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• script to duplicate the standard paragraph style, and then change the size of the character point

  I want to create a script that will create a cascade of paragraph based on the style settings [standard paragraph] styles. My goal is to point size of each new paragraph style character as a percentage of the original [standard paragraph]. So if [standard paragraph] is 100% (point character size 10pt), the script would create a paragraph style called 120% ' that has a point size of character of 12 points. Then 133%, 140%, and on and on. I modified a script found on this forum to generate these new styles, but I don't know how to be based on the [standard paragraph]. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

  current script:

  var doc = app.activeDocument,

  pStyle = ['100% ', '120% ', '133% '];

  for (var i = 0; i < pstyle.length; i ++)

  {

  If (pstyle [i] is "100 %")

  {

  doc.paragraphStyles.add ({name: pstyle [i], appliedFont: 'Deer', pointSize:10});})

  }

  ElseIf (pstyle [i] == "120 %")

  {

  doc.paragraphStyles.add ({name: pstyle [i], appliedFont: "Deer", pointSize:10 * 1,2})

  }

  ElseIf (pstyle [i] == "133 %")

  {

  doc.paragraphStyles.add ({name: pstyle [i], appliedFont: "Deer", pointSize:10 * 1.33333})

  }

  }

  Try this,

  var doc = app.activeDocument,
      pstyle = ["100%", "120%", "133%" ];
  
  for(var i =0;i
  Kind regards
  Cognet
  		   

• Why can't define paragraph ball in the standard paragraph style?

  I want to configure my standard paragraph style so that I can quickly apply the individual paragraphs balls - using MY favorite dashes - without having to create a new style to the paragraphs of the ball. I tried to change the settings of the standard paragraph, with no document open style, but he doesn't seem to accept my choice of dashes. First of all, I selected bullets and put a dash, but then the default paragraph with bullets. When I pass the ball setting back to "none" the only thing he keeps is the last setting that I chose for the tabs. (At the same time, which changes the default tab for all paragraphs setting.) But when I create a new doct and start a paragraph of the ball, the hyphens by default always a.25 /-.25 and any tab setting LOWER a.25 results in the updated first line indented for the tab setting, but the rest of the paragraph indented a.25. There seems to be no way to change default indentation for bullets without creating a new paragraph style. And usually I'm fine with that. But I thought that I would have a default Quick using the standard paragraph style. Am I missing something or is it just not possible?

  Here is a Visual/verbal screenshot to help explain:

  

  Let's see if I understand differently from others. You want to apply bullets manually from time to time without having to select a new style, you would do this by pressing the button bulleted list in the Control Panel, and you want the settings for tabs and indents, other than the default. Is this correct?

  Far as I can tell there is no way to do it. You cannot configure the settings for the chips unless the text cursor is active or if you set a style, there is no way to set up the new default values. You don't want to not set parameters whenever you need a ball, then either you type the balls by hand, tab and insert a hyphen character here, which is actually a lot more work, or you go ahead and set up the style. You can access the list of style in the menu drop-down control panel, or you can add a keyboard shortcut to give you quick access, or press Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) + entry for quick access to apply and start typing the name of the style (almost as fast as a keyboard shortcut).

• 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

• New blank document has a substitution on the standard paragraph

  I feel something WEIRD. I tried to fix a problem of style of table for a few days, and I just noticed the following (other) problem:

  1. Open a new blank document not from a model.
  2. Grab the text tool, create a text box and place the cursor inside.
  3. Observe the result in the paragraph Styles palette: standard paragraph shows a + next to him (which indicates there is a substitution on the style)

  Can someone tell me why? Thank you!

  Peter

  Standard paragraph both other text controls are accessible through any opening of files. Looks like you want to keep the current definition of the style.  With no open docs, I suspect that you already see the sign, so just Alt-click with no file open and it should reset all settings of text to match the current definition of style and which will become the default for new documents.

• The space between two different paragraph style

  Hello!

  I'm working on a book, and I would like to first of all a standard space between two paragraph styles.

  I have the paragraph of text and the reference point. I would like to put an extra space when a paragraph of text is followed by a reference point and vice versa.

