Need a Script to mark Text in InDesign

[LucaKnoop]

Dear Community,

I am looking for a .js Script in InDesign that allows me search for a specific text. I haven't found a script yet that is working for me. I need this function for my text replacement project for further functions that allows me to replace the placeholder text in indesign with data from an excel-file.

At first, i only need the text finder function. In my example i have 5 textfields on my indesign page. In the first textfield is the text "product1", in the second "product2" and so on until "product5". Now i just need a script that finds these textphrases.

Thanks and kind regards

Luca

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Can't you use DataMerge?

[LucaKnoop]

Hey Robert,

no. Datamerge uses templates. But each side is individual. I want to produce a catalog and datamerch is not an option.

Thank you anyways! 🙂

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Hey Robert,

no. Datamerge uses templates. But each side is individual. I want to produce a catalog and datamerch is not an option.

Thank you anyways! 🙂

By @LucaKnoop

But technically speaking - your document is a template?

DataMerge is for producing Catalogues - unless your Catalogue is some special kind?

After script will find those 5x texts and update with the data - what next? What with the next record in your database?

[LucaKnoop]

each site looks different, has different amounts of products, Header Images and so on. Datamerch is for one template only.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

each site looks different, has different amounts of products, Header Images and so on. Datamerch is for one template only.

By @LucaKnoop

Yeah, in that case you need a tool that will dynamically add extra rows to the table(s) or place extra icons in the same TextFrame.

But if you keep asking "one question at a time" - you won't get a good / complex advice / solution...

Will your catalogue be "hardcoded" - each product in a specicif place and won't move - or do you need ability to add / remove / move products?

Will each product be a single page / spread or as a smaller module - and multiple modules per page?

[LucaKnoop]

I was just asking for a simple text finding script. 

[Jeffrey_Smith]

Here is a script to try

[Peter Kahrel · Accepted solution]

> At first, i only need the text finder function.

That's simple enough:

app.findTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = 'product1';
found = app.activeDocument.findText();

 This returns an array of found text objects.