Hi Shaji,

I am a fresher  in script. But i try to give idea.

Can you know how many elements will come like (1/2, 1/20, 1/300, 1/4, 1/8 etc..)

If you know means:

1. using Glyps  findout all the occurences

2. Put all your output requirement Division/Fraction for 1/2, 1/20 etc fix in the library elements (i think its around 10 occurences only)

I hope below script will help you. I didn't check it. Can you edit depends upon your requirement.

var myDoc = app.documents[0];

var myLib = app.libraries[0];

app.findGlypsPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;

app.changeGlypsPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;

app.findTextPreferences.findGlyps = "1/2 or give unicode value";

app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = "";

anchoricons("1/2 lib name", "1/2 obj style");

app.documents.item(0).changeText();

function anchoricons(libName, objStyle)

{

    myFind = myDoc.findText(true);

    var myCount=0;

    for (i=0; i<myFind.length; i++)

    {

        myText = myLib.assets.item (libName).placeAsset (myFind[i].insertionPoints[-1])[0];

        myText.appliedObjectStyle = myDoc.objectStyles.item (objStyle);

        myCount++;

    }

}

3. its same like find and replace

Can you check it shaaji?

Thanks

Learner_X

Hi Shaji

try this

http://www.creativepro.com/blog/typetalk-set-fractions-faster-indesign

Thanks

Maybe you should first explain how you are making these nut fractions manually (as they are commonly known). Then someone might be able to help you automate it.

Hi,

this is a roughly approach scripting what you do manually.

table-, cell-, and objectstyles must exist! tables aren't allowed to have left or right strokes.

First a Grep-Search for 'Number(s) + Slash + Number(s)' is startet.

->anchored Textframe is inserted at insertionpoint 0 of searchresult (the objectstyle is mostly for applying your anchored settings)

-> searchresult moved into tf

->converted to table

This works in my little test, but there'll be plenty of circumstances it'll won't work as inspected  ...

Happy testing ;-)

var theDoc = app.activeDocument;

 

var myTableStyle = "tableStyle"; //MUST  be set!!

var myCellStyle = "cellStyle"//MUST  be set!!

var myObjectStyle = "objectStyle"//MUST  be set!!

 

app.findGrepPreferences = null;  

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\d+/\\d+";   //should find all occurrences of number(s) + / + numbers(s)

var searchResults = theDoc.findGrep();  

 

for(var i = searchResults.length -1; i >= 0; i--)

{

var foundFraction = searchResults[i];

var newTextFrame = foundFraction.insertionPoints[0].textFrames.add({geometricBounds: [0,0,foundFraction.leading, foundFraction.parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds[3] - foundFraction.parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds[1]], appliedObjectStyle:theDoc.objectStyles.itemByName(myObjectStyle)});

var tmpDest = foundFraction.move(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING, newTextFrame);

var fractionTable= tmpDest.convertToTable('\r', '/', 1);

fractionTable.appliedTableStyle = "tableStyle"

setTableWidth(fractionTable);

newTextFrame.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);

        }

 

function setTableWidth(fractionTable){

    var widthArray = [];

        var allCells = fractionTable.cells;

   for(var c = 0; c < fractionTable.cells.length; c++){

        var aCell = fractionTable.cells[c];

                aCell.appliedCellStyle = "cellStyle"

widthArray.push((aCell.texts[0].endHorizontalOffset - aCell.texts[0].horizontalOffset) + aCell.leftInset + aCell.rightInset)

    }

widthArray.sort(Numsort);

fractionTable.width = widthArray[widthArray.length-1]

}

 

function Numsort(a,b){return a - b}

Just wanted to add that I didn't see Hans script when I posted my above post.

Not that it makes a difference.

Trevor