  I usually do it in html with CSS, it's like

  p.text + p.citation {pad-bottom: 5px;} 
  

  My goal is to have a space between the text and citations, even if citations are multi point (and of course, without any paragraph empty additional)

  Is this possible?

  concerning

  Lila

  You probably need to two additional styles to represent the paragraph "first" that uses the text or styles of citation, with spacing before added, and text or reference style defined as following Style, like matches, for each, so that you can use for the first paragraph after a change. You can base teas on current styles and just add space.

• Paragraph style by default when you add rows/columns of the table

  Hello

  I use InDesign CC and whenever I add a new row in the table or a column, that paragraph for these lines styles are in default in the styles I won't use. They are actually failed to really big styles title so I don't just add lines 3 and 4 and my table is out of the page. None of the surrounding cells, columns or lines contain the ID styles is emphasizing the use.

  
  How can I set the default style for a new row in the table or column?

  Thank you

  Paul.

  Hi, thanks for the help guys. I tried your suggestions but I always had the same problem. However I noticed that when the model documents have been opened there were styles by default selected in all the style panels. It seemed that it was these styles by default selected which were applied to new rows in the table.

  I opened the templates and all the panels style [none] or [standard paragraph], then saved the document.

  This solves the problem because no style is now applied when rows are added.

• How to create a table of contents using [standard paragraph]?

  Hi Experts,

  I want to crate TOC using [standard paragraph].

  I have the only default paragraph style (no new style of paragraph created by me).

  I am trying:

  var myTOCStyle = myDocument.tocStyles.add ();

  myTOCStyle.name = "NewTOCStyle";

  myTOCStyle.createBookmarks = true;

  myTOCStyle.title = "content";

  var ParaStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item (0) .name;

  myTOCStyle.tocStyleEntries.add (ParaStyle);

  myTOCStyle.tocStyleEntries.add ("[paragraph standard]");

  myDocument.createTOC (myTOCStyle);

  Thank you.

  Try

  myTOCStyle.tocStyleEntries.add (myDocument.paragraphStyles.item (0));

• Default fonts to 50 points when you apply a paragraph style

  I ran into this many times.  To update a file, InDesign from a previous version (now using CS5) when I apply a paragraph style, the default font is 50 points no matter the style settings.  Is it possible to avoid this.  Currently, I copy and paste the chart into a new file and have to set the text.  If I copy some old text, it causes the same problem.

  Most of our text is copied and pasted from Microsoft Word (old version and new text changes), however, the text that was already in the document and the new text both do the same thing when a style is applied.

  CS5

  Win 7 Pro 64-bit

  Your styles are based on standard paragraph, or is it an applied character style? If so, check to see if any of them have 50 as the size.

• How to use paragraph styles?

  Can someone explain how to use paragraph Styles? OMG! This is so difficult for me to kiss - I can't seem to understand how to create a paragraph style in a document, in the first place, then I don't seem to be able to apply it to the rest of paragraphs in the document.  Whenever I have try this I lose the track and then I lose patience!

  I do appreciate this forum and hope someone can clarify this issue for me, I am eternally grateful. I'm trying to gather some my illustrations and story in a booklet for children and I need to get out to publishers (fingers crossed!) until I forget why I started to be a student in graphic design and Illustration in the first place

  Thank you!

  aganess wrote:

  Can someone explain how to use paragraph Styles? OMG! This is so difficult for me to kiss - I can't seem to understand how to create a paragraph style in a document, in the first place, then I don't seem to be able to apply it to the rest of paragraphs in the document.  Whenever I have try this I lose the track and then I lose patience!

  I do appreciate this forum and hope someone can clarify this issue for me, I am eternally grateful. I'm trying to gather some my illustrations and story in a booklet for children and I need to get out to publishers (fingers crossed!) until I forget why I started to be a student in graphic design and Illustration in the first place

  Thank you!

  I've been there. It was a long time ago, but I still remember the confusion and despair.

  First, know that you will survive and ask what was the hang up. If you are a special person, do you promise never to forget what was the hang up, then you can help others when it is time to pay back the community.

