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October 9, 2014
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reversing selected text or paragraph

  • October 9, 2014
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hi all,

i have a document that contains the lines reversed (for example, Hello All is written llA olleH), so how can i reverse a selected line and reverse the text inside the line (assuming i select each line before i run the script), and also how can i reverse the whole document without needing to select every single line at a time?

thanks in advance

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    Peter Kahrel
    Adobe Expert
    August 12, 2023

    Then use this version:

     

    myLines = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().lines.everyItem().getElements();
for (i=0; i<myLines.length; i++) {
  s = myLines[i].contents.slice(0,-1);
  if (s.length > 2) {
    myLines[i].contents = s.split("").reverse().join("") + '\r';
  }
}

     

    P.

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      r28071715i111
      Known Participant
      August 12, 2023

      Great Thanks for your effort peter

      worked like a charm 

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      Peter Kahrel
      Adobe Expert
      August 12, 2023

      There was another line with the same problem:

       

      app.select(myLines.characters.itemByRange(0, -2)); 

       

      Add [i] after myLines

       

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        r28071715i111
        Known Participant
        August 12, 2023

        Thanks peter

        Worked like a charm

        Excuse me : How can i let script apply on whole document rather than selecting each page

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        Peter Kahrel
        Adobe Expert
        August 12, 2023

        In this line:

        if(myLines.contents.match(/^\r/) !=null)

        add [i] after myLines:

        if(myLines[i].contents.match(/^\r/) !=null)
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          r28071715i111
          Known Participant
          August 12, 2023

          Nothing changed peter

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          Sajeev Sridharan
          Brainiac
          October 9, 2014

          #1: Selected Line or Paragraph

          First select line or paragraph before running the code,

              myString = app.selection[0].contents;
          

              myString = myString.split("").reverse().join("");
          

              app.selection[0].contents = myString;

          #2: for whole document

          Try yourself:

          //Logic

          1. loop no. of pages

          2. loop no of textframes

          3. loop no. of lines

          4. then paste the above code

          5. thats it you're done.

          Vandy

            BEGINNER_X
            BEGINNER_X
            Brainiac
            October 10, 2014

            Hi,

            Hope you are new to scripting, so kindly use the below script.

            With the help of vandy coding,

            var myLines = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().lines.everyItem().getElements();
            

            

            for(i=0; i<myLines.length; i++)
            

            {
            

                if(myLines.contents.match(/^\r/) !=null)
            

                {
            

                    continue;
            

                    }
            

                
            

                app.select(myLines.characters.itemByRange(0, -2));
            

                alert("select line")
            

                myString = app.selection[0].contents;  
            

                myString = myString.split("").reverse().join("");  
            

                app.selection[0].contents = myString;  
            

                }

            Regards

            Siraj

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            content serverAuthor
            New Participant
            October 10, 2014

            Dear Sir,

            Thank you for your reply,

            The function ran correctly for couple of pages but we got the following error,

            Kindly, do you have any solution?

            Thank you in advance,

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