Select all text from one paragraph or character style

[славишап52914384]

Is there a way to select all text from one paragraph or character style in InDesign?

I search the forum and see that there are some scripts but I faild to use them and I would be grateful if someone could explain this to me.

Thanks!

[m1b]

Hi @славишап52914384, can you give us a bit more information? What do you plan to do with the text? You can't actually "select" it because you can't select non-consecutive text ranges.

- Mark

[славишап52914384]

I have many text frames on one page and some frames are inside some objects (circle or rectangle) and I want to select all text on that page to can outline them. All text frames are in one layer and I can select them by clicking on a small layer rectangle but text inside the object can't be selected so I need a way to select that text at once based on the paragraph or character style applied to that text if possible.

[jmlevy]

I want to select all text on that page to can outline them

Why would you want to outline the text? A printer requisit?

[славишап52914384]

Yes.

[Peter Spier]

A MUCH better way to outline text is to export to PDF and do the outlining in Acrobat.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/why-wont-my-fonts-outline/td-p/10279598

[славишап52914384]

Thanks Peter!

[jmlevy]

No need for a script. Just run a find/change and leave the find field empty

Click on the magnifying glass icon to choose the paragraph (or character) style you need to find

[славишап52914384]

Hi jmlevy.

Thanks for your reply. I try to select text on your way but only one text line can be selected, it is not possible to select all text at once from that character style from each text frame on one page.

[Peter Spier]

While you cannot select al the text at once, you CAN specify the change format ad press the Change All button...

[Laubender]

"it is not possible to select all text at once from that character style from each text frame on one page."

Of course. m1b already said that in the first reply of this thread:

"You can't actually "select" it because you can't select non-consecutive text ranges."

To select text that is in non-consecutive text ranges is simply not a feature in InDesign.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[brian_p_dts]

Putting aside the issue as to whether you should outline the text (as it could cause a host of issues, such as flow issues across threaded frames), here's a script that would do it by character style. Use at your own risk.

var main = function() {
    var charStyleToFind = "Style1";
    try { 
        var doc = app.activeDocument; 
    } catch(e) {
        return;
    }
    app.findTextPreferences = null;
    app.findTextPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = charStyleToFind;
    var fs = doc.findText();
    for (var i = fs.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        try {
            fs[i].createOutlines();
        } catch(e) {}
    }
}
main();

[славишап52914384]

Thanks for the script!