This works for me also on rectangles: var findC = [ "C=100 M=0 Y=0 K=0", "C=0 M=0 Y=100 K=0"]; var changeC = [ "C=15 M=100 Y=100 K=0", "C=75 M=5 Y=100 K=0"]; var doc = app.activeDocument;  var pi = doc.allPageItems; for (var j = 0; j < pi.length; ++j) {     var it = pi ;     if (it.isValid && it instanceof Rectangle) {      //   &&   rectangle ??                 for(var k=0; k<findC.length; k++)  {                     var curFindColor = findC ;                     var curChangeColor = changeC ;                     if (it.fillColor.name == curFindColor) {                         it.fillColor = curChangeColor;                     }             }         } } ... View more

// load the XMPScript library if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) { ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript"); } ... View more

Hi, there may be a simpler way than a script to accomplish this task: 1. Set InDesign preferences to curly quotes 2. Use Find and Replace to replace (Find: " and Replace: " yes, same character") Thx Stefan ... View more

That is quite inexpensive, I would go for it! ... View more

Hi Bastien, this is a feasible way you are going, except I would: 1. Add a scripting label to each textframe on the first page, then 2. Import the XML, then 3. Duplicate the first page according the the number of nodes in the XML, then 4. Link each XML node the the corresponding textframe on the page (finding it with the scripting label) Thanks  stefan ... View more

Hi diego, "Yes We Can!" Se vuole, puo contatarmi via email: stefan at indesignscript.de Ho fatto qualcosa simile qualche mese fa. Saluti della Germania Stefan(o) aka Amico Fritz ... View more

Hi Diego, yes, you could do that via scripting. 1. Open the target document 2. start the script 3. In a dialog you select a folder with all the articles 4. read the pageNumber and the image Name from the csv or xls 5. Find the image on the NAS (only .psd e .tif) 6. place the image on the corresponding page Thanks Stefan ... View more

Try adding  $.bp()   in the script. Thanks Stefan ... View more

Have a look here: Re: [JS][CS3] Validating edittexts in ScriptUI ... View more

Hi, get all TextFrames on the spread, get all Images on the spread and then check which textframe is above an image by comparing the bounds: if ( textGB[0] >= imgGB[0]          && textGB[1] >= imgGB[1]          && textGB[2] <= imgGB[2]          && textGB[3] <= imgGB[3]) { Does the textframe need to be completly on the image or is it valid also if it only overlaps ? Thanks Stefan ... View more

Hi Tobias, this is a very good question. Here is my remarks: Use XSL to... ... filter out XML data that is not needed in the indesign document ... create the structure you need before placing the xmlElement on the page InDesign does not support grouping in the XSL, so this needs to be done with the JavaScript in the XML structure after importing. Thanks Stefan ... View more

FEFF are XmlTag characters. You cannot find these characters nor with the GREP UI or by scripting. Thanks Stefan ... View more

If you want to keep the window open you need a palette: var w = new Window('palette','Plain English Find and Change'); ... View more

Could you please post an image of how the text looks like, that you are trying to find. Thanks Stefan ... View more

Here is a sample to see if it would work with app.doScript: var w = new Window ('dialog {text: "Script List", properties: {closeButton: false}}'); var Pan1 = w.add ('panel {alignChildren: "left"}'); mL = Pan1.add("listbox", ["0", "0", "600", "600"]);  with (mL) {              for (var i = 0; i < 1; i++)                          var listItem1 = mL.add ("item", "Text Auto FIT" ) // Run this script and the one below. etc...            var listItem2 = mL.add ("item", "Crop Marks");                mL.revealItem (mL.items.length - i/1);            }  mL.onClick = function() {     var curSelection = this.selection.index;     //alert ( "You clicked item: "  + this.selection.index );     switch (curSelection) {       case 0:         app.doScript(script1);         break;       case 1:         app.doScript(script2);         break;     }     } w.show (); function script1() {          alert ("run Text Auto FIT.jsx"); } function script2() {         alert ("run Crop Marks.jsx"); } ... View more

