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August 26, 2013
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[JS][CC] How can I get the last visible character in an overflowed Text Frame?

  • August 26, 2013
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Hello

I'm new in InDesign scripting in javascript. I would like to know if there is a way to get the position of the last character in a Text Frame that is overflowed? I need this because I want to calculate how many characters are hidden (overflowing text) via script.

I've searched in the forums about this but what I find is always a script for alerting if there's overset text or not.

I'd really appreciate any help!

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Well, let's say that myFrame is an overflowing text frame.

So, the last character in that frame would be

myFrame.characters[-1];

To calculate the number of overflowing characters, select the

overflowing text frame, and run this script:

myFrame = app.selection[0];

myParentStory = myFrame.parentStory;

alert("Number of overflowing characters is

"+myParentStory.characters.itemByRange(myFrame.characters[-1],

myParentStory.characters[-1]).length-1);

Ariel

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Legend
August 26, 2013

Well, let's say that myFrame is an overflowing text frame.

So, the last character in that frame would be

myFrame.characters[-1];

To calculate the number of overflowing characters, select the

overflowing text frame, and run this script:

myFrame = app.selection[0];

myParentStory = myFrame.parentStory;

alert("Number of overflowing characters is

"+myParentStory.characters.itemByRange(myFrame.characters[-1],

myParentStory.characters[-1]).length-1);

Ariel

agomexh
agomexhAuthor
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August 27, 2013

It works! Thank you very much.

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