Page resize based off of compound path lowest location.

[HoochShepherd]

Ok, I am trying to do something and have decided to try a different approach...

I have a series of pages set up as follows. 

I have a page.             A layer with a logo             A layer of text        A second layer of text

-------------                  -------------                             -------------                  -------------

|                |                 |      S$$    |                             |                |                  |                |    

|                |                 |                |                             |     Text    |                  |      text     |      

|                |                 |                |                             |                |                  |       text    |      

-------------                 -------------                             -------------                   -------------   

I am turning the text to outlines and want to resize the page to fit the lowest bound of the <compound path> created.

psuedocode would be

CreateOutline()

var cutLine = <compound path> Y + height

resize(CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,

        AnchorPoint.CENTER_ANCHOR,

        ResizeMethods.REPLACING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_WITH,

        [page.width, cutLine])

Any help would save my life!! An

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

FWIW: Would you like to do this with a facing pages document where the pages are left or right from a spine?

Be warned, that in the moment you change the width of a page the edge of a page will snap to the spine.

Well, and in the same moment the object could be partly or entirely outside of the page on the pasteboard.

That means: In this case you have to move the object as well. Not only to resize the page.

This thread should answer all or nearly all of your questions:

Is there a script to shirnk the Artboard to a selected Textbox?

cbishop01, Jan 08, 2018

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/is-there-a-script-to-shirnk-the-artboard-to-a-selected-textb...

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[HoochShepherd · Accepted solution]

That definitely helped!

What I finally did was this incase it can help anyone in the future.

currentPage.textFrames.everyItem().createOutlines();

        //Select items on current page
        for (var j=0; j<currentPage.pageItems.length; j++)
        {
            currentPage.pageItems.everyItem().select();
        }

        //Get outer bounds of selection for resize
        var gb = app.activeDocument.selection[0].geometricBounds;

        //Resize vertical banners
        currentPage.resize(CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
            AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR,
            ResizeMethods.REPLACING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_WITH,
            [2000, gb[2]] );

Thanks all! Especially Uwe who was helping me try a different approach in a seperate thread.

[Sheena Kaul]

Hi there,

I'm hoping that the issue is resolved for you. 

If the above-mentioned solution or suggestion helped, please mark it correct.

If not, do let us know so that we can assist you further.

Regards,

Sheena