Change the paragraph by Script Style

You're right, this can be done very effectively with a (relatively) simple script. This is an excerpt from a longer script of mine which covers a changing choice of design of end minutes documents open at once:

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For a list of all paragraph properties that you can change, look in the ESTK help or (in a more user-friendly way to read and search) in an online version of these same data: InDesign ExtendScript API (10.0).
 
         
 
         
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Change any paragraph by script style
 
			 
Hello!!!
Is it possible change one paragraph selected with any paragraph style by script?
Example:
My paragraph style is:
Font: Garamond, 7pt size, color: black, align justfy (or select any paragraph style)
Script to set selected with the paragraph style paragraph describe above to:
Police: Humanist, sise 8pt, color: black, align justfy
Drop cap: number of lines: 3, one or more characters: 2
			 
Thanks for your script, Ford Foxy!
Try this
var myPara = app.selection [0] .paragraphs [0];
var myChar = myPara.characters [0];
myPara.dropCapCharacters = 1;
myPara.dropCapLines = 2;
myPara.dropcapDetail = 1;
myPara.firstLineIndent = 0;
myPara.dropCapStyle = 'My Style'
My Syle should be created in the Style of character, of course.
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
[JS, CS3] a script to change the language in all styles of paragraph
 
			 
Hello
I made a script to change the language in all styles of paragraph for "French", but when I run it I get the error: "Invalid request on the root style. Could you please tell me what I'm missing?
myDoc = app.activeDocument;
myStyles = myDoc.paragraphStyles;
for (i = 0; i < myStyles.length; i ++)
{
myStyle = myStyles [i];
myStyle.appliedLanguage = "French";
}
			 
Parargaph Style #0 is [No Style], and you cannot change this way. Simply start your loop at 1.
Style #1 is [Basic Style], and if you have trouble as well to change this, simply start at 2.
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
Help about the paragraph and character styles scriptting
 
			 
Hi all
I'm working on a project with many files, I change change on all styles of paragraph with multiple processes
for ex, change the font for all styles of paragraph on all open documents
          var docs = app.documents;  
                 
          for (var d = docs.length-1; d >= 0; d--) {  
                  var doc=docs[d]; 
                  
var pstyles = doc.allParagraphStyles;  
for (var a = 1; a < pstyles.length; a++) {    
                          if (pstyles[a].appliedFont.name=="Arial\tBold")    
                               pstyles[a].appliedFont = "Arial\tBold Italic";    
                     }
                 }
but I found a text inside frames (the locked position) my find/replace a not to apply to this topic
so, is there anyway to do this process for all chassis from locked position?
or at least make the lock of the United Nations to all open documents, but I can only do this for the active doc
app.activeDocument.pageItems.everyItem (.locked = false)
Another thing, I tried to change it on all styles of character on the files and I wrote the code with my little knowledge script but it seems does not, any hint please?
          var docs = app.documents;  
                 
          for (var d = docs.length-1; d >= 0; d--) {  
                  var doc=docs[d]; 
                  
var cstyles = doc.allCharacterStyles;  
for (var a = 1; a < cstyles.length; a++) {    
                          if (cstyles[a].appliedFont.name=="Arial\tBold")    
                               cstyles[a].appliedFont = "Arial\tBold Italic";  
                     }
}
         }  
Thanks in advance
			 
Maybe your consolidated text block... Try this
docs var = app.documents.
for (var docs.length - 1; d = d > = 0; d-) {}
var doc = docs [d];
var pgItems = doc.allPageItems;
for (var a = 0;< pgitems.length;="" a++)="">
If (pgItems [a] instanceof TextFrame) {}
While (doc.groups.length > 0)
doc.groups.everyItem () .ungroup ();
pgItems [a] .locked = false;      }
}
}
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
Change the paragraphs found in the standard paragraph style?
 
			 
I have look here for about an hour and could not find a discussion for this.  I see where it clears the substitutions but not change Style all together.  Here's what I need help do.  If I left saying text 4 selected boxes, I want the power to change the standard paragraph to paragraph and character set to None style style. If there is already can a discussion that I missed in this regard you point me in that direction.  If this is not the case, can I please help with this.
			 
