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amanm5143 wrote
2. I had set the Auto-sizing Option in the Text Frame Options to "Width and Height"
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Though the script worked but it cropped the right side part of the image to fit to the width and bottom part to fit to the height. Basically, it trimmed the images to fit to the size of text frame.
Well, I actually meant Object style > Fitting options, not Text Frame Options > Auto-sizing.
This is why your images got cropped.
Now, thinking about it, maybe auto-fitting is not what you want...
So,
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Hi.
Interesting question.
Could you give this script a try and report back?
//FitAnchorToColumn v1
//Fit anchored objects to column width keeping proportions
//by Vinny
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "~a"
var myFound = myDoc.findGrep();
for (i = 0; i < myFound.length; i++) {
if (typeof myFound.parentTextFrames[0] != "undefined") {
var columnWidth = myFound.parentTextFrames[0].textFramePreferences.textColumnFixedWidth;
myFound.pageItems[0].resize(
CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR,
ResizeMethods.REPLACING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_WITH, [UnitValue(columnWidth + 'mm').as('pt'), ResizeConstraints.KEEP_CURRENT_PROPORTIONS]
);
}
}
} else {
alert("Open a document");
}
Script detect column width for a anchored object, then resize it.
Text will then reflow, so make sure you have consistent number of columns and column width (using primary text frames?), otherwise reflow could mess the whole thing.
Edit:
Oh I forgot to say that script only resizes the anchored object itself, not the imported graphic.
In my example, I used an Object style for my pics, with auto-resize ON
If I understand you correctly, you have cases where your anchored image is very high and overflows after applying the script.
Just like this example:
In which case, you can try version 3 of the script which will resize height while trimming top and bottom of the image:
//FitAnchorToColumn v3
//Transform anchored objects in order to rescale them to make them fit column width, keeping proportions.
//by Vinny
if (parseFloat(app.version) < 6)
main();
else
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "FitAnchorToColumn");
function main() {
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var
myDoc = app.activeDocument,
docUnits = myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits,
myFound;
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "~a";
myFound = myDoc.findGrep();
for (i = 0; i < myFound.length; i++) {
if (typeof myFound.parentTextFrames[0] != "undefined") {
var
columnWidth = myFound.parentTextFrames[0].textFramePreferences.textColumnFixedWidth,
columnHeight = myFound.parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds[2] - myFound.parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds[0],
myObjectWidth = myFound.pageItems[0].geometricBounds[3] - myFound.pageItems[0].geometricBounds[1],
myObjectHeight = myFound.pageItems[0].geometricBounds[2] - myFound.pageItems[0].geometricBounds[0],
myScaleFactor = columnWidth / myObjectWidth,
myScaleMatrix = app.transformationMatrices.add({
horizontalScaleFactor: myScaleFactor,
verticalScaleFactor: myScaleFactor
})
if (myObjectHeight * myScaleFactor == columnHeight) {
return null;
} else if (myObjectHeight * myScaleFactor < columnHeight) {
myFound.pageItems[0].transform(
CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR,
myScaleMatrix);
} else {
myFound.pageItems[0].transform(
CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR,
myScaleMatrix
);
myFound.pageItems[0].resize(
CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
AnchorPoint.CENTER_ANCHOR,
ResizeMethods.REPLACING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_WITH, [ResizeConstraints.KEEP_CURRENT_VALUE,
UnitValue(columnHeight + String(docUnits)).as('pt')
]
);
}
}
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
} else {
alert("Open a document");
}
}
Now, I won't have much time today to work on that script, but feel free to post it to the InDesign Scripting forum if you have further requirements.
Scripting experts will be happy to help, and very possibly will come up with a much better and efficient script for you.
About the anchored object options, as Chad suggested, you should work with an object style.
Thanks for your kind comments, it was a very interesting question and puzzle, and I thank you for helping me improving my scripting skills ^^
Hey Vinny,
Thank you for taking out the time again from your busy schedule. You are absolutely right. Version 3 rescales anchored object H & W proportionally, up to column width. However, it "resizes height by trimming the top and bottom part" which led to loss of image content for me. I was trying to achieve to what you did to column width with column height as well. A solution which could rescale the H & W proportionally up to column width and height, just like a Transform Tool while not trimming an part of the image.
I will try to as elaborate as I can be:
Text Frame size: 6.14 in x9.21 in
When I try to flow the file through “Place”, it shows like this (here the Anchored Object Positioning, by default is: InLine)
Then I change the Anchored Object Positioning to Custom for all graphic frames and the file starts to flow:
As you can see, few of the images are well within the frame size (5 in x 7.7 in) while few of them are too large to be accommodated to the text frame size. So, I follow the approach of Transform Tool and change the percentage value to rescale (not trim) them to fit to the text frame size (5in x 7.7in).