  Think about how things work without paragraph styles. When you want a paragraph to look a certain way, regardless of the software you have used to work with text, you select ("highlight") some text and look for ways to style it (check its appearance, or 'attributes' or 'features' or 'features'.) You choose a font (Helvetica, Times, etc.) weight ("BOLD", extra bold, light), a color of text, an angle (italic, Roman), the space between the lines ("leading,") space between paragraphs (space before, space after,) and so on. Without named styles, you must select each property in a menu or a list when the text is selected. The next time that you want this same paragraph look, you can recall everything you did and repeat with newly selected text, or you can copy and paste one that looks, then change the text inside.

  However, it does take long to realize that he has to be a way to save these settings and pull them up and slap them on the other selections, with a few clicks and make sure that you don't forget to do something. Creation and registration of collection of a paragraph of the property settings are called "define a style." Software for manipulation of more modern text can save paragraph styles that apply to full paragraphs, and they can also save character styles, which apply to parts of the text in a paragraph. A paragraph of normal text can be used a style called 'body '. You can select a bunch of miscellaneously style paragraphs and apply the body style for them with a single click on the paragraph styles list.

  If you decide that you would like the body to look different style, you can redefine, and all paragraphs in the active document using the body style change to show the look of the new definition.

  In a body paragraph, you can have same bold italic bold text and italictext and so on. You can always select text in a paragraph and find a menu that offers characters bold or italic in the selected text. But you can also create a character for each of these apparitions style and apply them to music. As for paragraph styles, character styles are more controllable and more useful than simply highlight and apply a property. If, you use a character style that applies "BOLD", you can change its character style definition and all the places it is used in a document will show the change.

  Here is an example which shows the usefulness of the styles of characters named:

  According to the standard style for writing guides that have been developed before computers, scientific names, the words of the foreign language in a host as the English language, the titles of the documents, movies and poems and a few other things are supposed to be italicized. With character styles, you can create and apply styles of characters for each category of text in italics. In this forum, * sapiens, The Pentagon Papers and Gone With the Wind, all look the same, but with character styles, styles, named 'scientificName', 'bookTitle', and 'filmTitle', can distinguish between texts in italics. Sometimes, you gotta be able to treat these things differently, and styles is a way to keep them organized.

  Most writing tools can create a style named for the existing sample. So, if you have customized a paragraph for your body text, you can use InDesign to set the body of the paragraph in the example chosen style.

  Google search for terms like 'InDesign create the paragraph of the selection style,' "InDesign redefine style', 'Create a character style, InDesign' and"InDesign tutorial character and paragraph styles."

  HTH

  Kind regards

  Peter

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• Script will not apply the paragraph style

  Hello

  I'm new to scripting in InDesign (CS3), and I'm trying to understand why the scipt below does not apply a style in the following text file? :

  < ASCII-WIN >

  < ParaStyle: Heading 1 > who are we? < ParaStyle >:

  For ease of reading, I have shortend the text file to just two lines.

  The script that I use to open and to format the text file is:

  Create a new document.

  myDocument var = app.documents.add ();

  Set the units of measure and the origin of the rule.

  myDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;

  myDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;

  myDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.pageOrigin;

  Get a reference to the first master spread.

  var myMasterSpread = myDocument.masterSpreads.item (0);

  Get a reference to preferences on the margins of the first page in the Master spread.

  var myMarginPreferences = myMasterSpread.pages.item (0) .marginPreferences;

  Now set up the page margins and columns.

  myMarginPreferences.left = 4;

  myMarginPreferences.top = 70;

  myMarginPreferences.right = 70;

  myMarginPreferences.bottom = 78;

  myMarginPreferences.columnCount = 2;

  myMarginPreferences.columnGutter = 14;

  The margins of page and columns for the right-hand page.

  var myMarginPreferences = myMasterSpread.pages.item (1) .marginPreferences;

  myMarginPreferences.left = 48;

  myMarginPreferences.top = 70;

  myMarginPreferences.right = 70;

  myMarginPreferences.bottom = 78;

  myMarginPreferences.columnCount = 3;

  myMarginPreferences.columnGutter = 14;

