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• How to apply a character Style that has already been made in a document model?

  First of all, I would like to thank everyone who helps. I am a complete newbie to the script and appreciate your help.

  I mainly use GREP expressions to search for patterns in a document and apply a character Style that has already been done. This character style did not help script, but just in InDesign when the production and implementation of the model.

  var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
  
  
  //Clear the find/change grep preferences.
  app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
  app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
  
  //Set the find options.
  app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = false;
  app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
  app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false;
  app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false;
  app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = false;
  
  //GREP Expression for finding all HEADERS
  app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = ".+\n";
  
  //Applying formatting changes to put into All Caps, Bold and changing the font size to 12 pt.
  app.changeGrepPreferences.capitalization = Capitalization.allCaps;
  app.changeGrepPreferences.fontStyle = "Bold";
  app.changeGrepPreferences.pointSize = "12";
  myDoc.changeGrep();
  
  //Clear the find/change preferences after the search.
  app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
  app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
  

  This is how I currently. I will manually define the changes made to the text. The problem is, each model uses a different set of fonts and not all use them "BOLD", for example Sabon can use THIS "BOLD".

  I would like to know how to apply a character Style and tried to look, but nothing seems to work.

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you.

  app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = "A";

• How to apply the character style to table cell

  I'm sure it's basic, but I can't find any references on how to do it and my attempts have failed.  I use VB and CS5.5

  Basically what I'm trying to do is to select a table cell and apply a character like this style...

  MyCharacterStyle = myDocument.CharacterStyles.Add set

  myCharacterStyle.Name = "TH2".

  myTable2.Cells.Item (1) .appliedCharacterStyle = "TH2".

  with this code, I get a "object does not support this property or method.  myTable2.Cells.Item (...). appliedCharacterStyle ".

  I tried several other versions without success.

  Can someone tell me what would be the proper syntax to apply a character style to text in a table cell, or if it's still the right path to follow on that?

  I have to select the text in the cell rather than the cell itself, and if so, how do you do that?

  Thank you

  You do not need to select the text in the cell, but you need

  to target rather than the cell. It is true that in the user interface, you can

  Select the cell and apply a style of tank, but not with a script. Thus, in

  JavaScript is:

  myCell.texts.item (0) = .appliedCharacterStyle

  app.activeDocument.characterStyles.itemByName ("MyCharStyleName")

  It must be something similar in VB also.

  Of course, you can target the text in different ways:

  myCell.characters.everyItem () or myCell.paragraphs.everyItem () etc etc.

  but I think that the text is the most basic of the lot.

  Ariel

• How to write the script to apply the character style?

  Hello

  I'm on a Macbook pro and without a numeric keypad, so I can't assign a shortcut to character styles. I heard a roundabout solution where you can assign a shortcut to a script that applies the character styles. Can anyone write this script?

  My character style is called "features"bold. "

  I am new to scripting, sorry if this is a stupid question.

  See you soon

  Hello

  1. save this code as a file inside your Script Panel folder .jsx

  2. apply a shortcut using the menu Edit: shortcuts...

  Option to choose:

  • suggest you choose an option 'background': 'Text', so you can use several shortcuts that are occupied in other contexts.

  #target indesign
  if (app.selection && app.selection[0].hasOwnProperty ("baselineShift") ) {
    var cName = "Features bold";
    var mCstyle = app.activeDocument.characterStyles.item(cName);
    if (mCstyle.isValid)
         app.selection[0].applyCharacterStyle(mCstyle);
    else
         alert ("CharStyle: " + cName + " not found");
    }
  else
    alert ("Some text supposed to be selected...");
  

  Jarek

• Apply the character style to the part of the paragraph

  I am inserting text in a block of text with the following code:

  story.insertionPoints [-1] .silence += pgfStr;

  story.insertionPoints [-1] .silence += "\t";

  story.insertionPoints [-1] .silence += refStr;

  story.insertionPoints [-1] .silence += "\r";

  I want to apply the character style to all of the text in refStr (only the part of this paragraph). I know how the syling paragraph applies to the entire paragraph, but not a character style. I should be grateful if you would help. Thank you!