As I have to deal with 500+ images, using Transform Tool for each one of them becomes a humongous task. Therefore, I was looking for a solution which could "search and rescale (both width and height) the out of bound images in the entire document at a single go within the text frame size" without:
- Trimming any part of the image as it leads to loss of image content
- Changing the size of already in-bound images (the solution shall leave all those images unattended and unscaled which are already under the text frame size)
I hope I was able to clearly make you understand the problem and required solution. Thank you for giving this your due consideration.
Regards,
Aman Mittal
Hi Aman
I wish I could help further, but I really don't understand your workflow...
You are talking about custom positioning, but where is your anchored marker positioned?
On a single line? At the beginning of a paragraph?
Do you want a custom position in order to have this kind of layout? (calculating from the position of the anchor marker up to column bottom):
Or is it supposed to fit height like this (with no trimming, meaning extra white space around the picture):
Before thinking of scripting scenario, you should really think about pros and cons of either inline or custom positioning.
E.g: What about this kind of situations (custom positioning):
Custom positioning can be very tricky...
Your screenshots are very hard to understand, maybe you could post screenshots (bigger size) showing exactly what you want to achieve, and not what you currently get...
Vinny
Hi vinny38
Thank you for taking out the time from your busy schedule and replying, again. It is my fortune that I got in touch with such a dedicated person, like you. Big Thanks!!!
Regarding your concern, I understand that maybe I am not able to define the problem, properly. I will try to accommodate all your concerns this time.
Checkpoints:
The word document that I using to Place has “Inline” images.
INDD Document’s Text Frame size: 5 inch (Width) x 7.7 inch (Height)
Removed the image content – Consider the image frame as an image only.
Workflow requires all the images to be positioned Above Line with Centre Alignment and not have Custom positioning
I place a file through Place Gun which gives me the following result:
You may notice two things:
- Anchored image is out of the frame size in terms of width and not height (out of bounds).
- And, there is a plus sign which suggests an overflow because there are many images in the document which run beyond the text frame size either in terms of just width (like the above example) or just height or in few cases, through both ends.
I check the Anchored Object Positioning for the image which suggests that the images are line, as stated earlier (which is fine with me as my workflow requires all the images to be positioned Above Line with Centre Alignment and not have Custom positioning).
However, in order to deal with “overflow” problem I change the positioning of the Anchored Graphics to Custom to ascertain the images which need rescaling. This results in full flow of the text.
The moment you change the position to Custom, all the images comes to the sidelines of the frame and the text flows completely.
As I told you earlier, I am dealing a hell lot of images of varying sizes in the same document:
- Image 1 - You could see a particular sized image which if out of width but not in height
- Image 2 – Both with and height are in-bound (well within frame size) and do not need rescaling
- Image 3 – Out of bound in terms of height but not in terms of width
What I am trying to achieve:
A solution which:
- Searches through the entire document for images running out of bounds (bounds defined as Text frame size: 5 inch x 7.7 inch - width , height) either
- In terms of width but not in terms of height (Reference: Image 1)
- In terms of height but not in terms of width (Reference: Image 3)
- In terms of both width and height
- Rescales but does not trim all the out of bounds running images to fit under the frame size, as shown in the below snap.
- I used Transform Tool and changed the percentage values to make the Image 3 fit under frame size and brought back the anchor positioning to Above Line with Centre alignment. This time, the image did not overflow and text the flows perfectly.
- Leaves in-bound images unattended - Image 2 is not rescaled as its size was well under the text frame size
I hope this explains the process. In case, I am not still not able to convey the problem clearly, then, do let me know. I will send you a sample document for the same. Big Thanks to you!!!
Regards,
Aman Mittal
Aaaahhh it sure is much more clear now...
So basically, it's about managing overflow...
As Uwe pointed out, we apparently can't get dimensions of an overset object.
But, it seems to be possible to rescale it.
So, I modified the script in a way it first look for overset objects, reduce them to 5% (assuming this would be small enough to make them fit in the flow), then, rescale them as described earlier.
Since Uwe/Laubender "the scripting expert" popped in, you might expect a more efficient way to handle your issue. I tested it on a short document with little images, and it seems to be working fine, but with a 500+ images doc, script might be slow enough.
