Are you really sure, that your items move to a random value? I would assume, that the items do not move, instead the problem occurs, when you delete a page and your left pages get applied a right master page and so on! Otherwise please provide a .idml-file, a runnable snippet of your script (incl. the csv-part). ... View more

salvi, your alert() says nothing about if your file really exists or if your input is correct! You can check this with myTemplate.exists; You see the full Path of your document by trying the following: var myTemplate = File.openDialog("Choose a file"); var fPath = myTemplate.fullName; alert(fPath); ... View more

Hi Siraj, I would think that you must restrain the missing fonts warning at the beginning of the script with: app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT; and set it back to 'INTERACT_WITH_ALL' at the end. Kai ... View more

yes! If the style does not exist, create it and set the properties, else if the style exists simply use it. To your second question: That depends really on your workflow: I would think that you have a template with your p and c styles and simply call them in the script. If you can define rules for your paragraphs and characters, you can apply more than "body" and "italic", for example headings, subheadings, headings between, bold, underline … On the other hand: You could also define your styles in the script as shown in the part that begins with "with". Whatever your solution is: I would never run a script and then change the attributes of paragraph and character styles later by hand. It should match either previously or the script should do that work. best Kai ... View more

I’m not sure, if this is helpful so far, but this is what I have at the moment: var curDoc = app.documents[0]; var curPage = curDoc.pages[0]; // das Ergebnis der sortierten Liste var sortedTextFrames = getTextFramesAndContent(); // den String vorbereiten var msg = ""; // eine Schleife durch das Ergebnis for ( var s = 0;  s < sortedTextFrames.length; s++ ) {     msg += "Rahmen-ID: " + sortedTextFrames [0].id + "\r" +     "Erster Absatz: " + sortedTextFrames [1] +     "Y-Position: " + sortedTextFrames [0].geometricBounds[0] + "\r\r"; } alert("PageItems sortiert\r" + msg); // gibt alle Textrahmen und deren Inhalt zurück function getTextFramesAndContent() {     var list = new Array();     // alle Textrahmen der aktuellen Seite     var pageTfs = curPage.textFrames;             for ( var i = 0; i < pageTfs.length; i++ ) {         var curTf = pageTfs;         // Inhalt des ersten Absatzes im jeweiligen Rahmen         firstPara = curTf.paragraphs[0].contents;         // den Rahmen u. ersten Absatz in das Array aufnehmen         list.push( [curTf, firstPara] );     }     // die Liste seitenweise sortieren     list.sort( case_insensitive );     return list; } function case_insensitive ( a, b ) {     return a[1].toLowerCase() > b[1].toLowerCase(); } ... View more

hm, hm. I’m afraid, that my sort-routine will only work with englisch-text at the moment. Since I never did anything with greek text, I have no idea, how greek text can be sorted. But maybe others can dive in here. It is even not clear, how the alternate pictures are created. Please provide your example before/after without the pics as idml. I wil try to write something that will move the frames, after the text is sorted. ... View more

David, did not understand, what is your goal! Maybe it is to early in the morning or more information is needed 😉 If you make some changes to a part with a italic character style, you make some local overrides. If you run the script again, those characters will not be found anymore, because the fontstyle is not "italics" anymore. But: If your apply your paragraph style, all overrides will be removed, and you get in the endresult: italics! ... View more

Not really! Where is your screenshot of the final version? Does the frames have all the same height and position? I would think, that it is easier to sort the text when all your frames are threaded, than to sort the frames and move them over 10 pages. Had some time at the morning. In the screen you can see my current result (frames are sorted, the values show the bounds of the frames). It would be helpful if you provide a idml with those threaded frames. Now it is evening here. So the next version will come surely tomorrow. ... View more

I would say yes, but what is the heading? > The first paragraph? If so, only english characters, lower-/uppercase, Umlaute … ? What does sort means for you ? x/y coordinates? Which values? Please provide a example before / after. ... View more