  Hello

  Dan - BTP says:

  ... the size in points and attack can be different on each page...

  You are able to find a rule of these differences?

  ...

  What do depends on what type of rule could be defined

  ...

  The size of reference point that is 1.5 PT lower than the point size of the paragraph, whatever.

  Close to the end of the script, you can code for example:

       //     Your target is "reference" which is a text inbetween tabulator and end of story (or other criteria).
       //     So you could define:
  app.findGrepPreferences = null;      // just for clear it
  app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(?<=\\t).+\\s\\Z";     //     to catch text following tab in last para of story
       //     and after:
  mFound = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
       //     so all desired text objects are in an array "mFound".
       //     you could iterate (backward) through it:
  len = mFound.length;
  while (len-->0)      //     ">0" in case of nothing found
       mFound[len].pointSize -= 1.5;
  
       //     whatever that is - is 1.5 smaller
  

  Jarek

• Selection of parts and columns, or entire lines and apply the character style

  I am trying to apply character styles to certain parts/whole rows and columns.

  I can change individual cells with the following code...

  table = app.selection[0];
  if (table.hasOwnProperty("baseline")) table = table.parent;
  if (table instanceof Cell) table = table.parent;
  if (table instanceof Column) table = table.parent;
  if (table instanceof Row) table = table.parent;
  if (table instanceof Table)
  
  {
   table.rows[0].cells[6].texts[0].appliedCharacterStyle = "none report";
   }
  

  ... but when I try to select an entire line, I get the error 'Object does not support property or method' texts. "" "When I try one of the following two codes.

  {
   table.rows[0].cells.texts.appliedCharacterStyle = "none report";
   }
  

  {
   table.rows[0].cells.appliedCharacterStyle = "none report";
   }
  

  Anyone know how I can do the following?

  1. Select any row (or column) and apply the character style

  2. Select the last line (regardless of the number of rows in the table) and apply the character style

  3. apply the character style to specific columns (with theexception of the cells of two albums)

  Thank you!

  Hello

  Change this line:

  table.columns[a].cells.itemByRange(2,-1).texts.everyItem().appliedCharacterStyle = "chart orange";
  

  for the first 2 rows in each column

  Jarek

• How to add a character style in the active document

  Hi experts

  How to create a character style in the active document.

  How to make the script work.

  Thank you

  Respect of

  John

  var myCharacterStyle;

  myDocument var = app.activeDocument;

  var myCharacterStyle = myDocument.characterStyles.add({name:"c"});)

  myCharacterStyle.strikeThru = true;

  myCharacterStyle.strokeColor = 'Black ';

  myCharacterStyle.add)

  There is not much to say about your code. Only the last line would cause a problem. A possible hiccup is also on the fact that the style may already exist when you want to add.

  myDocument var = app.activeDocument;

  var myCharacterStyle = myDocument.characterStyles.item ('c');

  ! myCharacterStyle.isValid & myCharacterStyle = myDocument.characterStyles.add({name:"c"});)

  myCharacterStyle.strikeThru = true;

  myCharacterStyle.strokeColor = 'Black ';

• Need to search and apply a character style sheet

  I have a directory with the name and address of the student. I need to find 2 returns and replace with 2 returns, apply the character style, back. Here is a screenshot so you can see what I mean screen.

  [Picture with private information removed by Moderator]

  Allen, Davis must be condensed ital "BOLD" like Ahmed, Ehsan is above. Any help appreciated.

  Post edited by: Peter Spier

  Right. I have the impression that there is. As always... may be wrong.

• How to effectively use character Styles

  Hello, I am fairly new to InDesign, but have extensive experience with FrameMaker. I can't know how better to use character styles to card of identity, because of the difference between her and FM.

  Lets say I have two text styles different bodies that use different fonts or different sizes, each is saved as a paragraph style.

  In Framemaker, when you go into the character Style Editor, for each value you can select the value "such what." So if I want to do a character style "BOLD", I leave the police and set size attributes on "like what" and I change only the weight to the "BOLD" attribute.

