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Script to make the bookmarks all upper case

Nov 19, 2010 12:58 PM

due to the glare from the mounitor, I want to cover all the patches by black as much as possible.

 

a work around is to convert the letters to upper case.

   I think it increases the total surface area of the black.

 

I wanna start with the bookmarks.

 

Is there a PROGRAMMATIC way to convert all the bookmarks to UPPERCASE ?

 

for example :-

 

in one paper pdf in the journal of 911 studies there is a bookmark that is

 

nanothermite discovery in the dust   ===>  NANOTHERMITE DISCOVERY IN THE DUST

 

can you attest that the size of the black has increased ?

 

I hope some kind soul here can help out.

 

 

Dying Vets

 

P.S. plssss dont be shy of VETS, we are humans too, just follow the "orders" !!!

583 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: ReinhardF, Nov 24, 2010 5:05 AM
 
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  • dying veteran
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    1. dying veteran,
    Nov 19, 2010 1:00 PM   in reply to dying veteran
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    I forgot to add that .... no commercial THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS plssss - unless they are free of cost and nagware - and explain their operation.

     
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  • MarkWalsh
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    2. MarkWalsh,
    Nov 19, 2010 3:49 PM   in reply to dying veteran
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    I don't think that changing to upper case is going to be much help; it is not going to change the proportion of black/white enough to be that big a difference, plus reading all caps is much harder on the eyes than reading upper/lower case.

     

    Have you looked at the accessibilty features in the OS? Both Mac and PC have options to change the display which might accomplish what you are trying to do. On the PC I believe it's under 'Accessibility' in the control panel (there's a setting I believe allows you to adjust the contrast which may reverse the display), on the Mac it's called 'Universal Access' in the control panel (you can reverse the entire monitor by choosing 'White on Black' under the display options). If you haven't, I'd check them to see if they would allow you to adjust the monitor to something that's easier to read.

     
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  • ReinhardF
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    3. ReinhardF,
    Nov 20, 2010 12:38 PM   in reply to MarkWalsh
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    JS-Code:

     

    function DumpBookmark(bm, nLevel)
    {
    var s = "";
    for (var i = 0; i < nLevel; i++)
        if (nLevel >0){
          s= bm.name;
          bm.name = s.toUpperCase();
          }
        if (bm.children != null)
          for (var i = 0; i < bm.children.length; i++)
          DumpBookmark(bm.children[i],nLevel+1);
    }
    DumpBookmark(this.bookmarkRoot, 0);

     

    HTH, Reinhard

     
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  • dying veteran
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    4. dying veteran,
    Nov 22, 2010 4:39 PM   in reply to ReinhardF
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    Reinhard,

     

    Thanks for the code.

     

    Could you kindly explain how it works and what are the javascript native objects and which pdf manual (page number or range) can I quickly get operational info on those specific objects without having to plough thru the whole manual.

     

    I think I understand the generic javascript code as it is mostly object based C-ish but I need to know the acrobat native objects.

     

    1) Is bm and nLevel some kind of acrobat native object or variables or attributes of some top level object ?

     

    2) How to modify the script if I want lower-case initials of every word, but the rest upcase like

     

    the following bookmark, for example

     

    CALL FOR A NEW 911 INVESTIGATION AS A RESULT OF INSIDE JOB ALLEGATIONS  ==>  cALL fOR a nEW 911 iNVESTIGATION aS a rESULT oF iNSIDE jOB aLLEGATIONS

     

    3) I have come across something which appears to be an attachment in some pdf files and is a file of the type

     

    Adobe PDF Settings

     

    in windows. It appears to be a file that opens with

     

    General

    Image

    Fonts

    Color

    Advanced

    Standard

     

    What is such a file and how is it created and used ?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Dying Vets

     
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  • ReinhardF
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    5. ReinhardF,
    Nov 24, 2010 5:05 AM   in reply to dying veteran
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    "but I need to know the acrobat native objects."

     

    You need to download the "AcroJS.pdf" helpfile from Acrobat SDK pages.

    The object I used is bookmark.

     

    The routine to get all bookmarks "dumpBookmarks(..)" I took also from there.

    I put only in:

     

    s = bm.name;  //get the bookmark name

    bm.name = s.toUpperCase();  //change name to uppercase

     

    2) If you want to set only the first sign lowercase, then you have to write a loop which change every first sign after a space to lowercase.

    If there is no special reason, I would concentrat on setting the font to bold and/or use special color. I think that better to read as Upper-/Lowercase or popper.

     

    3) I would say: "I don't have any clue". My translator say:  "I haven't a clue."

    However, it leeds to the same result.

     

    best regards, Reinhard

     
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