You can usetpk1982of script to change all the paragraphs of the standard paragraph. But if you only want the block of selected text, then you will need to adjust thescript to change paragraph styles in the selected text frames.
basically replace line 2 by var allTFrames = app.selection;
Also, if you need to clear character styles need to do before you change the paragraph style or character styles will be removed and the formatting will be left as a local override.  Your final script after that these changes would be:
myDoc var = app.activeDocument;
var myTFrames = app.selection;
for (var i = 0; i)< mytframes.length;="" i++)="">
var tFrame = myTFrames [i];
pStory var = tFrame.parentStory;
var allParas = pStory.paragraphs.everyItem ();
pStory.characters.everyItem () .appliedCharacterStyle = app.activeDocument.characterStyles [0];
allParas.appliedParagraphStyle = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles [1];
}
Note: instead of simply replacing the 2 wire I also changed the name of the variable to reflect rather than leave it in the form allTFrames; and add line 7... Other than these two changes everything was the script of tpk1982
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
How to change the paragraph style to each paragraph that contains only one anchored object?
 
			 
Hello
I have a document in word that should be converted in indesign. The document contains instructions, each step followed by an image.
I managed to import the document into Indesign and applied a paragraph with numbering style to everything (text, image).
Now, how do I change the the paragraph style to each paragraph that contains only an image? I need to get rid of the numbering.
Thanks in advance.
			 
If the images are all anchored objects, you can use find/replace to find the anchor point and change the paragraph style only once for all paragraphs.
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
second line to the paragraph indented using styles?
 
			 
made anyone know if its possible in Indesign to do the second line of the paragraph indented using styles?
I'm working on a book and I put the first word of each paragraph to be slightly larger and a different font to the rest of the paragraph. I did it using a style nested with the paragraph style. I also want to do what the second line is indented from the amount of space to the first word on the first line. This isn't problem doing this maunally but I want to find a way to define a style for this so that I can compose the book like this.
any help is appreciated!
			 
Looks like you're talking to "drop words".
On this page: http://in-tools.com/plugin.php?p=24
In addition to the commercial product, there is a (simpler) free script on the page to create using drop caps.
Substances
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
Is it possible to change the paragraph style (none)?
 
			 
Whenever I make a bulleted list or a numbered list, I get a syle of fonts that we don't use in our project.  I tried to change this style, but it is grayed out.  All other styles allow editing.  How can I change this default style (none)?  I did a search in the file help and on the forum but have not seen any results.  It's too simple or others are ok with this style.
Thank you
			 
The choice is to apply other styles like I did, or simply to set your LI style, which is the way of pure HTML. The reason why I do that you cannot map the tag LI for printed documents. I have just started the list, select the style that I want and that's all. It is an extra step.
What is behind this change is that people complained that the code should be clean and now it is the case, people are aware there is a down side.
When no style is applied, as zero, the police will be what is defined by the browser. Try changing the default font in your browser for some obscure fonts and generates output. What you'll see is this obscure font. Now see the same output to another browser with a different default font.
You may not modify any as Willam explained. None means that no style is applied so that applies the default value of the browser. You will see may not be in Arial, the next person may see as something else. Modify a CSS sets styles you include in this CSS. You apply the paragraph styles or you don't, as in no style is applied that in none.
Clearer now?
See www.grainge.org for creating tips and RoboHelp
@petergrainge
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
CS3: need script to replace spaces with underscores in the paragraph and character style names
 
			 
Help! I am very new to scripting.
I managed to find and tweak existing javascripts to search through all my paragraph styles to disable hyphenation and off balance the jagged lines, but I need help with this one.
I work on Mac OS 10.4.11 using Indesign CS3.
I need a script that will search all my paragraph and character styles in my open Active document and replace spaces by underscores.
Can someone help me with this? It would be greatly appreciated!
			 