  Now, I can choose the body text 1 or 2 for the paragraph style body text and if I want to "BOLD" one word, I just highlight the word and select the character style "BOLD". The text is bold, but everything else that is unique for what remains of paragraph style. If ever I need unbold the word, I can just select it and then select No Style in the character Style catalog

  But in the ID, it looks to set the value of each attribute in the character Style Editor. So I would need to create two styles "BOLD" separate, one for each paragraph style, because if I set the font and size, it will pass these values as well as the weight. And if I need to create a separate "BOLD" character style for each paragraph style in which the default font is not bold, what is the advantage of using character styles? Why don't just highlight the text and select the value "BOLD" to the character palette, which then changes the paragraph style just for these words in bold you?

  In InDesign, leaving an empty frame is the equivalent of "as-is." A character style "BOLD" can function as you want; Simply set the Style of font for "BOLD" and leave everything else intact.

• Is it possible to add text to the cells and apply the character style in the cell

  I work in InDesign on Mac 5.

  I have two tables of formatting with information that will be eventually combined. I implemented the scripts I found on these forums to add the columns needed, merge lines and fill the cells merged with the appropriate color, but can't two remaining tasks.

  1. is it possible to add text to a cell of some?

  2 and it is possible to apply a character style to cells? (different cells than those that I need to add some text)

  I played with this code but do not know if it is even close...

  {

  table. Rows [0]. Cells [0]. InsertText (' CS/PS");

  }

  {

  table. Rows [0]. Cells [0] .appliedCharacterStyle ("bold");

  }

  Here are the scripts that I have combined so far for the table...

  Add column

  myTable = app.selection [0];

  MyColumn = myTable.columns [1];

  for (a = 0; < 1; a ++)

  {

  myTable.columns.add (LocationOptions.AFTER, myColumn);

  }

  Merge lines

  table = app.selection [0];

  If (table.hasOwnProperty ("baseline") table) = table.parent;

  If (instanceof cell table) table = table.parent;

  If (instanceof column table) table = table.parent;

  If (instanceof row table) table = table.parent;

  If (instanceof Table table)

  {

  table. Rows [0]. Cells [0]. Merge (table.rows [0] .cells [1]);

  }

  {

  colours alternating in merged lines

  r = table.rows [1];

  n = app.activeDocument.swatches.item ("orange");

  b = app.activeDocument.swatches.item ("PANTONE 3005 C");

  for (c = 0; c < r.cells.length; c ++)

  {

  If (c & 1)

  r.Cells [c]. Properties = {fillColor:b};

  on the other

  r.Cells [c]. FillColor = n;

  }

  }

  Hello

  1. If you want to add the text, go further in:

  table. Rows [0]. Cells [0] .insertionPoints [0] .silence = ' CS/PS;

  2 similar with application of styles:

  table. Rows [0]. Cells [0] .texts [0] .appliedCharacterStyle = "bold" / / If this style is present in your doc

  Jarek

• Apply the character Style to a few characters in a paragraph

  Hey,.

  Me again - I feel like I'm dumber than a shoe trying to script InDesign

  I have a block of text with several paragraphs, which I am adding one by one.

  When adding these paragraphs, sometimes I need to apply a character style to some of the characters in the paragraph (I have the clues start and end of these characters to the text of the paragraph).

  Using the Guide of the script and the object reference, I cooked up this code below, but not only it doesn't seem to find the character style, she also told me the. itemByRange() is not a function...

  What's wrong?

  var line_styles = [{
      'start': 22,
      'end': 33,
      'style': 'Price - SKU'
  }];
  
  frame.contents += "\r" + line_text;
  frame.parentStory.paragraphs[-1].applyParagraphStyle(style);
  
  for ( var j = 0, k = line_styles.length; j < k; j++ ) {
      var char_style = doc.characterStyles.item(line_styles[j].style);
      frame.parentStory.paragraphs[-1].itemByRange(
          line_styles[j].start,
          line_styles[j].end
      ).applyCharacterStyle(char_style, true);
  }
  

  frame.parentStory.paragraphs[-1].itemByRange(...

  does not compute. "paragraphs [-1]" points to a single paragraph and is not an itemByRange method. You must think of sth like

  frame.parentStory.paragraphs[-1].characters.itemByRange(...

