Convert Table to Text Script

Forum|Forum|15 years ago
February 17, 2010
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Does anyone know if there is an Indesign script that will convert all tables in a document to text? I need a fast way to get rid of all tables in a long document before exporting for Digital Editions.

Scripting

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Shonkyin-CF145T

Inspiring

Check this one:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/1951975#1951975

Shonky

Jongware

Community Expert

The script mentioned in there is not complete -- it works, but on the first table only. This one works, to my own surprise:

var myDoc=app.activeDocument; 
tableList = myDoc.textFrames.everyItem().tables.everyItem();
tableList.convertToText("\t","\r");

-- it's not really much longer than the original, appears to work almost instantly on all tables in the entire document, and it's a single Undo/Redo.

Goes to show I've still a lot to learn.