paragraph style? I'm dealing with multiple, hundred-page documents with tons of bulletted lists, and currently I'm applying a paragraph style to each of these in order to increase the space below the list and the top of the next paragraph.

Suggestions?

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Correct answer Kai Rübsamen

It’s not clear to me, if the bullets are formatted at this time or how you indentify them.

But try the following:

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;  


app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { bulletsAndNumberingListType: ListType.BULLET_LIST }; 


var allFounds = app.findGrep();




for ( var i = 0; i < allFounds.length; i++ ) {


    var curFound = allFounds;


    var allParas = curFound.paragraphs;


    var nParas = allParas.length;


    allParas[nParas-1].appliedParagraphStyle = "bulletLast";


}




app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; 

–Kai

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Kai Rübsamen
Kai RübsamenCorrect answer
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August 7, 2014

It’s not clear to me, if the bullets are formatted at this time or how you indentify them.

But try the following:

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;  


app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { bulletsAndNumberingListType: ListType.BULLET_LIST }; 


var allFounds = app.findGrep();




for ( var i = 0; i < allFounds.length; i++ ) {


    var curFound = allFounds;


    var allParas = curFound.paragraphs;


    var nParas = allParas.length;


    allParas[nParas-1].appliedParagraphStyle = "bulletLast";


}




app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; 

–Kai

    Obi-wan Kenobi
    Obi-wan Kenobi
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    August 7, 2014

    Hi Kai,

    I do it with a little grep search. 

    Obi-wan Kenobi
    Obi-wan Kenobi
    Legend
    August 18, 2014

    What could be a reason fo this one? "Search a paras group (in sequence) with the same style and the same manual bullet."

    I would say, the script should cover 3 topics:

    1. Search a paras group (in sequence) with the same style (no manual bullet used but possibly auto-numbering)

    2. Search a paras group (in sequence) with the same manual bullet

    3. Search a paras group (in sequence) that has already a local real bulleted list applied

    I will try to figure that out, but give me some time


    What I mean by:

    Search a paras group (in sequence) with the same style and the same manual bullet


    When we import a Word file, we can have several paras groups with the same bullet BUT, in the ID Layout, we can choose to use several different "Style 0" [Style 0a, Style 0b …] to format these paras, like in this sample:


    Before script:


    After script:


    A good idea to be included too:


    You search a para style "Style 0" with manual bullet and you apply the 3 para styles deleting the manual bullet replacing it by a object placed in a library. As:



    In fact, when I imagine a script, I try to include in it things I can do with it. That always makes it more complex, but as I have ideas, I'm not satisfied!


    That said, nothing forces you to continue! I have other extensions in mind such as nesting multiple levels of styles! 



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