Saludos cordiales.
Busco replicar una tabla de contenido como la de la imagen adjunta. De manera que los ítems no queden listados de manera vertical como comunmente suelen quedar, sino de manera horizontal. Me refiero a las letras más pequeñas, las cuales están separadas por un guión largo. He tratado de mcuhas maneras y tengo estilos de párrafo para cada ítem, pero no logro que queden listadas de manera horizontal. Agradecería mucho si puedieran ayudarme.
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I can get you half way there
But this method automatically inserts a semi-colon and no option to change it - bizarre you can't pick the run-in character...
When generating your TOC in your TOC options - select your H2 or heading 2 that you want and select Run In at the bottom and they will list horizontally
You might be totally happy with the no-option semi colon approach - and doesn't require any additional changes on your part.
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I can kinda get you all the way there - RUN IN OPTION change to dassh
Generate your TOC with the Run In as above
Then run the script
Then when you need to update your TOC run the script and it updates the TOC and removes the ; and adds the dash, you can change the character to anything you need.
But there's a flaw in this that I cannot fix - if your text has a ; in the heading listed horizontally it will probably be removed.
// ReplaceRunInCharacter_UpdateTOC.jsx
// This script updates the TOC (if the TOC text frame is selected)
// then replaces the semicolon followed by a space with your chosen character.
if (app.selection.length === 0 || app.selection[0].constructor.name !== "TextFrame") {
alert("Please select the TOC text frame before running this script.");
} else {
// First, update the TOC using the menu action
try {
var updateAction = app.menuActions.itemByName("Update Table of Contents");
updateAction.invoke();
// Wait a bit for the update to process (adjust delay as needed)
$.sleep(1000);
} catch (e) {
alert("Error updating TOC: " + e);
}
// Now, proceed with the GREP replacement
var tocStory = app.selection[0].parentStory;
// Clear GREP preferences
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
// Set GREP to find the semicolon and a space (the default run-in separator)
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = ";\\s";
// Set the replacement to an en dash with spaces (change as desired)
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = " – ";
// Apply the change to the entire TOC story
var changedItems = tocStory.changeGrep();
// Reset GREP preferences
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
alert(changedItems.length + " instance(s) replaced.");
}
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I guess the other method mentioned by others is better, DON'T use the RUN IN and replace the \r with a dash
This just means you don't have to do two steps - update the TOC and then run a GREP - it basically does both things, updates the TOC then applies the changes for the look you want.
Run the script to update the TOC and add the dashes.
/*
Replace TOC Paragraph Breaks with Dash (excluding last).jsx
- Updates the TOC.
- Replaces paragraph returns (\r) in "TOC Body Text" with a dash, but leaves the last one untouched.
*/
if (app.selection.length === 0 || app.selection[0].constructor.name !== "TextFrame") {
alert("Please select the TOC text frame before running this script.");
} else {
try {
// Update TOC
var updateAction = app.menuActions.itemByName("Update Table of Contents");
updateAction.invoke();
$.sleep(1000);
} catch (e) {
alert("Error updating TOC: " + e);
}
var tocStory = app.selection[0].parentStory;
// Clear previous GREP settings
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
// **Find all instances of \r inside "TOC Body Text"**
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.itemByName("TOC Body Text");
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\r"; // Paragraph return
var foundReturns = tocStory.findGrep();
if (foundReturns.length > 1) {
for (var i = 0; i < foundReturns.length - 1; i++) { // Skip last return
foundReturns[i].contents = " – ";
}
alert((foundReturns.length - 1) + " instances replaced with a dash.");
} else {
alert("No replacements made. Not enough paragraph returns found.");
}
// Reset GREP preferences
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
}
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These methods may need to be tweaked - or maybe there's a cleverer way to do it that I don't know.
I'm just learning scripting so this was a fun task to try something new and maybe learn something myself.
If there's a better script method I'd love to see it.
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