Need help creating an Indesign Javascript to find and replace colors

[armorup33]

Hello!

After scouring the internet for a few hours, I have come to the conclusion I need help. 

I am attempting to find a script that will find an unnamed color in Indesign (C:82, M:100, Y:11, K:0) and replace it with an existing swatch named "GGS purple"

I then need the same script to find GGS purple and replace it with the existing Pantone 186 C.

I also am looking for a find and replace script for text and the findchangebylist is baffling me as well.

This isn't something we do every day, but we have hundreds of documents to process and the find/change function in Indesign is great, but scripts will cut down on time, which matters with this many documents. 

Thank you so much in advance!

[armorup33]

Hey @Laubender, 

Each of these documents has only one page, but if there were more, we would want it to apply to all pages except the masters. So it works for our needs. What would the script be if I needed it specifically only for page 1?

Thanks,

Amanda

[Laubender]

Amanda said: "… What would the script be if I needed it specifically only for page 1"

Well, scripting method changeColors() is only known to the document.

A possible algorithm could be to set the findChangeColorOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind to false and lock all objects on all document spreads that should not be found and changed. After changeColor() is done to the document unlock all the objects that were locked before.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

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