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Article #18028(AS) Removing Content from selected groups
From: Eric Tucker
Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 15:04
Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 15:04
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I have a script that removes the contents of labeled text boxes on the
page:
tell application "InDesign 2.0.2"
set myTextItems to all page items of active document
repeat with aFrame in myTextItems
copy aFrame to theFrame
-- check only text frames
if the class of theFrame is equal to text frame then
-- see if the frame is on the page, not on the pasteboard
repeat until {page, spread} contains the class of theFrame
set theFrame to the parent of theFrame
end repeat
-- it is on the page, clear it
if the class of theFrame = page and label of aFrame is "text_copy"
then
set text contents of aFrame to ""
end if
end if
end repeat
end tell
What I want is a script that does the same thing but to a series of
selected grouped items.
I tried changing
set myTextItems to all page items of active document to
set myTextItems to all page items of selection
but it would only work if I had only one grouped item selected and it
would do nothing if I had selected 2 or more grouped items.
I am new to applescript and completely lost.
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