Hi, I would think, that the current element should be selected, if the value is displayed and that there is no need to display a value of "0" ? And: Mi_Ds and my snippet does not find strokes, fill color in table cells and fill color in text at the moment. var doc = app.activeDocument; var allPItems = doc.allPageItems;     for ( var i = 0; i < allPItems.length; i++ ) {         var curItem = allPItems;         if ( curItem != "[object Group]" ) {             if ( curItem.fillColor.name != "None" ) {                 var fColor = curItem.fillColor;                 var cyan = fColor.colorValue[0];                 if ( cyan != 0 ) {                     curItem.select();                     alert( "Selected object has a cyan value of: " + cyan );                 } // if             } // if         } // if     } // for ... View more

Your lines are not really helpful! The following code should solve your problem verry close to your example. At the moment the table will be anchored in the paragraph with content before. The position of the table-frame is controlled by the object style "Marginalien". // das aktuelle Dokument var curDoc = app.activeDocument; // die aktuelle Auswahl var curSel = app.selection[0]; // die Sucheinstellungen zurücksetzen app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; // die Sucheinstellungen setzen app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(\\|.+\\r)+\\|.+"; var result = curSel.findGrep( true ); // eine Schleife durch die Fundstellen for ( var f = 0; f < result.length; f++ ) {     // die letzte Fundstelle     var curResult = result ;     var curIP = curResult.insertionPoints[0].index;     var curStory = curResult.parentStory;     var IPs = curStory.insertionPoints.itemByRange(0 , curIP);     var nParas = IPs.paragraphs.length-1;     if ( curStory.paragraphs[nParas].contents == "\r" ) {         curStory.paragraphs[nParas].remove();         var a = curStory.paragraphs[nParas-1].insertionPoints[0];     }     else {     var a = curStory.paragraphs[nParas].insertionPoints[0];     }     var newTf = a.textFrames.add({geometricBounds: [ 0, 0, "30mm", "80mm"]});       newTf.appliedObjectStyle = curDoc.objectStyles.itemByName("Marginalien");      var newContent = curResult.move(LocationOptions.AFTER, newTf.insertionPoints[0]);        // Fundstelle in Tabelle konvertieren     var curTable = newContent.convertToTable("|");     // Erste und letzte Spalte löschen     curTable.columns[0].remove();     curTable.columns[-1].remove();     // Tabelle wieder an Textrahmen anpassen     var tFrame = curTable.parent;     var fWidth = tFrame.geometricBounds[3] - tFrame.geometricBounds[1];     curTable.width = fWidth;     // Erste Zeile in Kopfzeile wandeln     curTable.rows[0].rowType = RowTypes.headerRow;     // Tabellenformat zuweisen     curTable.appliedTableStyle = "Redtable";             // vorsichtshalber Abweichungen vom Tabellenformat löschen         curTable.clearTableStyleOverrides( true );     // den Whitespace säubern     app.findGrepPreferences = null;     app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "_\\.\\s|\\s+$|^\\s+";     app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "";     curTable.changeGrep(); } app.findGrepPreferences = null; // die überflüssigen Returns löschen   app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(?<=\\r)\\r+"; app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "\\r"; curDoc.changeGrep(); ... View more

I haven’t the time, to investigate here further, sorry. As a script beginner, it needs much more time for me, than a pro would need for that. So maybe others could dive in here or you must investigate in a paid-script. What I have so far: 1. To get the position of the frames, I would anchor them at the first position of the current found (and maybe release them later) 2. To have more control of the position, the next version of the script assumes a objectStyle "Marginalien" with custom anchored settings 3. There a two ways to bring your table in the anchored frame: a) Create your table first and move the table to the new textFrame >> Did not know how to do that, since I had serveral problems with the index b) Create the textframe first, move the found to the new frame and convert then to table >> In this case I’m wondering why I get no index issues, but it worked // das aktuelle Dokument var curDoc = app.activeDocument; // die aktuelle Auswahl var curSel = app.selection[0]; // die Sucheinstellungen zurücksetzen app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; // die Sucheinstellungen setzen app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(\\|.+\\r)+\\|.+"; var result = curSel.findGrep( true );   // eine Schleife durch die Fundstellen for ( var f = 0; f < result.length; f++ ) {     // die letzte Fundstelle     var curResult = result ;     var iP = curResult.insertionPoints[0];     var newTf = iP.textFrames.add({geometricBounds: [ 0, 0, "30mm", "80mm"]});       newTf.appliedObjectStyle = curDoc.objectStyles.itemByName("Marginalien");      var newContent = curResult.move(LocationOptions.AFTER, newTf.insertionPoints[0]);        // Fundstelle in Tabelle konvertieren     var curTable = newContent.convertToTable("|");     // Erste und letzte Spalte löschen     curTable.columns[0].remove();     curTable.columns[-1].remove();     // Tabelle wieder an Textrahmen anpassen     var tFrame = curTable.parent;     var fWidth = tFrame.geometricBounds[3] - tFrame.geometricBounds[1];     curTable.width = fWidth;     // Erste Zeile in Kopfzeile wandeln     curTable.rows[0].rowType = RowTypes.headerRow;     // Tabellenformat zuweisen     curTable.appliedTableStyle = "Redtable";             // vorsichtshalber Abweichungen vom Tabellenformat löschen         curTable.clearTableStyleOverrides( true );     // den Whitespace säubern     app.findGrepPreferences = null;     app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "_\\.\\s|\\s+$|^\\s+";     app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "";     curTable.changeGrep(); } app.findGrepPreferences = null; For own interest: It would be great, if someone could show me on a simple example, how I can add a frame before a given table and move the table (or the paragraph that holds the table) to that frame. At the moment I get a warning here, something like: You cannot move the content to the same position. Thanks kai ... View more

