Re: Convert measurement value

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From: Shane_Stanley
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:44

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On Nov 26, 2003, at 10:27 PM, Oleg Butrin wrote:

> How convert "2 pt" to millimeters or "55 mm" to points?

There's no built-in way. You have to either parse the text, or use some 
workaround like this:

tell application "InDesign CS"
	tell document 1
		set slug inside or left offset of document preferences to "2 pt"
		set mmValue to slug inside or left offset of document preferences as 
millimeters
		undo
	end tell
end tell
mmValue

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Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>

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