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Ribnog
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July 31, 2017
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Change leading value

  • July 31, 2017
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Hi,

I have some paragraphs with overrides applied manually across the document.

I want to apply the leading that are in each respective paragraph styles without do the clearOverrides method because I have italic or colored words with no char style applied that I don't want to "clear".

Thank you in advance.

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Correct answer Loic.Aigon

You can use everyItem() in a collection purpose but you would still need to introspect every single paragraph as they may have different leading values.

var myParas = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().getElements();

var n = myParas.length;

while ( n-- ) {

myParas.leading = myParas.appliedParagraphStyle.leading;

}

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Loic.Aigon
Loic.Aigon
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August 3, 2017

Given that app.selection[0] is your group you need to introspect allPageItems property which is an array. If the nth item is of kind TextFrame you can then apply paragraphs changes.

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    RibnogAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 3, 2017

    I see that's the way, but I don't know how to put this theory in the code. I'm a novice in javascript with indesign.

    Can you help with the code? Sorry to bother you again

    Loic.Aigon
    Loic.Aigon
    Legend
    July 31, 2017
    myPara.leading = myPara.appliedParagraphStyle.leading;
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    RibnogAuthor
    Known Participant
    July 31, 2017

    And the var myPara would be? I tried app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem but not work.

    Loic.Aigon
    Loic.AigonCorrect answer
    Legend
    July 31, 2017

    You can use everyItem() in a collection purpose but you would still need to introspect every single paragraph as they may have different leading values.

    var myParas = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().getElements();

    var n = myParas.length;

    while ( n-- ) {

    myParas.leading = myParas.appliedParagraphStyle.leading;

    }

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