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Community Expert
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Dec 29, 2023
Try this one.
Select one of the text frames that your exam story sits in, then run the script.
(function () {
var i, par, temp;
var blocks = [];
var story = app.selection[0].parentStory;
if (story.characters[-1].contents != '\r') {
story.insertionPoints[-1].contents = '\r';
}
par = story.paragraphs.everyItem().getElements();
for (i = 0; i < par.length-6; i = i + 7) {
blocks.push ({
key: Number(par[i+5].contents.match(/\d+/)[0]),
text: story.paragraphs.it
Community Expert
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Dec 29, 2023
Hi @Peter Kahrel, thank you for this, that is a very efficient approach and helped me a lot.
With your help I have updated my script. It will not be as fast as yours because it is careful about which paragraphs to move (eg. it won't damage non-question paragraphs in the same story if they occur before or after the questions — see screen shot below), but it will be faster than my first attempt. On my computer here, using your demo document but with 1000 questions, and the "safe" paragraphs befo
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