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vibhutib78790355
Participant
Nov 19, 2015 10:54 PM UTC
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How do I turn off ligatures in an entire document?

I know that I can turn off ligatures in a story or in a paragraph style, but is there a way to universally turn off ligatures?

Please & Thanks!

gert verrept
gert verreptCorrect answer
Inspiring
Nov 20, 2015 5:23 AM UTC

I use this script (made by Kasyan Servetsky)

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

var myParStyles = myDoc.allParagraphStyles;

for (i = 1; i < myParStyles.length; i++) {

    myParStyles.ligatures = false;

    myParStyles.hyphenation = false;

}

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Brains Sydney 03
Participant
Oct 11, 2019 4:33 AM UTC

This is very easy with a find/change command.

In Find/Change> Find Format>Basic Paragraph tick the ligatures box.

In the Change Format>Basic Paragraph untick the ligatures box. 

Then save the Find/Change so you can run it easily.

This is also a very good way to replace a language (say the document has been built in US English but you want to spell check in UK English) or you want to remove hyphenation from all paragraph style.

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    Kasyan Servetsky
    Kasyan Servetsky
    Legend
    Sep 17, 2019 3:07 PM UTC

    The script in the 'correct' answer has a mistake which prevents it from working.

    Here's a corrected version in case someone is interested:

    var scriptName = "Turn off ligatures and hyphenation",
doc;

app.doScript(PreCheck, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "\"" + scriptName + "\" script");

function Main() {
	var doc = app.activeDocument;
	var allParagraphStyles = doc.allParagraphStyles;

	for (i = 1; i < allParagraphStyles.length; i++) {
		allParagraphStyles[i].ligatures = false;
		allParagraphStyles[i].hyphenation = false;
	}
}

function PreCheck() {
	if (app.documents.length == 0) ErrorExit("Please open a document and try again.", true);
	doc = app.activeDocument;
	if (doc.converted) ErrorExit("The current document has been modified by being converted from older version of InDesign. Please save the document and try again.", true);
	if (!doc.saved) ErrorExit("The current document has not been saved since it was created. Please save the document and try again.", true);
	Main();
}

function ErrorExit(error, icon) {
	alert(error, scriptName, icon);
	exit();
}
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      code_seeeeeker
      Inspiring
      Jun 4, 2020 1:52 PM UTC

      Hi Kasyan,

      Thanks a lot for devoting your time and sharing your codes with us. Would you mind asking the difference between the two scripts, except the Precheck and Undo options (just for my knowledge). I think the main code is still the same.

      I tried to tweak your code and added a few more lines to it. To my experience, the code is working fine for me. Here is the code, I'm using.

       

      var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myParaStyles = myDoc.allParagraphStyles;
var myCharStyles = myDoc.allCharacterStyles;
for (i = 1; i < myCharStyles.length; i++) {
         myCharStyles[i].ligatures = true;
         myCharStyles[i].ligatures = false;
}
for (i = 1; i < myParaStyles.length; i++) {
         myParaStyles[i].ligatures = true;
         myParaStyles[i].hyphenation = true;
         myParaStyles[i].ligatures = false;
         myParaStyles[i].hyphenation = false;
}
alert("Ligatures and Hyphenation has been turned OFF!");

       

       

       In addition to this, would it possible to add some more lines to do the following:

      1) Turn On "Adobe World Ready Paragraph Composer"

      2) Set the Kerning to "Metrics"

      I want all the four settings to be applied to all the text in each and every frame in an active document (without selecting anything). The other two settings, Ligature, and Hyphenation to be OFF are working fine.

       

      Thanks,

      Masood

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      code_seeeeeker
      Inspiring
      Jun 10, 2020 6:55 PM UTC

      Any suggestions, please.

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      philippeg78
      philippeg78
      Participant
      Oct 5, 2017 3:48 PM UTC

      Or you can also just type the two letters separately and add a space between scaled at 1%. The result is not so bad.
      Still, you have to edit every single word.
      I did that instead of using the script.

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      gert verrept
      gert verreptCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      Nov 20, 2015 5:23 AM UTC

      I use this script (made by Kasyan Servetsky)

      var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

      var myParStyles = myDoc.allParagraphStyles;

      for (i = 1; i < myParStyles.length; i++) {

          myParStyles.ligatures = false;

          myParStyles.hyphenation = false;

      }

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        vibhutib78790355Author
        Participant
        Nov 20, 2015 5:16 PM UTC

        Thank you!

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        AndrewC1264
        Known Participant
        Feb 23, 2016 9:01 PM UTC

        So I just had an interesting chat with an "Adobe" representative and asked where I turned off the ligatures and it went thusly...

        Abhishek: basic character format

        Abhishek: -> uncheck ligatures ->ok

        Abhishek: You are not following the steps I have mentioned above

        Andrew Croft: Your file was successfully uploaded: Screen Shot 2016-02-23 at 3.43.19 PM.png.

        Andrew Croft: I did that too and I am telling you it is not there - see the attached screen shot

        Andrew Croft: so please show me where it is on the screen I have provided

        Andrew Croft: I do not see it anywhere within the style options, this is what I have been saying

        Abhishek: let me check again.

        Abhishek: Well, in Ai there is no way to disable ligature


        is this guy for real?


        so, even under "Type" menu -> "Smart Punctuation" there is the option to turn it off - AND THIS DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. AT ALL PERIOD.


        What the hell is Adobe doing to Illustrator? Since they put us on subscriptions and shipped all of the programming to a third world country the apps have become virtually useless - there are so many issues in the InDesign Pre-Release discussion group it is just not funny.


        What the hell is Adobe doing?


        And how can I remove the ligatures from my package design that I have to get out in one hour??????????????????????

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          Willi Adelberger
          Community Expert
          Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          Nov 20, 2015 3:06 AM UTC

          Change your paragraph styles and turn off the ligatures there.

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            Marvest
            Marvest
            Inspiring
            Nov 19, 2015 11:46 PM UTC

            If I had to do it I would select the whole text (assuming your document is threaded) and turn off ligatures. I'm guessing it also can be done  with a script. We'll see if somebody else here has more ideas.

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