So I wanted to do what this guy wanted in this thread and break a long frame of text down to multiple text frames based on hard returns and he was told to use Copycutter and it seemed to work for him but I can only get it to create new text frames at each space not hard turn. I can't figure out how to read the script to change it. Could anyone help me please?
//DESCRIPTION:CopyCutter -- Run Me On A Text Frame To Shred It Into Strips
// A Jongware script 7-Aug-2011
// w/Thanks to SebastiaoV to find a working version
if (app.selection.length == 1 && app.selection[0].hasOwnProperty("baseline") && app.selection[0].length > 1)
{
app.selection[0].insertionPoints[0].contents = "\r";
app.selection[0].insertionPoints[-1].contents = "\r";
app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = " +";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "\\r";
app.selection[0].changeGrep();
p = app.selection[0].parentTextFrames[0];
lh = (p.lines[-1].baseline - p.lines[0].baseline) / (p.lines.length-1);
top = app.selection[0].lines[0].baseline - lh;
while (app.selection[0].length > 0)
{
f = app.activeDocument.layoutWindows[0].activePage.textFrames.add ({geometricBounds:[top, p.geometricBounds[3]+2*lh, top+lh, 2*(lh+p.geometricBounds[3])-p.geometricBounds[1] ]});
app.selection[0].lines[0].move (LocationOptions.AFTER, f.texts[0]);
top += lh;
}
app.selection[0].insertionPoints[-1].contents = "";
} else
alert ("please select some text to shred");
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Nope cause I dunno how to read this type of script 
, but i'll try that now!
Hi Cody,
as I can see from the code, the script CopyCutter 2 Jongware digged out in reply 9 will not fit your needs presented in reply 4.
Hi Jongware,
just tested your CopyCutter 2 script on a simple text frame with InDesign CS6, also CS5.5.
It is working—every single line is cut, but the second line is at a wrong vertical position.
All consecutive lines are ok if you see the relative distance to line two.
From left to right:
1. Original text frame
2. Script result on a duplicate of the frame showing the problem with the vertical positions.
3. The relative vertical distance from frame two to all the frames following is perfect.
Not so the distance from frame 1 to frame 2.
Depending what one likes to do with the single text frames after running the script this little flaw might be not relevant.
I did not look closer to the code why the shift happens.
But I would suggest, that before doing the dups of the lines
1. All baseline values of the original text frame could be read out
2. The text frames could be moved according to differences found in the old and new values of baseline
Fixed version CopyCutter 2.1 plus global undo added:
/**
* @@@BUILDINFO@@@ CopyCutter2.1-SELECTED-TEXTFRAME.jsx !Version! Tue Feb 28 2017 09:16:09 GMT+0100
*/
/*
CopyCutter 2.1 | Fixed version by Uwe Laubender [UL]
Tested with CS5.5 and CS6
FIXED : The second cut out text frame is on wrong vertical position. All consecutive ones as well.
Original code by:
// Jongware, 3-Jun-2010
posted at Adobe InDesign Forum by Jongware:
9. Re: Editting CopyCutter to break at hard returns?
[Jongware] Feb 27, 2017 11:05 PM (in response to codyhsmdr)
*/
//DESCRIPTION:CopyCutter 2.1 — Cut your Copy into Slivers | SELECTED TEXT FRAME
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
// [UL] Undo for all the script action in one go:
app.doScript
(
runCopyCutterOnTextFrame,
ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT,
[],
UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT,
"Run CopyCutter 2.1 on Text Frame | SCRIPT"
);
function runCopyCutterOnTextFrame()
{
if (app.selection.length == 1 && app.selection[0] instanceof TextFrame)
{
var f = app.selection[0];
// [UL] Some new vars we need for fixing a problem:
var doc = app.documents[0];
var allBaseLines = f.lines.everyItem().baseline;
var newFramesIDs = [];
for (i=0; i<f.lines.length; i++)
{
var newf = f.duplicate();
newf.texts[0].remove();
f.lines.duplicate (LocationOptions.BEFORE,newf.lines[0]);
if (i > 0)
var top = f.lines[i-1].baseline;
else
var top = f.geometricBounds[0];
var bot = f.lines.baseline;
newf.geometricBounds = [ top, f.geometricBounds[1], bot, f.geometricBounds[3] ];
// [UL] Store the id of the new frame:
newFramesIDs[newFramesIDs.length++] = newf.id;
};
// [UL] Move to original position comparing old with new baseline values.