Again, I think a moderator should move this to the Scripting forum 
So, please try this version 4:
//FitAnchorToColumn v4
//by Vinny
if (parseFloat(app.version) < 6)
main();
else
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "FitAnchorToColumn");
function main() {
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var
myDoc = app.activeDocument,
docUnits = myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits,
myFound;
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "~a";
myFound = myDoc.findGrep();
// first rescale overflow objects to 5%
for (i = 0; i < myFound.length; i++) {
if (typeof myFound.parentTextFrames[0] == "undefined") {
// alert(myFound.pageItems[0].geometricBounds);
myFound.pageItems[0].transform(
CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR,
app.transformationMatrices.add({
horizontalScaleFactor: .05,
verticalScaleFactor: .05
})
)
}
}
// then fit everything to column width if possible, otherwise to column height
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "~a";
myFound = myDoc.findGrep();
for (i = 0; i < myFound.length; i++) {
if (typeof myFound.parentTextFrames[0] != "undefined") {
var
columnWidth = myFound.parentTextFrames[0].textFramePreferences.textColumnFixedWidth,
columnHeight = myFound.parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds[2] - myFound.parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds[0],
myObjectWidth = myFound.pageItems[0].geometricBounds[3] - myFound.pageItems[0].geometricBounds[1],
myObjectHeight = myFound.pageItems[0].geometricBounds[2] - myFound.pageItems[0].geometricBounds[0],
myScaleFactorH = columnWidth / myObjectWidth,
myScaleFactorV = columnHeight / myObjectHeight,
myScaleMatrixH = app.transformationMatrices.add({
horizontalScaleFactor: myScaleFactorH,
verticalScaleFactor: myScaleFactorH
}),
myScaleMatrixV = app.transformationMatrices.add({
horizontalScaleFactor: myScaleFactorV,
verticalScaleFactor: myScaleFactorV
});
if (myObjectHeight * myScaleFactorH == columnHeight) {
return null;
} else if (myObjectHeight * myScaleFactorH < columnHeight) {
myFound.pageItems[0].transform(
CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR,
myScaleMatrixH);
} else {
myFound.pageItems[0].transform(
CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR,
myScaleMatrixV);
}
}
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
} else {
alert("Open a document");
}
}
Edit: Oh, and keep everything inline ^^
- Leaves in-bound images unattended - Image 2 is not rescaled as its size was well under the text frame size
you are absolutely right (as usual)... I missed the above part.
I guess changing inline to custom positioning is maybe a very clever idea after all ^^
Maybe use the script to do that at first, then check dimensions, rescale if necessary, and finally revert back to inline-position.
Something like this maybe : (not fully tested)
//FitAnchorToColumn v5
//by Vinny
if (parseFloat(app.version) < 6)
main();
else
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "FitAnchorToColumn");
function main() {
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var
myDoc = app.activeDocument,
myFound;
app.findObjectPreferences = null;
app.findObjectPreferences.anchoredPosition = AnchorPosition.INLINE_POSITION;
myFound = myDoc.findObject();
for (i = 0; i < myFound.length; i++) {
// change everything to custom position
myFound.anchoredObjectSettings.anchoredPosition = AnchorPosition.ANCHORED;
var
columnWidth = myFound.parent.parentTextFrames[0].textFramePreferences.textColumnFixedWidth,
columnHeight = myFound.parent.parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds[2] - myFound.parent.parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds[0],
myObjectWidth = myFound.geometricBounds[3] - myFound.geometricBounds[1],
myObjectHeight = myFound.geometricBounds[2] - myFound.geometricBounds[0],
myScaleFactorH = columnWidth / myObjectWidth,
myScaleFactorV = columnHeight / myObjectHeight,
myScaleMatrixH = app.transformationMatrices.add({
horizontalScaleFactor: myScaleFactorH,
verticalScaleFactor: myScaleFactorH
}),
myScaleMatrixV = app.transformationMatrices.add({
horizontalScaleFactor: myScaleFactorV,
verticalScaleFactor: myScaleFactorV
});
// check dimensions
if (myObjectWidth > columnWidth && myObjectHeight <= columnHeight) {
myFound.transform(
CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR,
myScaleMatrixH);
} else if (myObjectHeight > columnHeight) {
myFound.transform(
CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR,
myScaleMatrixV);
} else {
// nothing happens;
}
// change back to inline position
myFound.anchoredObjectSettings.anchoredPosition = AnchorPosition.INLINE_POSITION;
}
} else {
alert("Open a document");
}
}
Hi Uwe...
Marc Autret, Peter Kahrel, and... yourself are on the case?!
Lucky Aman Problem should be solved in the blink of an eye then.
So I leave this to the experts.
I would just love to have amanm5143 feedback on latest version (v5) and see if it works as expected.
Regards
Vinny
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