  Adding Master Page items

  var myMasterSpread = myDocument.masterSpreads.item (0);

  var myLeftPage = myMasterSpread.pages.item (0);

  var myRightPage = myMasterSpread.pages.item (1);

  var myLeftFooter = myLeftPage.textFrames.add ();

  myLeftFooter.geometricBounds = [70, 742, 728, 528];

  myLeftFooter.textFramePreferences.firstBaselineOffset = FirstBaseline.leadingOffset;

  myLeftFooter.contents = SpecialCharacters.autoPageNumber;

  myLeftFooter.parentStory.characters.item (0) .pointSize = 11;

  myLeftFooter.parentStory.characters.item (0) .leading = 14;

  var myRightFooter = myRightPage.textFrames.add ();

  myRightFooter.geometricBounds = [48, 742, 728, 542];

  myRightFooter.textFramePreferences.firstBaselineOffset = FirstBaseline.leadingOffset;

  myRightFooter.contents = SpecialCharacters.autoPageNumber;

  myRightFooter.parentStory.characters.item (0) .pointSize = 11;

  myRightFooter.parentStory.characters.item (0) .leading = 14;

  myRightFooter.parentStory.characters.item (0) .justification = Justification.rightAlign;

  Adding master text frames

  var myLeftPage = myMasterSpread.pages.item (0);

  var myRightPage = myMasterSpread.pages.item (1);

  var myLeftTextFrame = myLeftPage.textFrames.add ();

  myLeftTextFrame.geometricBounds = [70, 70, 714, 528];

  myLeftTextFrame.textFramePreferences.firstBaselineOffset = FirstBaseline.leadingOffset;

  myLeftTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount = 3;

  myLeftTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnGutter = 14;

  Add a label to make the image easier to find later.

  myLeftTextFrame.label = "BodyTextFrame";

  var myRightTextFrame = myRightPage.textFrames.add ();

  myRightTextFrame.geometricBounds = [70, 48, 714, 542];

  myRightTextFrame.textFramePreferences.firstBaselineOffset = FirstBaseline.leadingOffset;

  myRightTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount = 3;

  myRightTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnGutter = 14;

  Add a label to make the image easier to find later.

  myRightTextFrame.label = "BodyTextFrame";

  Link the two frames using the nextTextFrame property.

  myLeftTextFrame.nextTextFrame = myRightTextFrame;

  The substitution of Master Page points and adds text

  var myTextFrame = myDocument.masterSpreads.item (0).pages.item (1).textFrames.item (0) .override (myDocument.pag es.item (0));

  Add text by setting the contents of the insertion of a string.

  In JavaScript, "\r" is a return character.

  .silence myTextFrame.insertionPoints.item (0) = "dok\r";

  Adding and applying a paragraph Style

  var myParagraphStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item ("title 1");

  try {}

  var myName = myParagraphStyle.name;

  }

  {} catch (MonErreur)

  //The style of paragraph don't have not exist, so create it.

  myParagraphStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.add ({name: 'Title 1'});

  }

  We need to create a color. Check if the color already exists.

  myColor var = myDocument.colors.item ("Green");

  try {}

  myName = myColor.name;

  }

  {} catch (MonErreur)

  //The color have not exist, so create it.

  myColor = myDocument.colors.add ({name: 'Green', model: ColorModel.process, colorValue:[100,0,100,0]});})

  }

  Now set the formatting of the paragraph style.

  myParagraphStyle.appliedFont = "Arial";

  myParagraphStyle.fontStyle = "Bold";

  myParagraphStyle.pointSize = 24;

  myParagraphStyle.spaceAfter = 24;

  myParagraphStyle.spaceBefore = 24;

  myParagraphStyle.fillColor = myDocument.colors.item ("Green");

  Apply the style to the paragraph.

  myDocument.pages.item (0).textFrames.item (0).paragraphs.item (0) .applyParagraphStyle (myParag raphStyle, true);

  You can also use:

  myDocument.pages.item (0).textFrames.item (0).paragraphs.item (0) .appliedParagraphStyle = //myParagraphStyle;

  Import a text file

  Display a standard dialog box open the file to select a text file.

  var monFichierTexte is File.openDialog ("choose a text file");.