I assume you are referring to the script SortParagraphs.jsx? ... View more

Hi, you could apply Conditional Text additionally by GREP to the changes you made. Thanks Stefan ... View more

"$" in your GREP search stands for "end of the story". So if there are index markers (could be XML tags as well) after your search string then they will not be found. Thanks Stefan ... View more

I changed your code in some lines. This works for me: var myDialog = app.dialogs.add ({name:"Search a para style AND apply a master page",canCancel:true});  var allStyles = new Array;  var styleRefs = new Array;  var allMasters = new Array;  var myDoc = app.documents[0];    var myMasterSpreads = myDoc.masterSpreads;  pushParGroup ("", myDoc);      for (i=0; i<myDoc.masterSpreads.length; i++)    allMasters.push(myDoc.masterSpreads.name);       with (myDialog)  {    with (dialogColumns.add())    {    with (dialogRows.add())    {    staticTexts.add ({staticLabel:"Find this master page:"});    dropMaster1 = dropdowns.add ({stringList:allMasters, selectedIndex:0});               // mySpread_1 = myMasterSpreads.item(allMasters[dropMaster1.selectedIndex]);    }    with (dialogRows.add())    {    staticTexts.add ({staticLabel:"… AND apply this master page:"});    dropMaster2 = dropdowns.add ({stringList:allMasters, selectedIndex:0});               // mySpread_2 = myMasterSpreads.item(allMasters[dropMaster2.selectedIndex]);    }    }  }  if (myDialog.show() == true)  {      mySpread_1 = myMasterSpreads.item(allMasters[dropMaster1.selectedIndex]);      mySpread_2 = myMasterSpreads.item(allMasters[dropMaster2.selectedIndex]);      var myPages = myDoc.pages;        for (n = 0; n < myPages.length; n++){         if (myPages .appliedMaster == mySpread_1) {                myPages .appliedMaster = myMasterSpreads.itemByName(mySpread_2.name);            };          };        };  function pushParGroup (namePrefix, styleSource)  {    for (var i=0; i<styleSource.paragraphStyles.length; i++)    {    allStyles.push(namePrefix+styleSource.paragraphStyles.name);    styleRefs.push(styleSource.paragraphStyles);    }    for (var i=0; i<styleSource.paragraphStyleGroups.length; i++)    pushParGroup (namePrefix + styleSource.paragraphStyleGroups.name + "/", styleSource.paragraphStyleGroups);  }  ... View more

Hi, like this you can get the insertionPoint before and after the table. The property you need is called "storyOffset": var firstInsertionPoint = curTable.storyOffset; var curParentStory = firstInsertionPoint.parentStory; var lastInsertionPoint = curParentStory.insertionPoints.nextItem(firstInsertionPoint); Thanks Stefan ... View more

You might want to take into account, that a table could run over multiple textframes when they are linked. Thanks Stefan ... View more

for the horizontal distribution: var curDoc = app.activeDocument; var itemsToDistribute = curDoc.pageItems; var gap = 5; curDoc.distribute(itemsToDistribute, DistributeOptions.HORIZONTAL_SPACE, undefined, true, gap); ... View more

Hi Marco, this JavaScript snippet hides a condition with the name "JavaScript": var curDocument = app.activeDocumnt; var curCondition = curDocument.conditions.itemByName("JavaScript"); curCondition.visible=false; ... View more

Try to use an XML rule like this: this.xpath = //STEPREF/[O!=""] Thanks Stefan ... View more

Hi, have you tried to markup the given word: var wordTag = curDoc.xmlTags.itemByName(wordTagName); var wordXmlElement = rootXmlElement.xmlElements.add(wordTag); curWord.markup(wordXmlElement); If you move the XmlElement you change the structure of the document ... View more

Hi frengold, start with the original demo script and copy a line from the FindChangeList.txt and insert your values. Is is working ? It may have to do with tabs in the txt file. thanks Stefan ... View more

Se tu voi una risposta qui, devi usare la lingua inglese. Ciao Stefaon ... View more

set the pageRange to app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = "1, 3-6, 7, 9-11, 12"; ... View more