1. I don't know, but I think you can use all the regular GREP inside this function codes. Do not use the quotation marks around of the expression, use slashes! (Why? Just a curiosity of Javascript... maybe a hack that goes back to the gray mist of JS development...)
This work should - but rather the code above, this is not tested:
.. Replace (/ [-\ / ()-. _] + / g. '_');
The GOLD group inbetween the brackets contain all the characters you want to replace with an underscore: the hyphen (this has to be the first character in the group, else it will be interpreted as a range of characters from each side!), space, slash (this one is 'special' inside the function replace JavaScript, so I think he needs to escape with a backslash)! in parentheses, a period (not sure if it should escape - into ordinary GREP, it's the wildcard character for any character, but maybe he loses his magic within a group of GOLD) and finally... the underscore character. Why?
Well, this replacement string comes with a free bonus. Note the sign after the installment of GOLD +. This means that a whole sequence of these characters is replaced by a simple underscore: "it's / a - / test" will become "This_is_a_test". Adding the underscore line itself to the string of research means that it will also find the whole chain 'space space (stroke underscore)' in 'This style (_)' and, oh magic!, replace it immediately with a single underscore.
Just FYI, the tiny "g" after the closing slash is abbreviation of 'global', i.e. at the global level, replacing in this string. replace the default values for a replacement only (why? see above...), and adding the 'g' ensures he keeps replacing until it is not find matches more.
2 see point 1.
3. uh, yes it's true, but you will need to check very carefully if nothing inside one of these basic models is substituted. You can apply a base style and add substitutions to make look like a subtitle, but that isn't making it a. And to the next paragraph, you can apply a base style and add substitutions to make it look like a paragraph of plain text (etc.). It's a signature of witness to bad formatting...
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
Change the Gallery HTML / Script
 
			 
Hi all
New to the Forum, so please be gentle!
I want to change some of the script / HTML contained in the galleries of stock. I know where the files are located, and what I need to change, but my PC will not allow access to these files by saying that they are protected.
All the guys and galls allow snippets of advice to edit pages in an editor?
I intend to backup the files first, but as I said, they seem protected against tampering.
Thank you very much, and I'll be happy to provide you with more information if necessary.
Simon
			 
You should not edit these files - but assuming you can see them, you can copy galleries (IE files) for your files and folders for the user templates:
Win7: Galleries C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Web
Mac: USER\Library\Application Support\Adobe\Lightroom\Web galleries
You may need to create the "Web galleries" folder.
Start by editing galleryInfo.lrweb. You will need to change the title to something, you would be able to recognize in the Web and change the line id to something unique to your gallery. Restart Lr and your gallery should be displayed in Style available to the Web Control Panel - as well as built-in ones.
You can see an example of a Gallery HTML changed here
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
[JS] Copy or move the paragraph and character style style
 
			 
Hello
I try to transfer paragraphs a the document to a block a second document but I have hugs the style of paragraph et style character applied.
I use this command line:

o.leBlocLegendes.contents = o.leBlocLegendes.contents + leDocument.stories.firstItem().paragraphs[leConteurPara].contents;


How do I do not lose anything?

Thank you

Original message
Hello
I am trying to transfer of the paragraphs in a document to a block of a second document but I loses all the style of paragraph and style of applied character.
Plug-in this command line:
o.leBlocLegendes.contents = o.leBlocLegendes.contents + leDocument.stories.firstItem().paragraphs[leConteurPara].contents;
Comment do pay nothing lose?
Thank you
			 
Hi Liphou,
.silence is indeed a property of type string only disregardingly of styles, anchor frames and other animals.
You prefer the use of object methods and duplicate stories. However styles can be substituted with the target document. If you can load styles before the duplication of the text.
var main = function() {
    var doc, st, tempDoc, f, tf;
    if (!app.documents.length
        || app.selection.length!=1
        || !app.selection[0].properties.parentStory) {
        alert("You need to select text or text frame");
        return;
    }

    doc = app.activeDocument;

    if ( !doc.properties.fullName ) {
        alert("Please save file first !");
        return;
    }

    st = app.selection[0].parentStory;
    f = File ( doc.fullName );
    tempDoc = app.documents.add();
    tempDoc. importStyles ( ImportFormat.TEXT_STYLES_FORMAT, f, GlobalClashResolutionStrategy.LOAD_ALL_WITH_OVERWRITE );

    tf = tempDoc.textFrames.add();
    st.duplicate(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING, tf.insertionPoints[0]);
    tf.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);

}

main();

HTH,
Loïc
www.ozalto.com
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
How to change the parameter default slot 'Style layer'-'Stroke '?
 
			 
Whenever I use "Layer Style"-> "Stroke", the default value is always red for 'Color' and 3.0 for the 'size '.  I would like to change the size and the color by default, so that I don't have the change of these parameters each time that I use "Style of layer"-> "Stroke".  Anyone know how to change the default settings?  Thanks in advance.
			 
