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Script to select all overflow text frames and fit them to content?

Mar 2, 2012 7:38 AM

Tags: #script #javascript #command #applescript #overset #textframe

I have a document with several text frames that have overset text, due to replacing a font.  I was looking for a script that would:

 

1. find all the text frames that have overset text

2. apply "fit frame to content" command for each of these

 

Can anyone please help me here?  I'm trying to learn scripting but some of these things still confuse me.  Thanks.

2390 Views   8 Replies   Latest reply: po070157, Apr 4, 2013 10:31 AM
 
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  • Handycam
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    1. Handycam,
    Mar 2, 2012 10:48 AM   in reply to Handycam
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    I think I've got it in Applescript, but out of curiosity, how would I do this in Javascript?

     

     

    tell application Adobe InDesign CS5.5
          set myAllPageItems to all page items of page 1 of document 1
          repeat with theItem in myAllPageItems
                    set myType to class of theItem
                    if myType is text frame then
                              if overflows of theItem then
                                   fit theItem given frame to content
                              end if
                    end if
          end repeat
end tell
     
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  • winterm
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    2. winterm,
    Mar 2, 2012 2:34 PM   in reply to Handycam
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    hi,

    give a try to this js code:

     

    var _d = app.documents[0];
var _allStories = _d.stories;
for(var n=_allStories.length-1;n>=0;n--){
var _storyAllTextFrames = _allStories[n].textContainers;
for(var m=_storyAllTextFrames.length-1;m>=0;m--){
_storyAllTextFrames[m].select();
            //Fit Frame to Content:
            try{
            app.scriptMenuActions.itemByID(11291).invoke();
                }catch(e){};
           try{
           app.scriptMenuActions.itemByID(278).invoke();
                }catch(e){};
            };
        };

     

    Disclaimer:

    I'm NOT a scripter. Sorry, don't remember exact origin of this code, but it works...

     
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  • Marc Autret
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    3. Marc Autret,
    Mar 2, 2012 4:37 PM   in reply to Handycam
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    Another approach:

     

    var FO = FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT,
    tfs = ([]).concat.apply([], app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().textContainers),
    t, i = tfs.length;
while( i-- ) (t=tfs[i]).overflows && ( t.locked || t.fit(FO) );

     

    @+

    Marc

     
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  • Handycam
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    4. Handycam,
    Mar 2, 2012 4:42 PM   in reply to Marc Autret
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    Thanks.

     

    Where is there a listing of properties such as .overflows and frame to

    content? Like there is for Actionscript?

     

    I tried the Extendscript tool but didn't see a listing. I wound up using

    AppleScript due to the AS dictionary.

     
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  • winterm
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    5. winterm,
    Mar 3, 2012 2:48 PM   in reply to Handycam
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    try this place

    http://jongware.mit.edu/idcsjs5.5/

     

    Jongware is the Master...

     
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  • [Jongware]
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    6. [Jongware],
    Mar 3, 2012 4:15 PM   in reply to winterm
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    winterm wrote:

     

    Jongware is the Master...

     

    Oh you ain't seen nothing yet.

     
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  • winterm
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    7. winterm,
    Mar 3, 2012 4:18 PM   in reply to [Jongware]
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    However, Bachman Turner Overdrive is one of my favorites...

     
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  • po070157
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    8. po070157,
    Apr 4, 2013 10:31 AM   in reply to Marc Autret
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    How can I apply this script to a specific text frame I labeled in Layers. Lets say I called this item "LeftText". Instead of fixing All text frames?

     

    app.activeDocument.layers.itemByName("LeftText")

     

    Thanks!

     
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