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Article #16453Replacing returns via AppleScript results in fatal error
From: tkuypers
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:53
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:53
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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>HELPPPPPP<BR> <BR> I’m trying to cleanup some text in an InDesign layout, like double spaces and a space at the beginning of a new paragraph.<BR> <BR> One of the things I need to get rid of is a run or 3 returns after each other.<BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Geneva"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.0px'><B>tell</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Geneva"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.0px'> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">application</FONT> "InDesign 2.0.2"<BR> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>set</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#408000">myDocument</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>to</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">active document<BR> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>set</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">find preferences</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>to</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">nothing<BR> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>set</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">change preferences</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>to</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">nothing<BR> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>tell</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#408000">myDocument<BR> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>set</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#408000">vSearch</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>to</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">return</FONT> & <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">return</FONT> & <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">return<BR> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>set</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#408000">vReplace</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>to</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">return</FONT> & <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">return<BR> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">search</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">for</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#408000">vSearch</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">in</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">active document</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">replacing with</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#408000">vReplace<BR> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>end</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>tell<BR> end</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>tell<BR> </B></FONT><BR> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>But when I execute this script, InDesign “unexpectedly quit”...<BR> <BR> I can replace with any other char, but when replacing to a return the fun is over :-(<BR> <BR> Does anyone have the same problem and (more important) is there another way to get this done using AppleScript?<BR> <BR> Warm regards,<BR> <BR> Ton Kuypers</SPAN></FONT>
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