Great, so whatever is the right or helpful answer here, some should mark this thread as answered 😉 ... View more

Try this one: app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll; if ( app.selection[0].constructor.name != "InsertionPoint" ) {     ( alert ( "Put the insertion point in the paragraph!" ) );     exit(); } var curDoc = app.activeDocument; var textPrefs = curDoc.textPreferences; var leadingPref = textPrefs.useParagraphLeading; var counter = textPrefs.leadingKeyIncrement; textPrefs.useParagraphLeading = false; var curSel = app.selection[0]; var para = curSel.paragraphs[0]; var allLines = para.lines; for ( var i = 0; i < allLines.length; i++ ) {     var curLine = allLines;     var c = curLine.characters[0];     if ( curLine.leading == Leading.AUTO ) {         var lg = c.pointSize * ( c.autoLeading/100 );     }     else {     var lg = curLine.leading;     }     curLine.leading = lg + ( counter * i ); // when the first line should change too: counter * (i+1) } textPrefs.useParagraphLeading = leadingPref; best Kai ... View more

Hi, it seems, that auto is a bit tricky and it needs a pointSize-reference of a character or insertionPoint for that. If this is not correct, maybe someone could correct me here. However: I took this value from every first character in a line. Do the following lines work for you? var curDoc = app.activeDocument; var textPrefs = curDoc.textPreferences; var leadingPref = textPrefs.useParagraphLeading; var counter = textPrefs.leadingKeyIncrement; textPrefs.useParagraphLeading = false; var curSel = app.selection[0]; var para = curSel.paragraphs[0]; var allLines = para.lines; for ( var i = 0; i < allLines.length; i++ ) {     var curLine = allLines;     var c = curLine.characters[0];     if ( curLine.leading == Leading.AUTO ) {         var lg = c.pointSize * ( c.autoLeading/100 );     }     else {     var lg = curLine.leading;     }     curLine.leading = lg + ( counter * (i+1) ); } textPrefs.useParagraphLeading = leadingPref; ... View more

I wrote yesterday some scriptlines. Sadly the forum was down, so I could not post it. First, there must be always checked, if the right preferences are turned off, otherwise all those tricks here won’t work. The script assumes, that the cursor is placed in the paragraph. var curDoc = app.activeDocument; var leadingPref = curDoc.textPreferences.useParagraphLeading; curDoc.textPreferences.useParagraphLeading = false; var curSel = app.selection[0]; var para = curSel.paragraphs[0]; var allLines = para.lines; for ( var i = 0; i < allLines.length; i++ ) {     var curLine = allLines;     curLine.leading = 10 + i; // your leading value >> i means in this case increase every line to 1 more } curDoc.textPreferences.useParagraphLeading = leadingPref; ... View more

Sorry, I did not understand the target here … Please provide a idml-file with the start-state and your final-state. I must have a look at your table style and did not understand why you want to create a new textframe. btw: You get two texttframes, because you create two with "add". var curDoc = app.activeDocument; var curFrame = curDoc.textFrames.add( {geometricBounds: ["30pt", "30pt", "300pt", "200pt"]} ); ... View more