Preset animations are the way to go. I have a library of more than 200 that I created to speed to the top of my work. Learn how to create them and use them by typing "create a preset" in the search help field in the upper right corner of the AE and dig through the resources you will find. The first link will get you started: using After Effects | Animation and effects presets overview
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
Cannot change the fill via script UI button color?
 
			 
I have simple scriptUI where is the button that calls the simple function. Function work correctly if I normally call out of button, but when I try to change color after clicking the button, nothing happened.
I tried to change the average RGB simple and now I tested this CMYK version which is Forum. Nothing seems to work through this button. Function runs, but does not affect the colors. Am I missing something on scriptUIs...
Please, anyone know where is the problem?
#target illustrator


//changeColor();


function changeColor() {


    var docRef = app.activeDocument;
    var  col;
     
    var col = new CMYKColor();
    col.cyan = 2;
    col.magenta = 3;
    col.yellow = 15;
    col.black = 0;
     
    // Create the new swatch using the above color
    var swatch = docRef.swatches.add();
    swatch.color = col;
    swatch.name = "col";
     
    // Apply the swatch to a new path item
    var pathRef = docRef.pathItems[0];
    pathRef.filled = true;
    pathRef.fillColor = swatch.color;


}


createGUI ();


function createGUI() {
    var win = new Window("palette", "Test", [150, 150, 460, 455]); // bounds = [left, top, right, bottom]  
    windowRef = win; 
    
    win.increaseColorBtn = win.add("button", [110,50,200,150], "Change");
    
    win.increaseColorBtn.onClick = function () {
        changeColor ();        
    };  


    // Create quit button and trigger for it
    win.quitBtn = win.add("button", [110,275,200,295], "Close"); 
    win.quitBtn.onClick = function() {   
        win.close();   
    } 


    win.show();  
}
			 
Sorry, but you will need to use the BridgeTalk object when working with pallets.  How to make your script work is to do the type of window 'dialogue' and put redraw(); in your changeColor(); function to see instantaneous changes.  But you can access the rest of the user of AI interface due to the dialog box modal.
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
Adding anchors based on the paragraph in Javascript Style
 
			 
I've read over the documentation for days and just trying to understand how to add an anchor point to a paragraph in javascript style. That's what I have so far:
main() {} function
myDoc var = app.activeDocument;
var num_pars = myDoc.stories [0].paragraphs.length;
for (i = 0; i < num_pars; i ++) {}
If (myDoc.stories [0].paragraphs.item (i).appliedParagraphStyle.name == "Title") {}
aText = app.activeDocument.stories [0] .paragraphs [0];
aDest = app.activeDocument.hyperlinkTextDestinations.add(aText,{name:aText.contents});)
}
}
}
What I am doing wrong?
			 
I thought about it! Thanks for your help! Here is the final code for anyone who could find that I couldn't find before:
main() {} function
myDoc var = app.activeDocument;
var anchorsAddedCnt = 0;
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "Title";
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "^."
var myTitleResult = myDoc.findGrep ();
for (i = 0; i< mytitleresult.length;="" i++="" )="">
var anchor = myDoc.hyperlinkTextDestinations.add (myTitleResult [i]);
Anchor.Name = "A00.01.00";
Anchor.label = "A00.01.00";
anchorsAddedCnt += 1;
}
Alert ("Added" + anchorsAddedCnt + "anchors");
$.writeln ("Added" + anchorsAddedCnt + "anchors");
}
main();
		   
 
            
           
 
		     
Captivate 5 - How to manually change the type of legend (style)
 
			 
I want a caption style different to some of the legends of text on a slide. How can I manually change the style of a text of the legend, for example Popup Adobe Adobe red, without changing all the text captions in the slide. In other words, I want to manually cancel the caption style to default text on some legends but not others. Style Manager object changes all the text captions, not what I need. (It was very easy to do in version 4, but can't find where to do it in version 5)
			 
Hello Jay,
Just change using the Properties Inspector. There will be a sign more in front of the indication of the style, to indicate that this object has a different style to the default style, but that is not a problem at all. You can replace the default style in this way.
Hope this is clear enough, otherwise please post again.
Lilybiri