  If you selected a text file, and if you didn't press Cancel,

  Place the file of text on the first insertion point after the title.

  If ((monFichierTexte! = "") & & (monFichierTexte!) (= null)) {}

  myTextFrame.insertionPoints.item(-1).place (myTextFile);

  }

  Place a graphic

  Display a standard dialog box open the file to select a graphic file.

  var myGraphicFile is File.openDialog ("choose a graphic file");.

  If you have selected a graphics file, and if you didn't press Cancel,

  Place the graphic file on the page.

  If ((myGraphicFile! = "") & & (myGraphicFile!) (= null)) {}

  var myGraphic = myDocument.pages.item (0) .place (myGraphicFile);

  //Since you can place multiple graphics at once, the place method

  //returns a table. For the graph you have placed, get the first

  //item in the table (beginning of JavaScript arrays with element 0).

  myGraphic = myGraphic [0];

  //Create a style object to apply to the graphic image.

  var myObjectStyle = myDocument.objectStyles.item("GraphicFrame");

  try {

  var myName = myObjectStyle.name;

  }

  catch (MonErreur) {}

  //The an object style have not exist, so create it.

  myObjectStyle = myDocument.objectStyles.add({name:"GraphicFrame"});)

  }

  myObjectStyle.enableStroke = true;

  myObjectStyle.strokeWeight = 3;

  myObjectStyle.strokeType = myDocument.strokeStyles.item("Solid");

  myObjectStyle.strokeColor = myDocument.colors.item("Green");

  //The frame containing the graphic is the parent of the graphic.

  myFrame var = myGraphic.parent;

  myFrame.applyObjectStyle (myObjectStyle, true);

  //Resize the frame to a specific size.

  myFrame.geometricBounds = [0,0,600,600];

  //Fit the graph in the image proportionally.

  myFrame.fit (FitOptions.proportionally);

  / / Next, mount the frame to the resized image.

  myFrame.fit (FitOptions.frameToContent);

  var myBounds = myFrame.geometricBounds;

  var myGraphicWidth = myBounds [3] - myBounds [1];

  //Move the graphic frame.

  var myPageWidth = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth;

  var myTopMargin = myDocument.pages.item (0).marginPreferences.top;

  myFrame.move ([myPageWidth-myGraphicWidth, myTopMargin]);

  //Apply a wrap to the graphic frame.

  myFrame.textWrapPreferences.textWrapType = TextWrapTypes.boundingBoxTextWrap;

  myFrame.textWrapPreferences.textWrapOffset = [12, 24, 12, 24].

  }

  I hope someone can point me in the right direction.
  Thanks in advance.
  Ron

  Hey, Ron.

  The problem has nothing to do with your script. You can see if you attempt to place the file from indesign tagged text by hand.

  Your instinct for divide and conquer for debugging is a good - have a short text file to work with is very useful - of course this is also true for the script.

  During the validation of the scripts on the forum, please do not use the syntax insert > feature Java which lies behind the > arrow in the toolbar. Otherwise, cut and paste your script are difficult requiring manual corrections.

  Anyway, your problem is that each paragraph can have only a single paragraph style, and it's the last one that you define.

  So in your IDTT file, you set the heading 1 paragraph style, enter the content of the paragraph and then set the style of paragraph votes to zero.

  If you have included a line break before setting the style of paragraph votes to zero, you must set the None style for the following paragraph. But since you have not, it resets just the style to the current paragraph.

  In short: success back before .

• paragraph style deselects every time I hit enter

  I'm batteling a very annoying problem with CS4. When I start typing in a new document, it defaults to the basic paragraph as it is supposed to. But whenever I hit enter, it defaults to the police selected in the toolbar and ignores the rules of the standard paragraph. How can I fix it?

