rob day wrote: …
Here is an annotated AppleScript, which sets No Paragraph Style's shading to [Paper]. If I run this on CC2015 with no doc's open it edits the normally read only [No Paragraph Style]. I'm sure you can translate to JS:
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Hi Rob, I finally had time trying out your AppleScript on my German InDesign CC 2015.4.
Unfortunately it is throwing an error. Roughly translated from German:
AppleScript Error
Error number: 30477
Unexpected value for "paragraph shading color".
Swatch or string expected but recieved nothing.
Engine: Default
Nevertheless, after clicking the error message's OK button, the default shading has changed to "Paper".
A new swatch "C=100 M=0 Y=0 K=0" was added to the bottom of the list of swatches.
New documents will contain the new defaults. Old documents saved before running the script will keep the old defaults.
So if I copy text from an old document to a new one that was created after the script run, the default paragraph style [Basic Paragraph Style] will be changed. That change can be observed by the added +-sign after its name in the Paragraph Styles panel.
One could remove the +-sign by doing an click holding the alt key.
That's ok, I think.
Important note: Never assume that the order of colors in your Swatches panel is the order of colors everyone is seeing in their Swatches panel. For example, one could drag the swatch "[Paper]" to a different position, if no document is open.
See my version with ExtendScript that is trying to do the same. I do not rely on the order of swatches, but I'm identifying the swatch I want to use by its universal name. I would recommend using the color "Black" and a tint of 20% for the default color of paragraph shading.
The script will do nothing, if a document is open.
And the script's action can be undone in one go.
// ChangeTheDefaultColor-for-ParagraphShading-v2.jsx
// Uwe Laubender
/**
* @@@BUILDINFO@@@ ChangeTheDefaultColor-for-ParagraphShading-v2.jsx !Version! Tue Aug 23 2016 15:04:34 GMT+0200
*/
/*
Changing the Default of inDesign with
paragraphShading
26. Re: Strange problem: Pasting text to InDesign CC2015 always adds cyan color
Uwe Laubender | Feb 3, 2016
https://forums.adobe.com/message/8457900#8457900
*/
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
app.doScript
(
main,
ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT,
[],
UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT,
"Change The Default Color for Paragraph Shading | SCRIPT"
);
function main()
{
/* Section where you can change the color and the tint. */
// Do not change the name to "[Black]" or "[Schwarz]" or "[Noir]" etc.pp.
// Leave it at "Black" for UI-Color: "[Black]", "[Schwarz]" or "[Noir]" etc.pp.
// Alternative: "Paper" for UI-Color: "[Paper]", "[Papier]" etc.pp.
var newShadingColorName = "Black";
//var newShadingColorName = "Paper";
// If you want to get 100% assign the default value:
// -1
var newShadingTint = 20;
//var newShadingTint = -1; // Gets you 100%
/* End of section. */
if(app.documents.length !=0)
{
alert("ERROR:"+"\r"+"Close All documents and try again!");
return;
}
if(!app.textDefaults.hasOwnProperty("paragraphShadingColor"))
{
alert("ERROR:"+"\r"+"Paragraph shading seems not to be supported with your version of inDesign that is:"+"\r"+app.version);
}
// InDesign's defaults for paragraph shading are:
// app.textDefaults.paragraphShadingColor.name = app.colors.itemByName("C=100 M=0 Y=0 K=0");
// app.textDefaults.paragraphShadingTint = -1;
// IMPORTANT NOTE: The name "C=100 M=0 Y=0 K=0" could be different in different locale versions of InDesign
// It's good with InDesign German, English-International, US, English
// It's NOT GOOD with e.g. InDesign French!!
var oldShadingColor = app.textDefaults.paragraphShadingColor;
var oldShadingColorName = oldShadingColor.name;
var oldShadingColorValue = oldShadingColor.colorValue;
var oldShadingColorModel = oldShadingColor.model;
var oldShadingColorSpace = oldShadingColor.space;
app.textDefaults.paragraphShadingColor = app.colors.itemByName(newShadingColorName);
app.textDefaults.paragraphShadingTint = newShadingTint;
app.paragraphStyles[1].paragraphShadingColor = app.colors.itemByName(newShadingColorName);
app.paragraphStyles[1].paragraphShadingTint = newShadingTint;
if(app.colors.itemByName(oldShadingColorName).isValid)
{
// Exchange shading color with new shading color:
// If that's possible. If not end the function immediately.
try
{
app.colors.itemByName(oldShadingColorName).remove(app.colors.itemByName(newShadingColorName));
}catch(e)
{
return
};
};
// Add the replaced color again.
app.colors.add
(
{
name : oldShadingColorName ,
colorValue : oldShadingColorValue ,
model : oldShadingColorModel ,
space : oldShadingColorSpace
}
);
};
Thank you,
Uwe
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