Hi, try the following lines: var curDoc = app.activeDocument;  var cStyleList = [     ["Italic", "italic"],     ["Bold", "bold"] ]; for ( var j = 0; j < cStyleList.length; j++ ) {     app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;      app.findGrepPreferences.fontStyle = cStyleList [0];      app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = cStyleList [1];      curDoc.changeGrep();  } app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; ... View more

Hi, you have luck, I find the question interesting but I’m not sure, if I do this in the right way. I’m a graphic designer and not really a scripter 😉 Find here a first version. This version is not really flexible. The script assumes, that you select a textframe or a rectangle. I would think, that the second version should compare the distance between the left edge and the nearest column. I’m busy at the moment. Maybe I have the next days a bit time to dive in for this second version. Any feedback in the meantime appreciated. var curDoc = app.activeDocument; var curSel = app.selection[0]; var gB = curSel.geometricBounds; // Masseinheiten, Ursprung und Nullpunkt speichern und bei Bedarf verändern hM = curDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits; vM = curDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits; rO = curDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin; zP = curDoc.zeroPoint; _setPref(); // Variablen initialisieren var pWidth = curDoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth; pWidth = Math.floor((pWidth * 1000) + 0.5) / 1000; var pHeight = curDoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight; pHeight = Math.floor((pHeight * 1000) + 0.5) / 1000; var curPage = app.activeWindow.activePage; // weitere Variablen deklarieren var curPage; var pM; var curPos; var allPos = new Array; if(curPage.side == PageSideOptions.leftHand) {     // bei Doppelseiten bedeutet left > innen; right > außen     pM = curPage.marginPreferences.right; } else{     // entweder Einzelseite oder rechte Seite     pM = curPage.marginPreferences.left; } // die Anzahl der Spalten auf der Seite var nC = curPage.marginPreferences.columnCount; // die Positionen der Spaltenlinien var colPos = curPage.marginPreferences.columnsPositions; // Schleife durch alle Positionen, der Spaltenlinien, Werte runden for (var k=0; k<colPos.length; k++) {     curPos = (Math.floor((colPos * 1000) + 0.5) / 1000) + pM;     allPos.push(curPos); } gB[1] = allPos[0]; gB[3] = allPos[1]; curSel.geometricBounds = gB; if (curSel.constructor.name == "TextFrame") fitFrame(curSel); _reStorePref(); // --------------------- Funktionen ------------------------- function fitFrame(aFrame) {     var gB = aFrame.geometricBounds;     gB[2] = gB[2]+ 50;     aFrame.geometricBounds =  gB;     var lastBaseLine = aFrame.lines.lastItem().baseline;     aFrame.geometricBounds =  [ gB[0], gB[1], lastBaseLine, gB[3] ]; } // Voreinstellungen verändern und zurücksetzen function _setPref() {     curDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.millimeters;     curDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.millimeters;     curDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.PAGE_ORIGIN;     curDoc.zeroPoint = [0,0]; } function _reStorePref() {     curDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = hM;     curDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = vM;     curDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = rO;     curDoc.zeroPoint = zP; } ... View more

Hi, first I realize that with InDesign CC everyItem() is verry slow, even I have only two tables on one page?! Why has your last column no header "Mate"? If I understand the question correct, I would do it in this way: var curDoc = app.activeDocument; var everyHeaderRow = curDoc.pages.everyItem(0).textFrames.everyItem().tables.everyItem().rows[0].getElements(); for( var i = 0; i<everyHeaderRow.length; i++ ) {   var curHR = everyHeaderRow;   var allHC = curHR.cells;     for ( var j = 0; j < allHC.length; j++ ) {   if ( allHC .contents == "Mate" ) {     var curCol = allHC .columns[0];       for ( var c = 0; c < curCol.cells.length; c++ ) {         var curCell = curCol.cells ;           if ( curCell.contents == "71247" ) {             curCell.select();             var cellName = curCell.name;             var co = Number(curCell.name.split(":")[0])+1;             var ro = Number(curCell.name.split(":")[1])+1;             alert("Found\r" + "Column: " + co + "\r" + "Row: " + ro + "\r" + "Contents: " + curCell.contents);          }       }     }   } } ... View more

