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Apply Stylesheets with AppleScript

Jun 1, 2012 12:01 PM

I've been trying to apply paragraph style sheets using AppleScript, but nothing I try works the way I expect it.

 

Here's what I'm trying:

apply paragraph style using paragraph style "Stylesheet Name" of paragraph x of parent story of myFrame with clearing overrides

 

but no formatting is applied to the paragraph. As far as I can tell, I'm following the specifications in the dictionary, but am not getting the results I expect.

 

Any ideas?

529 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: myDwayneSmith, Jun 4, 2012 5:55 AM
 
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  • [Jongware]
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    1. [Jongware],
    Jun 1, 2012 12:29 PM   in reply to Studio1540
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    I know this much -> . <- about AppleScript, but I *do* know it's based on regular English.

     

    Are you sure the syntax in "paragraph style "Stylesheet Name" OF paragraph x" describes what you want to do?

     
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  • [Jongware]
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    2. [Jongware],
    Jun 1, 2012 12:33 PM   in reply to [Jongware]
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    Uh, wait. Perhaps you should explain what you want to do first.

     

    Is it, perchance, apply "the applied paragraph style of paragraph x to paragraph y"?

     

    (My comment above was because I thought you meant "TO".)

     
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  • Studio1540
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    3. Studio1540,
    Jun 1, 2012 1:13 PM   in reply to [Jongware]
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    I think I figured out what's happening. I think it's a difference between the way QuarkXPress (where these scripts are coming from) handles words vs. punctuation and the way InDesign (where these scripts are being rewritten for) does.

     

    For example, I'm testing for a day of the week as the first word in a paragraph and then applying a stylesheet for a "calendar date" to that paragraph. Using the dateline "TUESDAY, JUNE 12" as a reference point, QuarkXPress sees word 1 as "TUESDAY" but InDesign sees word 1 as "TUESDAY,"

     

    That comma is a small difference, but makes all the difference between a whole head of haid and a bald one!

     
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  • myDwayneSmith
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    4. myDwayneSmith,
    Jun 4, 2012 5:55 AM   in reply to Studio1540
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    G'day

     

    Try :

    set applied paragraph style of paragraph x of parent story of myFrame to paragraph style "Stylesheet Name"

     

    m.

     
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