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Ann--

We don't need to select objects because scripting doesn't manipulate objects and properties by using the user interface. Instead, we work directly on objects in the document database. There are only a few cases where we actually need to select objects--for cut, copy, and paste into operations, for example.

As far as getting object references--a document has a hierarchy of objects, and each object has a place in the chain of parent-child relationships from the application object itself down to a single character in text or point on a path. There are usually multiple ways to get to an object.

A great way to find out where an object is is to use Visual Basic's debugging tools. Take a simple script:



Dim myInDesign as InDesign.Application 
Set myInDesign = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.2.0") 
Set myDocument = ActiveDocument 




Put a Stop on the last line. Open a document in InDesign and press F5 to run the program--it'll stop at the line you marked. Next, press F8 to step through the line. Press Alt-V,S (or choose Locals Window from the View menu) to display the Locals Window. Click the "+" on the side of the object variable "myDocument" to expand the document tree. Look through the various objects in the Locals Window, and I think you'll start to understand the structure of the document.

Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Ole