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// by FRIdNGE, Michel Allio [18/03/2023]
// Place the Cursor in the Main Story!
var myStory = app.selection[0].parentStory,
myTFrames = myStory.textContainers,
T = myTFrames.length, t;
//---------------------------------------------
// To Be Clearly Defined:
var myPagesRanges = [16, 32, 48, 64];
var myCStyles = ["Character Style 1", "Character Style 2", "Character Style 3", "Character Style 4"];
//---------------------------------------------
var myPagesRange = 0;
var myCStyle = 0;
for ( t = 0
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Hi @clw48, sorry if I've misunderstood your exact situation, but from what I do understand I would do it this way:
1. add a script label to the text frames that you want to set the character style (I've used the format characterStyle:<nameOfCharacterStyleHere>)
2. The script will search through all text frames and if that format is found, then set the text of that frame.
Let me know if that works in your case.
- Mark
/**
* Sets text of specially-labeled text frame's to specified character style.
* First put text into a multi-textFrame threaded story.
* Then label the frames with "characterStyle:<insert Character Style name here>".
* Then run script.
* @author m1b
* @discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/script-to-apply-a-style-to-a-range-of-text-frames-or-pages/m-p/13659632/thread-id/520047
*/
function main() {
var doc = app.activeDocument,
stories = doc.stories.everyItem().getElements(),
matchLabel = /^characterStyle:(.+)/i;
for (var i = 0; i < stories.length; i++) {
var story = stories[i],
frames = story.textContainers;
for (var j = 0; j < frames.length; j++) {
// examine the frame's script label
var match = frames[j].label.match(matchLabel);
if (
match == null
|| match.length < 2
)
// no match
continue;
var charStyle = doc.characterStyles.itemByName(match[1]);
if (!charStyle.isValid)
// matched, but style not found
continue;
frames[j].texts[0].applyCharacterStyle(charStyle);
}
}
};
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Set Text Frame Character Styles');
Edit: added sample .indd. Run script with that first to check that it works as I expect it to.
The method I showed is more work to set upāyou have to add the script labels to each text frame
Hi Mark, Iām wondering if you could check for the number of frames in the threaded text and use the modulus operator to make the change on every 4th frame? Something like this:
//a character style group with the 4 styles
var sg = app.activeDocument.characterStyleGroups.itemByName("Signature Styles").allCharacterStyles
function main(){
var s = app.documents[0].selection;
//check the selection
if (s.length == 0 || !s[0].hasOwnProperty("parentStory")) {
alert("Please Select a text frame or text")
return
}
//alert if the selectionās text frames do not = 16
var tf = s[0].parentStory.textContainers;
if (tf.length != 16) {
alert("The selected text has " + tf.length + " text frames")
}
var c = 0;
var as;
for (var i = 0; i < tf.length; i++){
// use % to get every 4th frame
if (i % 4 == 0) {
as = sg[c]
c++
}
tf[i].texts[0].appliedCharacterStyle = as;
};
}
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Set Text Frame Character Styles');
Here Iāve set up a Character Style group named Signature Styles containing the 4 styles in the order I what them applied:
Before:
After:
Jusr reread @clw48ās OP and realized the document is 64 pages with 16 page signatures, so this adds a variable for the signature length:
//a character style group with the 4 styles
var sg = app.activeDocument.characterStyleGroups.itemByName("Signature Styles").allCharacterStyles
//the signature text frame count
var sigl = 16
function main(){
var s = app.documents[0].selection;
//check the selection
if (s.length == 0 || !s[0].hasOwnProperty("parentStory")) {
alert("Please Select a text frame or text")
return
}
//alert if the selectionās text frames do not = sig length *4
var tf = s[0].parentStory.textContainers;
if (tf.length != sigl*4) {
alert("The selected text has " + tf.length + " text frames")
}
var c = 0;
var as;
for (var i = 0; i < tf.length; i++){
// use % to get every nth frame
if (i % sigl == 0) {
as = sg[c]
c++
}
tf[i].texts[0].appliedCharacterStyle = as;
};
}
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Set Text Frame Character Styles');
Because you have NoBreak set in your Character Style 1:
In your source document it's locally overriden - deactivated - but if you select your whole text and ClearOverrides BEFORE running script(s) - your text will be overset š
The same is with 2nd, 3rd and 4th Char Style š
In fact - ALL your CharStyles have the same problem ...
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