  Perhaps, for the paragraph style standard, the following Style is defined on [no paragraph Style] rather than [same style].

• created in Chapter 1 paragraph styles cannot be chosen for the other chapters

  HI. Now I have all my "paragraph styles" determined for my ebook. Thanks again for the advice saved me after that I lost so much time.

  New > book > book1

  New > doc > click

  Add > doc > Table of contents for book1 [which is the table of contents in the print version]

  Add > doc > Chapter 1

  Click table of contents to make master and select it.

  layout > toc [add paragraph styles used in chapter1] save the style as tocbook1 [deselected replace existing toc]

  Click on + to add next chapter 2 [this is now selected and I can see all the paragraph styles]

  - but when I double click to open Chapter 2

  -only ' standard paragraph + ", 'normal' 'reference text' and 'paragraph 1' style are available."

  more information:

  as I entered in each of the chapters in this book with a good table of contents (finally)

  -I can't select text > paragraph style > and see p-styles listed in Chapter1: chapterheading, chaptersubdescription, chaptersubtitle, paragraphspacing, dialogue...

  notes that can be useful with this diagnosis:

  I came across a major messup of "loading" styles p "all".  It sounded like a good idea.  It worked again but this time I just load them all rather than things deselection.  I don't have an idea of what I've done here, but

  result: all my notes were listed in the TOC navigation panel resulting in the .epub that was readable in adobe reader digital.

  what I ended up doing:

  After experimenting a ton - I was still unable to fix this problem which postponed in each table of contents that I tried to build from scratch, so I was just remove almost all "indesign books', indesigndocs that have been tocs and epub files.

  AGAIN, any help would be greatly appreciated.  I'm ready to roll if you know what I mean.

  Thank you

  I don't understand what you're trying to do.

  You say that you did not have your paragraph styles in the rest of your chapters?

  They are like this:

  Book1

  Chapter 1 (this does have styles p)

  Chapter 2 (it doesn't)

  Chapter 3 (does not)

  If this is the case then you must synchronize all what you styles p.

  Do this, use in designating what chapter to take information from by clicking on the first chapter in the small box left in the book window and then click the drop down menu on the window of your book

  

  go to the stync options select styles p and c

  then book Sync, this will fill the remaining chapters with the styles that are in the first chapter.

  you will need to open each chapter separately and apply the relevant styles to the paragraphs.

• Application of paragraph styles will not work

  I've set up a paragraph style, but it will not change the selections. It goes back to the orginal police. I get a little + sign by the style, and little matter how many times I click on it, it doesn't fit the style. I tried to make a standard paragraph in the hope to remove the style, but nothing.

  Thank you in advance.

  You must select the paragraph and then opt or Alt, click on the style name. If it only it checks to see if there are characters assigned styles.

  Bob

• error: application of fonts on the paragraph style

  Hi all

  I am facing a problem while applying fonts on the paragraph style. Below are my code.

  If (myDoc.paragraphStyles [a].appliedFont.name == "Helvetica Neue Light")

  {

  myDoc.paragraphStyles [a] .appliedFont = "Helvetica Neue LT Std";

  " myDoc.paragraphStyles [a] .fontStyle = ' Light 45."

  }

  The error is "police family is not available." asked but the fonts installed correctly and works well even if I do a request manually.
  If I apply the Light "Helvetica Neue Std 45" police anywhere in my (manual) document only once and run the script, and then his job very well.
  Where is problem?
  Any suggestion.
  Thank you
  Shonky

  The problem is, you can not apply "" Helvetica Neue LT Std"because you do not have a 'Light' in this font style; and you can't apply the style

  'light 45' first because you do not have a "Helvetica Neue 45 Light!

  That's what they call a classic "Catch 22" situation. Fortunately, there's another way: you can apply two fonts and style in a single command:

  app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles [2] .appliedFont = 'universe LT\t45 Light ';.

  (Note the font character and style tab inbetween family).

  Very irritating, it's your way to work when applied to the text, instead of a paragraph style. for a moment, you will get a pink text in the 'police' [Helvetica Neue 45 Light], and when you apply just the style, all is well again.