// [UL] Will NOT work if text is aligned to any baseline grid.
for(var n=0;n<allBaseLines.length;n++)
{
var newf = doc.pageItems.itemByID(newFramesIDs
).getElements()[0]; var currentBaseline = newf.lines[0].baseline;
newf.move( undefined , [0 , allBaseLines
- currentBaseline ]); }
f.remove();
}
}
Regards,
Uwe
Hi Cody,
I did a new version of the script I posted in reply 12.
The new version will cut out the text by paragraphs and not by lines.
It is based on Jongware's original code in reply 9.
Code CopyCutter 3-CutEveryParagraph :
Tested with InDesign CS5.5 and CS6 on Mac OSX 10.7.5.
Should also run in newer versions.
/**
* @@@BUILDINFO@@@ CopyCutter3-CutEveryParagraph-SELECTED-TEXTFRAME.jsx !Version! Tue Feb 28 2017 09:20:49 GMT+0100
*/
/*
Special purpose:
Cut every paragraph.
CopyCutter 3-CutEveryParagraph | by Uwe Laubender [UL]
Tested with CS5.5 and CS6
Based on original code by:
// Jongware, 3-Jun-2010
posted at Adobe InDesign Forum by Jongware:
9. Re: Editting CopyCutter to break at hard returns?
[Jongware] Feb 27, 2017 11:05 PM (in response to codyhsmdr)
*/
//DESCRIPTION:CopyCutter 3-CutEveryParagraph — Cut your Copy into Slivers | SELECTED TEXT FRAME
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
// [UL] Undo for all the script action in one go:
app.doScript
(
runCopyCutter3OnTextFrame,
ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT,
[],
UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT,
"Run CopyCutter 3 - Cut Every Paragraph Of Text Frame | SCRIPT"
);
function runCopyCutter3OnTextFrame()
{
if (app.selection.length == 1 && app.selection[0] instanceof TextFrame)
{
var f = app.selection[0];
// [UL] Some new vars we need for fixing a problem:
var doc = app.documents[0];
var allFirstBaseLinesOfParagraphs = f.paragraphs.everyItem().lines[0].baseline;
var newFramesIDs = [];
var paragraphs = f.paragraphs.everyItem().getElements();
var paraLength = paragraphs.length;
for (i=0; i<paraLength; i++)
{
var newf = f.duplicate();
newf.texts[0].remove();
paragraphs.duplicate ( LocationOptions.AFTER , newf.insertionPoints[0] );
if (i > 0)
var top = paragraphs[i-1].lines[0].baseline;
else
var top = f.geometricBounds[0];
var bot = paragraphs.lines[-1].baseline;
newf.geometricBounds = [ top, f.geometricBounds[1], bot, f.geometricBounds[3] ];
// [UL] Store the id of the new frame:
newFramesIDs[newFramesIDs.length++] = newf.id;
};
// [UL] Move to original position comparing old with new baseline values.
// [UL] Will NOT work if text is aligned to any baseline grid.
for(var n=0;n<allFirstBaseLinesOfParagraphs.length;n++)
{
var newf = doc.pageItems.itemByID(newFramesIDs
).getElements()[0]; var currentBaseline = newf.lines[0].baseline;
newf.move( undefined , [0 , allFirstBaseLinesOfParagraphs
- currentBaseline ]); }
f.remove();
}
}
Here a screen where I tested the code:
If you wonder why the heights of the text frames are in different sizes, I cannot tell.
Did not do an optimization on the text frame's heights.
Here the individual frames shown as cascade:
But with CS6 and above one could easily optimize the heights by InDesign's autofitting feature with text frames.
Regards,
Uwe
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