David, if your styles are not valid, you must provide also some font-information. var curDoc = app.activeDocument; var curSel = app.selection[0]; if (!curDoc.characterStyles.item("italic").isValid) {     var cStyle = curDoc.characterStyles.add({name: "italic"}); } else {     var cStyle = curDoc.characterStyles.item("italic"); } cStyle.fontStyle = "Italic"; app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; app.findGrepPreferences.fontStyle = "Italic"; app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = cStyle; curSel.changeGrep(); if (!curDoc.paragraphStyles.item("body").isValid) {     var pStyle = curDoc.paragraphStyles.add({name: "body"}); } else {     var pStyle = curDoc.paragraphStyles.item("body"); } with (pStyle) {     appliedFont = "Myriad Pro\tRegular";     pointSize = 11.5;     fillColor = "Black"; } curSel.paragraphs.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle = pStyle; ... View more

Hi, I did not understand, why you tag your italics first, then apply a paragraph style, remove the overrides and then search for tags and apply your character style. If you do this in the interface, the first step would be search for italics, apply a character style, then apply your pStyle and remove only the local overrides. Select a frame and try the following lines: var curSel = app.selection[0]; app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; app.findGrepPreferences.fontStyle = "Italic"; app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = "italic"; curSel.changeGrep(); curSel.paragraphs.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle = "myPStyle"; ... View more

First of all, it is verry uncool, if you ask your questions in multiple forums. Feel free, to choose only one forum for your questions (see also your hyperlinks-thread) It seems that you posted my code here. As I told you at hds, it is always a good idea to provide some examples, before / after. It is not clear what "should be in a new Text Field" means and why you need that. ... View more

As I said before: You got different things for different needs here! fitFrame(curSel) and curSel.fit() are not the same things! The first one should solve your problem. To your columns question: I never scripted this before and have sadly at the moment no time to dive in this, sorry. ... View more

Hopefully you understand, that you have here different needs and the various script-elements does different things here 😉 If you want to align your textframe to all four sides of the type-are, you can try this one. Try also to delete the // at the line with "fitFrame". I spent also some comments for a better understanding. // the current document var curDoc = app.activeDocument; // there must be one selection with the selection-tool and the selection must be a textframe if ( app.selection.length != 1 || app.selection[0].constructor.name != "TextFrame" ) {     ( alert ( "Something wrong with your selection!" ) );     exit();     } // the current selection var curSel = app.selection[0]; // the page of the current selection var curPage = curSel.parentPage; // set the zeroPoint to 0 var zP = curDoc.zeroPoint; if (zP != [0,0]) {     curDoc.zeroPoint = [0,0]; } // set the ruler to page origin and store the user-pref var rO = curDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin; if (rO != 1380143215) {     curDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.pageOrigin; } // page width and height var pW = curDoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth; var pH = curDoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight; var y1, x1, y2, x2; // check if the page is a single, left or right page and store the margins if ( curPage.side == PageSideOptions.leftHand ){     x2 = curPage.marginPreferences.left;     x1 = curPage.marginPreferences.right; } else {     x1 = curPage.marginPreferences.left;     x2 = curPage.marginPreferences.right; } y1 = curPage.marginPreferences.top; x2 = pW - x2; y2 = pH - curPage.marginPreferences.bottom; var gB = curSel.geometricBounds; // fit to margins gB[0] = y1; gB[1] = x1; gB[2] = y2; gB[3] = x2; curSel.geometricBounds = gB; // fitFrame(curSel); // set the zeroPoint and ruler to the original state resetAsBefore(); function fitFrame(aFrame) {     var gB = aFrame.geometricBounds;     gB[2] = gB[2]+ 50;     aFrame.geometricBounds =  gB;     var lastBaseLine = aFrame.lines.lastItem().baseline;     aFrame.geometricBounds =  [ gB[0], gB[1], lastBaseLine, gB[3] ]; } function resetAsBefore() {     if ( rO != 1380143215 ) {             curDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = rO;     }     // set the zeroPoint back to the origin state     if (zP != [0,0]) {         curDoc.zeroPoint = zP;     } } ... View more

If you select the frame above, your second example (the frame at the bottom) can never be a result of my script (hopefully ;-)). So I did not understand, what cause the overflow in your case. ... View more