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Article #174Re: Headline caps change for a newspaper
From: jongware
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:50
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:50
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With the changecase function. JS can access individual words in paragraphs, in the following way for (i=0; i<app.activeDocument.selection[0].paragraphs[0].words.length; i++) if (app.activeDocument.selection[0].paragraphs[0].words[i].length > 3) app.activeDocument.selection[0].paragraphs[0].words[i].changecase(ChangecaseMode.TITLECASE); It is restricted to what InDesign counts as 'words' -- a combined word with a hyphen, "two-fold" for example, is taken as two words. Applying your three-letter word rule would yield a headline such as "The Dangers of sun Rays are two-Fold". So some careful post-editing is required.
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