  (Have you used another programming language Javascript front?) A matter of concern for the future: pay attention to your statements 'var '. They do not follow the block scope, as they do in other languages, and therefore persisted in this notation is very likely to bite you back somewhere in the future. Summer, done this, released as well the hair).

• [JS] [CS3] Apply the character Style to the first word

  I'm a noob that Javascript is concerned, and I expected a little guidance.

  Here is my scenario: I have a book that was composed in a single file; the main content is in a story. I want to select the first word in each block of text on each page and apply a character style. My goal is to use this character style to indicate the page breaks in the XML document - I maps to a specific tag style.

  So far, I have this poor specimen:

  myDocument var = app.activeDocument;
  myPage var = myDocument.pages.item (1);
  var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.item (0);

  
  If (app.activeDocument.stories [0] .paragraphs [0] .words [0]! = null)
  myTextFrame.paragraphs.item (0).words.item (0) = .appliedCharacterStyle
  myDocument.characterStyles.item ('foo');

  I know, I did not implement any kind of loop again (which will be more complicated given that there will be some blank backs, etc.). What I try to do in this is to select the first word in the first paragraph on the second page - which it does in reality. It's the first paragraph of the second begins on the first page, so I select that word on the first page, second page.

  As I said, a lot of work to do but a bit of help on getting to the right word would be most appreciated.

  Well, you were on the right track, but the "myText" test fails if there is no block of text on a page, because it fails a line earlier

  > var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.item (0);

  just before that, you must test the number of blocks of text:

  If (myPage.textFrames.length > 0)

  {

  ... your stuff...

  }

  Use it only if you are absolutely positive that there is just a block of text on each page! A slightly better way would be to always loop on each textframe:

  for (frames = 0; frames

  {

  var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.item (frames);

  .. etc.
  }

  in this case you don't have test his first length (the loop will not be executed if there is zero text blocks).

  [Grumpy] Since you have only a continuous story, an even better way would be to loop on texts related to this single story executives. You must identify the story somehow, and I usually click on the text cursor in the one that I need:

  monarticle = app.selection [0] .parentStory;

  or you can rely on the fact that the story begins as part of text on page 1:

  monarticle = app.activeDocument.pages [0] .stories [0];

  (I think this should work.) Then, each frame of the story until the end can be found in the table

  myStory.textContainers

  which are usually text blocks. Make a loop on them to help

  for (image = 0; frame)

  {

  myTextFrame = myStory.textContainers [frame];

  .. etc.

  }

• How to use GREP to apply the character style just for the first and the second line of the paragraph?

  as the title, I just want to ask how to apply the style of character just for the 1st and 2nd line of the paragraph. Help me pls, tks!

  Can you show the screen shot with the invisible market, looks like you feedback after each line.

  So, something like this would work where I have a return forced for the linebreak (shift + return). The example on the right does not work because the line break is a return:

  

• How can I apply a character style to a sentence that has a '&amp;' in there?

  Hi all

  I am applying the "See Figure" character style to any mention of the expression (see Figure x) as I understand is: \(See Figure \d+\)

  The problem I face is that sometimes I need to list several references to figure. He must read (see Figure x & y) and in rare cases (see Figure x, y and z)

  NOTE: There are no spaces in the above numbers.

  Thank you for your help.

  Try------(see Figure [\d,&]+\) (not tested).

• How to choose a character style instead of the entire text selection when running a script?

  I have a script, which, after having selected the text, can change the appearance of the figures. This action, therefore, covers all the numbers in the document to help:

  
  

  01 If (app.selection.length! = 1)

  [... here, the rest of the script]
  

  
  

  How do I change this line to apply changes only to those numbers until the tag with a specific character style?

  
  

  Thank you.

  
  

  I tried to change this line which is to select all the numbers:

  If (app.selection.length! = 1).

  This line is all, but by selecting all numbers. It only checks if there is more than one selected item. Selection of texts always returns the length of 1. That's why this review.

  And given what I've offered before, all you have to do in Jongware script to match your needs is to add app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = theStyle;

  Before findGrep().

  HTH

  Loïc

  http://www.ozalto.com